Hellboy comic creator/writer/artist Mike Mignola sat down with io9 and chatted about everything from Hellboy’s comic future, other stuff he may be working on, and even what he thinks of this Twilight frenzy that’s going on.
Regarding the comic book Hellboyverse, Mignola will be working on a Lobster Johnson series, and is currently doing a 4-book arc of Hellboy which will permanently alters the title character, who, Mignola said, isn’t meant to live forever. Mignola also said he’ll be doing a Victorian occult detective series set in the Hellboy universe, plus some non-Hellboy stories, possibly more The Amazing Screw-On Head. The writer is also trying get a vampire movie off the ground.
The subject of vampires came up when Mignola was asked about his thoughts onTwilight, to which he explained how while his daughter loved it, it really wasn’t his thing. He’s an old-school vampire fan, which lead him to a book he’s done that he’s trying to turn into a movie called Baltimore, Or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire
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I prefer an old-school vampire. I co-wrote an old-school vampire novel with Christopher Golden and we’ve been struggling with a screen adaptation of it. We’re trying to make an old school vampire movie. But the problem is that if nobody’s made one in the last five years – nobody wants to make one.
Apparently the movie is slated for a 2010 release and it’s being directed by The Dark Knight writer David Goyer, but naturally, if no one actually wants to do it, it will probably be longer than that!
More Screw-On Head please! I loved the pilot they ran on Adult Swim so many years ago, and I was really dissapointed when it was never followed up. So much potential.