Hellboy II - The Golden Army

Everyones favorite kitten-loving hero from hell, Hellboy, will return in his second big screen feature Hellboy II - The Golden Army on July 11. Ron Pearlman will be reprising his role as Hellboy, with the majority of the original cast returning to their roles as well, including Selma Blair as Liz Sherman and Doug Jones as Abe Sapien. Acclaimed Pan' s Labyrinth director Gullermo Del Toro will be directing this sequel to his original 2004 Hellboy movie.

The screenplay, by Del Toro and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, is not based on any specific source material from the comic, and it follows a new dictator from the Invisible Realm of the Fantastics Broken who sets an army of devilish creatures lose on earth. Of course, it will be up to Hellboy, a protagonist misunderstood both on earth and in hell, to save the day. Aided by the BPRD (Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense), Hellboy, Liz, Abe, and Johann will travel between worlds to face the new threat.

Del Toro's visual brilliance is always stunning, and makes The Golden Army one of the most anticipated films, as well as comic adaptations, of the year. For daily updates from Gullermo Del Toro check out the Hellboy movie production site.

The current Hellboy related comics on the shelves includes the five-part Abe Sapien: The Drowning, following Abe's first adventure to retrieve a dead warlock in the 80's, and B.P.R.D. 1946, telling the tale of Professor Trevor Bruttenholm founding of the Bureau. Check em out before the movie.

-Jon