Kevin Rose: Is there a second one in the works?

Mignola: A couple of weeks ago I sat down with Guillermo del Toro, the director, and we came up with an original story for the sequel, and we pitched it to the studio, and they were real happy, and we’re real happy. He’s off making another movie in Spain, he should be starting right about now on another picture. Hopefully when he comes back we’ll be going into Hellboy 2.

KR: Can we get any hints on what that story might be about?

Mignola: The first movie was very much an adaptation of the first hellboy series called SoD… this one is completely original. The first movie focused on something that’s, y’know, a big part of Hellboy: the mad scientist, and the Nazi’s, the Lovecraft kind of big-tentacled monsters, but one of the things that’s always been an important element in Hellboy is folklore and mythology, and the real old-world ghost story stuff, so we wanted to a picture that addressed that side of the Hellboy thing.

Sounds good to me. Nice to know that’s in the works.

“Well, without admitting to anything whatsoever, maybe you’d better switch from casting your fantasy Fables movie, to casting your fantasy Fables TV series. No, I won’t be taking any questions about this subject.”

OooooOOooo… I can only hope that’s even slightly true. If you haven’t picked up Fables, do yourself a favor and grab the collection “Legends in Exile”, which collects the first five issues. The next collection, volume 4, is out next month, with volume 5 out in March of next year. Being patient enough to not buy the monthly books has been quite a challenge.

The latest movie news I’ve heard is that screenwriter John Rogers completed a couple drafts of a screenplay, which Rucka called “phenominal”, and that it focuses on the first two storylines from the series. Can’t wait to hear how it’s coming along.

Any other comic-type adapatations you’re excited about? (and you’d better not say Constantine.)

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