Director Guillermo del Toro for years considered this film a dream project and had always wanted to cast Ron Perlman in the lead, but could never secure a budget or studio approval. After the massive success of Blade II (2002), del Toro was offered Blade: Trinity (2004) or Hellboy, and though he briefly considered trying to schedule both in, he chose Hellboy. To try and convince the studios of Ron Perlman's star quality, director Guillermo del Toro showed the studio executives footage of Pe ...[Read Story ]