The announcement that a new Hellboy movie was being made without the involvement of Guillermo del Toro and Ron Perlman was greeted with no small amount of dismay by fans. After all, del Toro's widely considered to have nailed the tone of the comics with Hellboy and Hellboy II: The Golden Army, but sadly, their underwhelming box office numbers made studios wary of committing to a third installment to round out the trilogy. In addition, Ron Perlman's performance was absolutely perfect for the character and it was difficult to imagine anyone else in the role.