Hellboy II: The Golden Army
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In Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Luke Goss plays the role of Prince Nuada, the movie's main antagonist. He recently talked with Super Hero Hype about the part:

Can you give us some background on your character?
Luke Goss: Yeah, this is one I have to think about without spoiling the plot. His father is the king of the Unseen Realm, as much as he's the Elf King, he's still the king of the Unseen Realm, and as his son and heir, I'm potentially the future king of that realm.

My father has some ideas that I don't particularly believe in, and the great thing about Guillermo's idea of a good guy/bad guy is that I think you get a lot of that stuff for free, you get a lot of the situation takes care of who's the good guy and who's the bad guy. When you got a great actor like Ron Perlman playing Hellboy, then they already know what's going on, they know who the good guy is.

You got a father-son issue here again--without going into detail--that just gives it a great three-dimension to the story. Like everything Guillermo does, he's not afraid to bring in sentiment and pain and family and issues to a genre media.

I love it because all the purists out there that kind of poo-poo the genre movies have to get over it, because Guillermo is directing the movie, which is great, and I'm lucky to be a part of it.

Read the full interview with Goss now.

Director Guillermo del Toro recently spoke to USA Today about his follow-up to Hellboy.

When asked about a sequel, the director said he didn't hesitate. He had fallen in love with the cigar-smoking, red-bodied superhero with devil horns shaved to the nub to help him blend in with the public.

"I was surprised when they called," del Toro says. "It was not a smashing success. But it did very well on DVD, so people were finding out about it."

As for Hellboy II: The Golden Army - which will revolve around a world of elves, goblins and trolls forced out of the woods and into city sewers and tunnels due to urban sprawl - del Toro talked specifically about his vision for the film.

"This isn't going to be Narnia-esque," he said. "It won't be a golden world. It will be a very tarnished, underworld magic kingdom. These beings are outcasts. I'm drawn to those sort of lived-in worlds."

The director was also quick to add that Hellboy won't lose its sarcastic sense of humor.

"I've always loved that Hellboy has a blue-collar mentality. He carries himself like an ordinary guy. He's somebody who is constantly trying to prove that he can be who he chooses to be in spite of his perceived destiny."

Three years ago, fans became acquainted not only with Abe Sapien and Hellboy, but also the red demon's fiery girlfriend Liz Sherman.

Now, as we inch closer to the July 11 release of Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Universal is debuting a first look at Liz (Selma Blair) in her return to action.

Guillermo del Toro, the award-winning director behind Pan's Labyrinth, will be behind the camera for the follow-up to Hellboy.

Here's a plot synopsis of this movie, which should be a summer blockbuster in 2008:

After an ancient truce existing between humankind and the invisible realm of the fantastic is broken, hell on Earth is ready to erupt. A ruthless leader who treads the world above and the one below defies his bloodline and awakens an unstoppable army of creatures.

Now, it's up to the planet's toughest, roughest superhero to battle the merciless dictator and his marauders. He may be red. He may be horned. He may be misunderstood. But when you need the job done right, it's time to call in Hellboy!

Along with his expanding team in the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Development - pyrokinetic girlfriend Liz (Selma Blair), aquatic empath Abe (Doug Jones) and protoplasmic mystic Johann - the BPRD will travel between the surface strata and the unseen magical one, where creatures of fantasy become corporeal. A

nd Hellboy, a creature of two worlds who's accepted by neither, must choose between the life he knows and an unknown destiny that beckons him.