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HELLBOY
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IDT Entertainment has licensed the animation rights to "Hellboy" from Revolution Studios, and have worked with Revolution to develop two animated direct-to-video movies which have been produced one after the other.
"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. "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."
"Hellboy" creator, Mike Mignola and director, Guillermo Del Toro are creative producers and have been intimately involved in story development and animation style. Character design for the animated movies is by Sean 'Cheeks' Galloway.
A professor of folklore opens a forbidden scroll and becomes possessed by the ancient Japanese demons of Thunder and Lightning, who seek to return and dominate our world. The Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense sends Hellboy and a team of agents to investigate, but when Hellboy picks up a samurai sword, he literally disappears into a weird wonderland of Japanese legends, ghosts and monsters.
Meanwhile, BPRD agents Kate Corrigan and Russell Thorne are on the trail of the possessed professor to bring Hellboy back.
In 1939, young Professor Broom destroyed Erzsebet Ondrushko, a female vampire who bathed in the blood of innocents to stay young. Now someone in upstate New York is trying to bring her back, and the elderly Professor Broom has decided to investigate it himself. He takes the top BPRD agents, Hellboy, Liz Sherman and Abe Sapien, who are more worried about his welfare than the return of any vampire. Their tune changes when they face a horde of ghosts, a phantom wolf pack, witches, harpies, a giant werewolf and Erzsebet herself. Hellboy ends up battling the Queen of Witches, the goddess Hecate, who wants him to embrace his true destiny, a destiny that includes the destruction of mankind.Teaser Trailer plus teaser footage can be viewed here.
"HELLBOY: SWORD OF STORMS" will premiere on the Cartoon Network on October 28, 2006
Links
DVD review by Troy Rogers at Ugo.com - February 7, 2007
Producer/Director, Tad Stones, talks to Comic Book Resources - February 5, 2007
IGN DVD review - January 25, 2007
Active Anime DVD review - January 16, 2007
Film Threat review of "Hellboy: Sword of Storms" - October 30, 2006
New York Times interview with Ron, and Mike Mignola - October 28, 2006
UGO review of "Hellboy: Sword of Storms " - October 27, 2006
Interview with Director, Tad Stones - October 26, 2006
Interview with Screenplay writer, Matt Wayne - October 25, 2006
