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EXCLUSIVE: Ketchup Entertainment has landed the rights to Millennium Media’s newest Hellboy pic Hellboy: The Crooked Man starring Jack Kesy within the titular position. The superhero horror film is a reimagining of the franchise primarily based on the Dark Horse Comics character of the identical title, created by Mike Mignola. Directed by Brian Taylor, the film follows Hellboy and a rookie BPRD agent as they get stranded in Nineteen Fifties rural Appalachia, solely to find a small group haunted by witches, led by the Crooked Man.

“We are very excited by this latest acquisition, this film holds a special place in the hearts of fans worldwide and we are committed to preserving and building its legacy as we bring the film to fans and new audiences,” stated Ketchup Entertainment CEO Gareth West. “We are confident that our collaboration with Jeffrey Greenstein and the exceptional team at Millennium Media will enable us to achieve just that,” continues West.

The movie additionally stars Jefferson White, Adeline Rudolph, Joseph Marcell, Leah McNamara, Hannah
Margetson, and Martin Bassindale. Marking a serious milestone in Hellboy function diversifications, Mike Mignola, creator of the comics, has penned the script alongside his Dark Horse comics collaborator Chris Golden. The story will increase Hellboy’s world via one of the beloved problems with the comedian collection.

The movie is a Millennium Media manufacturing in affiliation with Dark Horse Entertainment, Campbell Grobman Film, and marks the primary movie in Millennium’s improvement slate with German movie and TV distributor Telepool, owned by Will and Jada Pinkett Smith. Producers embody Dark Horse Entertainment’s Mike Richardson, and Millennium Media’s Jeffrey Greenstein, Jonathan Yunger, Les Weldon, Rob Van Norden, and Yariv Lerner. Sam Schulte co-produces on behalf of Millennium Media.

Mignola, Millennium Media’s Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson and Tanner Mobley,
Telepool’s Michael Müllner and Julia Müntefering, Campbell Grobman Films’ Lati Grobman and Christa
Campbell, and Ketchup Entertianment’s Gareth West, Artur Galstian and Vahan Yepremyan government
produce.

“At a time when content is never more in demand, it’s exciting to partner with a group who is not only passionate about movies, but who are also stepping up to distribute the types of commercial films that we believe audiences crave. Despite all of the changes in the marketplace, it’s refreshing to start building a pipeline with Ketchup and we are excited to build upon this first film together,” added Greenstein.

The acquisition of Hellboy: The Crooked Man represents Ketchup Entertainment’s continued
enlargement within the leisure business. This iconic movie franchise will be a part of Ketchup Entertainment’s
spectacular portfolio of initiatives, which most lately contains their May 2023 launch of the Ben Affleck
movie Hypnotic.