Hellboy reboot finds its lead in Deadpool 2 star Jack Kesy

Hellboy
(Image credit: Summit)

Millennium Media’s Hellboy reboot has cast Jack Kesy in the titular role.

The film was announced just last month, with creator Mike Mignola signed on. Per the official synopsis, "Stranded in 1950s rural Appalachia, Hellboy and a rookie BPRD agent discover a small community haunted by witches, led by a local devil with a troubling connection to Hellboy's past: the Crooked Man."

Kesy portrayed Black Tom in Deadpool 2 and Gabriel Bolivar on FX horror drama The Strain. He recently starred as Thunder in Tom Clancy's Amazon feature Without Remorse alongside Michael B. Jordan and is set to star in Netflix's The Killer, which co-stars Michael Fassbender as the eponymous criminal.

Kesy takes over from David Harbour, who starred in the 2019 Hellboy reboot directed by Neil Marshall (The Descent), and Ron Perlman, who played the half-demon in Guillermo Del Toro's Hellboy and Hellboy II: The Golden Army.

Hellboy: The Crooked Man does not yet have a release date. For more, check out our list of the most exciting upcoming movies in 2023 and beyond, or skip straight to the good stuff with our list of movie release dates.

Lauren Milici
Senior Entertainment Writer

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