Now that Marvel Studios is making billions of dollars, movie companies everywhere have been trying too hard to launch their own cinematic universe. The only "successful" ones thus far are the DCEU, which only has two good movies and the current Godzilla-King Kong monsters universe. Fans will be happy to know that the Hellboy reboot won't be rushing to make a cinematic universe, or even a sequel, which is surprising.
In a surprisingly candid review with JoBlo, lead actor David Harbour revealed that they just want to make the best movie possible with Mike Mignola's character and comic book universe. He's aware of the bad reviews that The Mummy got, with many criticizing the studio for trying too hard to set up a new cinematic universe, which is probably why it bombed. So, to that end, they are making a standalone movie and people will, hopefully, like it.
Honestly, this is really refreshing to hear. With movie studios trying too hard to make sequels, it's nice to see a comic book movie try and make a standalone film. Hopefully, it all works out and we get a product worthy of its source material.
Hellboy comes out on April 12.