Different Hellboys come and go, but there will always be things that go bump in the night — and who better to defeat them than the lovable red superhero? Later this year, actor Jack Kesy (12 Strong) will be the third actor to play Mike Mignola's Hellboy on the big screen, and you can see him in action in the first trailer for Hellboy: The Crooked Man above.
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The trailer opens with scenic shots of the trees, rocks, and hills of Appalachia. But it quickly becomes clear that something is deeply wrong here. “Smells like death,” Kesy’s Hellboy proclaims. As the trailer proceeds, we see a levitating woman bitten by a snake, plagues of bugs, and other horrific sights.
Based on the comic-book miniseries of the same name by Mignola and artist Richard Corben, Hellboy: The Crooked Man is set in the 1950s and costars Adeline Rudolph (Resident Evil) as a rookie agent of the BPRD (the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense) who teams up with Hellboy to protect the residents of Appalachia from the creepy Crooked Man, who is collecting souls for the devil.
"Hellboy: The Crooked Man" trailer
In the lore, Hellboy was discovered as an infant demon by BPRD founder Professor Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm and raised to defend humanity from monsters less enlightened than himself. Over the course of his unnaturally long lifespan, Hellboy often teams up with the BPRD to solve paranormal mysteries and beat up demons.