Moviehole caught up with Guillermo del Toro today to talk about the impending Australian release of "Hellboy", as well as chat about what's in his future. The full chat will be up shortly, meantime here's some choice cuts.
del Toro on a "Hellboy : Directors Cut"
I cut out things that I thought were slowing the pace of the movie, but I’ve put them back into what I call the ‘Directors Cut’, which will be released in France and possibly Japan, theatrically. It’s a more sedate thing, but it adds a more interesting direction for the characters. A little more weight for the bad guys too. Which I think is very good for the movie.
del Toro on "Hellboy 2"
I start writing it in the Fall and then it’ll depend on how fast we get a script we’re all happy about and how fast we can work out a budget and a date. It’s in the future, but I wouldn’t put a date on it. In the next Hellboy adventure he’ll (Hyde-Pierce’s Abe Sapien) have a more prominent role. She’ll be back (Blair). Jeffrey Tambor will be back. We will have a good class of weirdos around.
On "Hellboy" star Selma Blair being linked to "Superman"
She would be just great for it.She would be a blessing to the movie.
On David Goyer's "Blade : Trinity"
I’ve seen the whole movie and I enjoyed the hell out of it. The thing I love the most about it is that its different, each of the Blade movies has been different to the others. [Director, David] Goyer has a very sardonic, very brutal sense of humour and it’s a different movie. I think it’s going to be quite a trip for the audience.
On a possible return to the "Blade" franchise
I would love to go back and do a fourth ballistic Blade – vampires all over the world – but who the hell knows.
Stay Tuned for the full del Toro interview.
