By Following a quote from the film’s producer causing controversy, filmmaker Brian Taylor has shot down a report of A.I. usage in the upcoming “Hellboy: The Crooked Man”.
Published two months ago at MotionPictures.org, but picking up traction yesterday, the original article had quotes from Millennium Media chief Jonathan Yunger who said he saw demon character shot practically that “didn’t look great”, he used AI to come up with new designs.
The article’s writer, not Yunger, says in the piece Yunger was referring to the “Hellboy” film on which he is a producer. Now, Taylor has indicated the article got it wrong, and the quote was about another film entirely. He says on X:
“To be clear: there is exactly *ZERO* AI used on Hellboy: The Crooked Man. Both characters – Hellboy and the Crooked Man – were created and shot 100% gloriously practical, as the movie gods intended, with no CGI enhancement… and look AMAZING.
He [Yunger] was misquoted. The comment was referring to a different film, THE OFFERING. Rest assured there is zero AI used on Hellboy: The Crooked Man and our gloriously practical Hellboy looks phenomenal. Probably the article was written by AI.
Indeed, Yunger is both and producer and writer on “The Offering” which would make him closer to that film’s material in question.
The new “Hellboy” unfolds in the 1950s as Hellboy (Jack Kesy) and a rookie BPRD agent, stranded in rural Appalachia, discover a small community haunted by witches led by a local devil with a troubling connection to Hellboy’s past.
Mike Mignola, creator of the comics, contributed to the screenplay. The film is rated R and hasn’t set a release date yet.
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