HELLBOY ANIMATED ANNOUNCED

**MattBrady** · 11-09-2005, 09:41 AM

With the news bubbling up around the internet for the past week, IDT Entertainment today confirmed that a Hellboy animated project is in the works. According to a press release issued by IDT, the company has licensed the animation rights to the character from Revolution Studios, and will work with Revolution to develop and produce animated content for television and home entertainment, as well as “a full range of integrated marketing applications across all categories.”

"Hellboy is a seminal figure in the comic book world and a proven winner in the feature film arena," said Morris Berger, IDT Entertainment CEO in the release. "This deal adds to the luster of our ever-growing library of intellectual properties with worldwide fan appeal. We believe Hellboy's animated incarnation will benefit from our international sales, marketing, and distribution network."

IDT also announced that the animated projects will feature the talent from the 2004 live action Hellboy film, including Ron Perlman and Selma Blair returning to their roles of Hellboy and Liz Sherman, respectively. Mike Mignola and Hellboy director Guillermo Del Toro are creative producers on the projects and will be intimately involved in story development and animation style.

Tad Stones will serve as supervising director and supervising producer for IDT, while Lawrence Gordon and Lloyd Levin of Lawrence Gordon Productions and Mike Richardson of Dark Horse Comics, who produced the 2004 live action feature, will executive produce.

As for animators and styles, Sean Galloway recently posted an image (above) and information about the animated project at www.deviantart.com .

Though the posting has since been removed, Galloway originally wrote: Heya, gang! WHEW! NOW I can spill the beans. hahaha. Recently, I got selected as lead character designer for the Hellboy Animated cartoon. What you see here is the new look for the cartoon. Sorry to say, but it won't be based on Mignola's style. He wanted something other than his style. It's going to be 2 direct to DVD movies (70 minutes each). They'll be aired on Cartoon Network. The first one is scheduled for next October. I just wrapped up the designs for the first DVD…

pmpknface · 11-09-2005, 10:02 AM

EXCELLENT NEWS! This is gonna be so cool!

Coward · 11-09-2005, 10:18 AM

Yeehaw!

Oops, that's cowboy not Hellboy.

djshalope · 11-09-2005, 10:36 AM

looking forward to this. didnt like the hellboy movie, but maybe (like Star Wars III & the Clone Wars cartoon) the cartoon will show up the cinematic version.

Vyper · 11-09-2005, 11:08 AM

More Hellboy is always good news.

NightRiver · 11-09-2005, 11:11 AM

Nice! I love the style theyre going with.

AllAboutMe · 11-09-2005, 11:16 AM

Love Hellboy. Love Mignola's style. But this looks really cool! Cannot wait!

rogue_tomato · 11-09-2005, 11:19 AM

Great announcement! I cannot wait for this

steveupson · 11-09-2005, 11:28 AM

I agree--very nice sample art there,
and also: the character seems much better suited to
animation than live action (that is, the movie left a little to be desired).

Supreme Convoy · 11-09-2005, 11:34 AM

I definitely love the look of the cartoon!

dairylives · 11-09-2005, 11:39 AM

that is some slick art right there, loving it. this should be pretty cool i think.

adamcasey · 11-09-2005, 11:44 AM

onslaughtall · 11-09-2005, 11:45 AM

eh..I'll wait for the trade..

oh wait, this is a cartoon..

I'll wait for it on dvd..

oh wait, its direct-to-DVD..

uh, cool news?..

haha, all goofing aside, this sounds like it could be really fun..looking forward to seeing it..!

Trachman · 11-09-2005, 12:00 PM

Sweet. I know I'm getting alot of DVDs next year. Ultimate Avengers, Hellboy. Next years gonna be awesome.

Comic_Doctor · 11-09-2005, 12:39 PM

This will be sweet!

With luck the straight to DVD type release will allow for as much mood, etc. that Mignola wants.

Pyromaniac975 · 11-09-2005, 01:07 PM

Cheeks kicks ass

The other chracter designs he posted were also pretty bad-ass but I see their missing from his page too.

Can't wait to see the final product

zilla31 · 11-09-2005, 01:16 PM

hells yah boy! (no loose pun intended).

twoarmman · 11-09-2005, 01:44 PM

Great news. Love that pic.

I hope this just leads to more BPRD stuff!!

Vyper · 11-09-2005, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by steveupson
... the movie left a little to be desired).

BLASPHEMY!!!

Bakema NL · 11-09-2005, 03:01 PM

Damn cool and yeah, it looks great already......not bad to get that with only one pic.

Gordon McAlpin · 11-09-2005, 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by NightRiver
Nice! I love the style theyre going with.

Ditto. This looks great. I'm glad they didn't try to ape Mignola too much... I love Mignola's art, but you know, let HIM draw that way. Show me something new.

mBot20 · 11-09-2005, 03:39 PM

i spent all day when i found out about this looking at sean galloway's work. his stuff is incredible.

this hellboy stuff is going to be great.
...and the movie wasnt that bad.

pseudosham · 11-09-2005, 04:36 PM

Uncle Jawa · 11-09-2005, 07:36 PM

Excellent news! I can't wait to see this next year!

Kolimar · 11-09-2005, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by rogue_tomato
Great announcement! I cannot wait for this

Ditto.