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SDCC 2023: Celebrate 50 Years of Red Sonja

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Red Sonja SDCC 2023 Panel

Dynamite has announced an exciting panel for this year’s San Diego Comic Con, as creators and fans celebrate 50 fantastic years of Red Sonja! In addition to a retrospective discussion on the character’s legacy and past, her future will be looked to with new comics, novels, as well as an exclusive teaser trailer debut for her upcoming blockbuster Millennium Media film starring Matilda Lutz!

The panel will be held on Friday, July 21 from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM local San Diego time in room 5AB.

Red Sonja, LLC president, executive editor, and a producer of the coming film Luke Lieberman will serve as panel moderator, joined by franchise contributors Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner, Amy Chu, Dan Panosian, producer Mark Canton, and other guests.

The beloved She-Devil With a Sword’s story began in comics in 1973, and now 50 years later she remains the greatest sword-and-sorcery female heroine of them all! She’s hacked and slashed her way into the hearts of fantasy and comics fans all around the world. An incredible range of writers and artists have taken on her stories in her native comics medium, including the likes of Roy Thomas, Frank Thorne, Gail Simone, Mirka Andolfo, Mike Carey, Michael Avon Oeming, Jim Zub, Louise Simonson, Mark Russell, Alex Ross, Mel Rubi, and countless more.

With the first issue launching right in sync with San Diego Comic Con, fans will get to dive right into her latest epic series celebrating the anniversary by Torunn Grønbekk and fan-favorite franchise artist Walter Geovani. How this series came together and teases for what comes next will be discussed on the panel. As well as a surprise additional comic series by a top creator!

Attendees of the panel will be the first to see a teaser trailer of the upcoming highly anticipated Millennium Media film starring Matilda Lutz as the fearsome warrior, Wallis Day as Annisia, and Robert Sheehan as Draygan with M.J. Bassett directing and a script written by Tasha Huo.

The audience will also get the opportunity to watch a fun tribute video from some of the biggest creators associated with the character.

Jack Kesy puts on the Big Red Fist for the Hellboy reboot

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The Hellboy film reboot has found it’s leading paranormal investigator. Jack Kesy will take on the leading role in the film from Millennium Media. Kesy played The Master in The Strain television series, Black Tom in Deadpool 2, and Roller in Claws among his many roles.

Hellboy: The Crooked Man will be directed by Brian Taylor with a script by Chris Golden and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola.

The film is expected to begin shooting this year and takes place in the 1950s with Hellboy stranded in Appalachia with a rookie BPRD agent. The town is haunted by witches led by a devil connected to Hellboy’s past.

More casting will be announced soon.

Hellboy is looking to have a resurgence. Not only is the film in the works, but an anticipated video game has been announced as well.

Hellboy has been protrayed in live action films three times already. The original, Hellboy, debuted in 2004 starring Ron Perlman in the title role with Doug Jones and Selma Blair. The film was directed by Guillermo del Toro and a screenplay written by del Toro and Peter Briggs. It went on to earn $99.4 million worldwide on a $66 million budget.

Hellboy II: The Golden Army was released in 2008 reuniting the cast and del Toro and it went on to gross $168.3 million worldwide on a $85 million budget.

The franchise was rebooted in 2019 starring David Harbour, Milla Jovovich, and Ian McShane, directed by Neil Marshall with a screenplay by Andrew Cosby. It went on to gross $55.1 million worldwide on a $50 million budget.