The real joy for me is going back to old stories ... So all the new stuff, as well as Hellboy, Baltimore, Screw-On Head, etc. Bowling With Corpses is described as the start of a shared universe.

Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy films, both starring Ron Perlman, stand out as the only real success stories for the character on the big screen. Any new adaptation is compared to those two films ...

The Hellboy franchise has grossed over $300 million at the worldwide box office in four movies, with Ron Pearlman’s Hellboy II: The Golden Army taking the crown after earning $160 million globally.