Neil Marshall might not have as high a profile as del Toro, but his CV illustrates he's more than up for the job of bringing Hellboy to the big screen.
Dog Soldiers, The Descent and multiple critically acclaimed episodes of Game of Thrones are a testament to that, and given what we know of the film so far, it would appear as though the director has taken to the material with ease. Better still, The Descent proves that he's a perfect fit for the character, certainly in translating the series' horror elements.
Then there's his work on GOT, which obviously proves he can get those fantasy elements down to a T. The episodes he directed are also regarded as being among the very best to have featured on the show, which, when you consider how big a phenomenon it is, is a pretty spectacular feat.
Marshall may not have lent his name to many works, but the few that he's helmed thoroughly intimate just what a great pick he is for the franchise.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
