Episode 97 - Hellboy (2019)
What’s up bombers! Welcome back to your regularly scheduled Not A Bomb podcast. This is the podcast where we go back and reexamine films that either bombed financially or were panned critically…or in this case, both! We welcome Sammy back, our good friend from the GGTMC, to discuss 2019’s comic book adaption - Hellboy (2019).
The project began as a follow up to Hellboy II: The Golden Army from 2008. However, Guillermo del Toro was not offered the opportunity to direct the third film and Ron Perlman decided to leave the project. The studio had no choice but to find a new director and attempt a reboot of the franchise.
The gang discusses comic book collecting, Milla Jovovich acting…or lack thereof, fart rock, the behind-the-scenes feud between the director and producer, Neil Marshall’s filmography, and eating Domino’s pizza. Also, please forgive the podcast for one of the worst Bill Cosby impressions ever. We shouldn’t even call it an impression…it’s more like a verbal seizure combined with a bad joke.
Timestamps
Intro - (1:43)
Comic Book Discussion - (3:36)
Box Office Results and Critical Response - (16:43)
Movie Guide Review - (22:07)
Behind the Camera - (25:04)
In Front of the Camera - (38:25)
Production and Development - (53:25)
Hellboy Discussion - (59:20)
Is it a Bomb? - (106:42)
Listener Feedback - (111:55)
Outro - Optimism by Weird Heat - (123:42)
Hellboy (2019) is directed by Neil Marshall and stars David Harbour, Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, Sasha Lane, Daniel Dae Kim, and Thomas Haden Church.
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