History Trivia / Hellboy2019

* CreatorBacklash: Director Neil Marshall didn't enjoy directing the film, and thats a understatement.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5XQH6yTlvY As elaborated by him]], Marshal faced a lot of difficulties:

** In the end, Marshal [[OldShame regrets his decision to make the film]]. He concluded that "You can't polish a turd, no matter how much you try" and called the film "god awful" and the worst professional experience of his life.

* CreatorBacklash: Director Neil Marshall didn't enjoy directing the film, and thats a understatement.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5XQH6yTlvY As elaborated by him]], Marshal faced a lot of difficulties directing the film:

* CreatorBacklash: Director Neil Marshall didn't have a easy time directing the film, and thats a understatement.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5XQH6yTlvY As elaborated by him]], Marshal faced a lot of difficulties directing the film:

** In the end, Marshal concluded that "You can't polish a turd, no matter how much you try" and called the film "god awful" and the worst professional experience of his life.

** In the end, Marshal rconcluded that "You can't polish a turd, no matter how much you try" and called the film "god awful" and the worst professional experience of his life.

** Marshal signed on the idea of a [[DarkerAndEdgier darker, horror version]] of Hellboy, only to find the script was terrible and it wouldn't improve before the movie started filming, despite many attempts to re-write it.

* CreatorBacklash: Director Neil Marshall didn't have a easy time directing the film, and thats a understatement.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5XQH6yTlvY As elaborated by him]], Marshal faced a lot of difficulties making the film:

* CreatorBacklash: Director Neil Marshal didn't have a easy time directing the film, and thats a understatement.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5XQH6yTlvY As elaborated by him]], Marshal faced a lot of difficulties making the film:

* CreatorBacklash: Director Neil Marshal didn't have a easy time directing the film, and thats a understatement
[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5XQH6yTlvY As elaborated by him]], Marshal faced a lot of difficulties making the film:

* TroubledProduction: [[https://www.thewrap.com/hellboy-david-harbour-neil-marshall/ According to insider report]], there was ''a lot'' of on-set clashing between director Neil Marshall and several of the film's ''sixteen'' producers, most prominently Lawrence Gordon and Lloyd Levin.

** Several on-set reports claimed that Levin frequently interrupted Marshall during actor rehearsals, [[ExecutiveMeddling seemingly as an attempt to override him as the director]]. Two insiders also claimed that Creator/DavidHarbour repeatedly walked off set, refusing Marshall's requests for more takes, though this was also denied by Levin's attorney.
** The script apparently went through several rewrites during production, [[WrittenByCastMember with some allegedly being done in part by]] Creator/DavidHarbour and Creator/IanMcShane themselves.
** There was a prolonged dispute between Marshall and Levin [[SeriousBusiness about whether a "surreal tree" featured in the film was to be symmetrical or not]], with claims that it began as realistic and asymmetrical to Marshall's vision, was overruled by Levin and became symmetrical, then became asymmetrical again during post-production.

** The movie originally began production as the second sequel to 2008's ''Film/HellboyIITheGoldenArmy'', but CreativeDifferences led to Creator/GuillermoDelToro and Creator/RonPerlman both leaving, thus causing a long hiatus until it was decided to reboot following the rise of R-rated superhero movies.

* StillbornFranchise: The film was intended as a ContinuityReboot of the franchise after plans for a third film fell through; which would have spawned a new direction for the franchise. The result was panned by critics and ended up getting sent into a box office inferno between DC's ''Film/Shazam2019'' and Marvel's ''Film/AvengersEndgame''.

* DyeingForYourArt: David Harbour, who'd never worked out before, did extensive training to get into shape to play Hellboy. He also created his own makeshift costume out of sports equipment so he'd be ready to better handle the extensive make-up and prosthetics he'd have to wear.

* FlipFlopOfGod: Mike Mignola initially said he enjoyed the movie and was amazed at moments that came straight out of his comics, and also said he doesn't care about the critical backlash it received. Though after the film was released he walked back some of his comments (he praised the actors, but criticised the tone and some story choices), implying that the TroubledProduction mentioned below also involved cutting any input from him.

** Partway in production, Sam [=McCurdy=], Marshall's go-to cinematographer, was fired and replaced for undisclosed reasons, with an alleged claim that Gordon and Levin "were trying to send a message to Marshall that despite being the film’s director, Marshall was not in charge" (though Levin's attorney denies this).

* FakeBrit: Creator/DanielDaeKim, Creator/MillaJovovich, and Sasha Lane are all Americans playing Brits (albeit Jovovich has dual U.S.-British nationality through her marriage to Creator/PaulWSAnderson).

* ApprovalOfGod: [[FlipFlopOfGod Yes and no]] - Mike Mignola initially said he enjoyed the movie and was amazed at moments that came straight out of his comics, and also said he doesn't care about the critical backlash it received. Though after the film was released he walked back some of his comments (he praised the actors, but criticised the tone and some story choices), implying that the TroubledProduction mentioned below also involved cutting any input from him.

* FakeBrit: Creator/DanielDaeKim, Creator/MillaJovovich, and Sasha Lane are all Americans playing Brits.

* FakeBrit: Creator/DanielDaeKim and Sasha Lane are both Americans playing Brits.

* RoleReprisal: In the Argentinian Spanish dub, Mario De Candia, who voiced the titular character in the second dubbed version of the [[Film/Hellboy2004 2004 film]], reprises the role once again.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $50 million. Box office, $21.9 million (domestic), $43 million (worldwide). The following weekend saw it drop [[FromBadToWorse between 68 to 73%]], and then dropped 91% in its third. This is mostly attributed to the poor critical reviews and general lack of interest in the reboot, and the release of ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' shortly afterward.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $50 million. Box office, $21.9 million (domestic), $43 million (worldwide). The following weekend saw it drop [[FromBadToWorse between 68 to 73%]], and then dropped 91% in its third. This is mostly attributed to the poor critical reviews and general lack of interest in the franchise as a whole, and the release of ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' shortly afterward.

* StillbornFranchise: The film was intended as a ContinuityReboot of the franchise after plans for a third film fell through; which would have spawned a new direction for the franchise. The result was panned by critics and ended up getting sent into a box office inferno between DC's ''Film/{{Shazam}}'' and Marvel's ''Film/AvengersEndgame''.

* ApprovalOfGod: Mike Mignola has said he enjoyed the movie and was amazed at moments that came straight out of his comics, and also said he doesn't care about the critical backlash it received.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $50 million. Box office, $21.8 million (domestic), $40 million (worldwide). The following weekend saw it drop [[FromBadToWorse between 68 to 73%]], and then dropped 91% in its third. This is mostly attributed to the poor critical reviews and general lack of interest in the franchise as a whole, and the release of ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' shortly afterward.