After the movie’s infamously long road to its initial release,Hellboy: The Crooked Manis finally coming to streaming platforms. The 2024 movie served as both a reboot of its eponymous franchise, and adaptation of the graphic novel storyline of the same name, seeing the titular supernatural hero and a rookie B.P.R.D. agent stranded in the Appalachian Mountains and investigating local occurrences tied to the malevolent titular entity. Led by Jack Kesy,Hellboy: The Crooked Mantook a year and a halfto release after it wrapped filming, with it being dropped directly to VOD platforms in the United States.
Now,Huluhas confirmed thatHellboy: The Crooked Manwill be coming to the streaming platform. The film, helmed byGhost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance’s Brian Taylor in his comic book genre return, will premiere on the streamer on March 7, almost exactly five months after the surprising decision to send the reboot directly to VOD in the US after getting limited theatrical releases in certain international markets, where it grossed just $2 million.
What Hellboy: The Crooked Man’s Streaming Release Means
The Movie May Finally Get The Chance To Build An Audience
While the movie has technically been available for those with access to digital movie libraries,Hellboy: The Crooked Man’s streaming release is a very good thing for the film. Streaming licensing and profit sharing between studios and platforms is a more complicated web when it comes to who ultimately comes out in a positive financial position, particularly on a movie of a smaller or more moderate caliber which is more bound for financial success in home markets than in theaters.
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Those with both a Disney+ and Hulu subscription can link their accounts, thus creating a shared library of titles on the former streaming platform.
The other major benefit of the movie’s Hulu premiere, as well, is thattheHellboyfranchise has a precedent of enjoying success on streaming platforms. Harbour’s movie, which holds thoroughly Rotten scores of 17% and 44% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, began climbing Netflix’s global charts in early 2024, whileGuillermo del Toro’s filmsoften find themselves trending when they come to a new streaming platform. Though reception toThe Crooked Manwas divided prior to its release, the promise of newHellboycontent could draw more eyes to the film than its limited international theatrical or VOD releases.
Our Take On Hellboy: The Crooked Man’s Streaming Release
It Could Be The Start Of A Cult Following
Though the movie’s streaming premiere could fall on the same deaf ears as its VOD release, the moviecoming to Hulu is definitely the best thing to come from the movie’s rocky road. Lesser availability often creates larger interest in a film, as seen byDogma’s fervent cult following, and withHellboy: The Crooked Mandoing better review-wise than Harbour’s reboot, it might have all the making to become a cult classic with a steady life on streaming.
Hellboy: The Crooked Man
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Hellboy: The Crooked Man is a film set in the 1950s, where Hellboy and a rookie BPRD agent find themselves in rural Appalachia. They encounter a small community plagued by witches, led by the Crooked Man, a local devil intricately linked to Hellboy’s own past.
