Admittedly, the acclaimed and belovedHellboycomics are just outside of my circle of experience, but I’ll be damned to the infernal pit ifNeil Marshall’s upcoming adaptation doesn’t look like it’s made just for the fans. The first trailer for the Lionsgate/Summit flick arrived earlier today and, in addition toDavid Harbourtaking on the title role and donning the horns and red right hand, it showed off a ton of rather insane demonic action. To the untrained eye, or the Google-y challenged, the trailer looks like a mash-up of high fantasy and urban S.W.A.T. missions, but there’s a lot of comic book goodies hiding in plain sight here.
For that reason, we combed through the recent trailer to pull out a bunch of images that went by in a flash. Most of them feature Harbour in his fantastic get-up alongside co-starsSasha Lane,Daniel Dae Kim,Ian McShane, andMilla Jovovich, but still more show off the more inhuman creatures from theHellboystory. If my sleuthing skills are still sharp, you’ll find stills of everyone’s favorite movie (and real-world) villains the Nazis andGrigori Rasputin, alongsideHellboy-specific baddies likeKarl Ruprecht Kroenen. And in an even deeper cut, it looks like we’ll be seeing the machinations of theGruagachand theDaoine Sidhe, giants andThe Wild Hunt, and obviously the rise of the Blood Queen,Nimue. Even if you’re like me and only know what some of those words mean,Hellboylooks like a rich adaptation that promises more mythology to come. Anticipation is higher than ever for its August 17, 2025 release date.
Check out some of the official reveals from Lionsgate below, followed by our curated selection of screengrabs from the recently released trailer:
