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Just trying to find out when the Hellboy movie is released here.

One source says September 3rd, do we really have to wait that long to se it?


US release date is April 2nd.


Why such a long wait?

Places were saying April 16th, but now I'm not so sure.

is it a summer blockbuster?

with the spider man 2 expected to kick as and ravage teh box office perhaps hey are looking at not clashing. spiderman has a larger demographic then hellboy hasnt it.

april would be good for us all. it has begain very basic stuff low key  in terms of advertising in asia this month. so april could be about correct.
8 - 10 weeks time.

It's more likely to come after I think... That way it can ride the success of Spidey 2's comic book ness

Yes, Empire were reporting april but it has now slipped to September.

I think maybe the other big releases around April have led to a reschedule.

Annoying as they were starting to give us more concurrent releases.  I hate that about Hollywood - make the little foreign types wait.  why is that?

I read in Dreamwatch April something, March in the US.

Deffo April 2nd in U.S.

Hope link works!!

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try this, if not I give up!!

Link: just go here

Big discussion on this at the official boards.  September is certainly in the pipeline at the moment but April could still be poss.

In fact there is a post there from Del Toro about the whole non-US release schedule and the marketing.

Personally I think that a long gap will result in more on-line piracy, and hence less people going to see the final thing...

Dan

Link: Hellboy boards

Well, with that sized gap, the DVD will be out on region 1 before it hits the cinemas here. That's fine for something with true mass appeal (Finding Nemo, for instance), but Hellboy? It's be dead in the water. And besides, I was looking forward to seeing the film in a couple of months. Bah!

Bugger!
My birthdays the 2nd april an i was really looking forward to seeing this.

Damn them all to hell(boy)!

I've now read that 16 April is slotted for the UK Hellboy release.

Yay!

I've got it down as 3rd Sept - and that's from an industry listing

Yeah that was my info to Manga. Bloody yanks :-)

IMDB's back to saying the 16th of April (with France on the 14th). I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

Jonathan Woss last night mentioned a September release.

I am now officially confused!!!

I've got it down as 3rd Sept

Woohoo! That means I may get to see it as a birthday treat. :)

Yep, it IS 3rd Sept.
Everything else is old information.

So we'll be able to buy it on Region 1 import DVD as it gets it's cinema release in this country.

Excellent.

And with the strong pound exchange rate.

More excellent.

Where have you heard this from? Bear in mind that IMDB changed the UK release date (and many European ones) from April to September a week ago. However, *today*, the French and British dates were changed back to mid-April.

This is from Guillermo Del Toro (director) on the Official boards:

Hi guys:

The Release date in the US is April 2nd and the MAIN international release has indeed been pushed several months back. Rest assured NO ONE at Columbia is fearing a flop, the movie was screened for them and they are really pushing it hard and love it.

The reason for the delay?? HELLBOY the comic is not a well-known property -like SPIDER-MAN and they feel they need to "educate" the audience.

Do they have a point?? Gee- I really can't tell. But I know there is a fact that I very easily forget: Hellboy is still a secret to most of the world and it takes a lot of work and time to get the word out and to spread the promotional materials, etc...

Now, let me tell you this: EVERYTHING can change for the good if the movie performs very, very strongly in the US things will change. Right now -to them- the summer in Europe and Asia seems crowded (VAN HELSING, POTTER, TROY, CATWOMAN, etc) but really, it all depends on the US performance.

Stay tuned...

GDT

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Not a happy bunny, we may get a repreive, but I'm more likely to get the DVD in May from across the pond...

Yeah, I read that, but he posted that message before IMDB changed the dates back. I reckon Sony would be mad to put the date back until September. The movie's getting loads of publicity right now and magazines won't print huge features on the same movie twice, yet people simply won't remember Hellboy come the autumn.

I got 3rd Sept from the official release schedule sent out to UK cinemas, coming directly from the distributors

im not sure about UK
but last night i saw the 3 minute trailer

THIS YEARS BIG ONE!!!!!!!!!

its bloody awsome,and looks set to be a sadcomic fan boy/girl wetdream.

the look of hellboy himself is perfect. they have him to the correct scale. his car stopping manouvere is enough to make you stand up and clap in the cinema itself.
after seeing this. i cant wait.
outstanding. on the big screen. go and see any movie just for this trailer.

Just started Minibolt on the GN's.

Hope to have a fully fledged Hellboy fan giving it pester power to the max when the film comes out.

Hang on, what is the Cert?

Bolt-01

It doesn't have one as yet. In the US, they're going for PG-13, which means it'll either be 12A or (more likely) 15, in the UK.

Considering the (brilliant but dark) director, and the subject matter, it'll probably be a 15. Might be lucky though and get a 12A

Lucky and get a 12A???? You're kidding right? Have no-brainers bring their 5 year olds along cause then they don't need a baby sitter, little bastiges then talk through all the "boring" bits, get upset at the patentley inappropiate scenes they're viewing and, to cap it all, you're watching a cut version of the film you've been waiting to see.
Sure, you can see the uncut version when it comes out on DVD but wouldn't to be better to see the full version on the big screen?
Think Terminator 3

Now confirmed (again) by IMDB. Amazingly, the French release has been put back EVEN FURTHER, to October! I guess Sony has zero faith in this film, sadly.