Hellboy 2: The Golden Army has been languishing in doubt these last few months as the film didn't have a studio that wanted to make it, for some insane reason Columbia Pictures dropped the film. However their loss is Universal's gain, as they announce that they will finance and distribute the movie. Well done guys.

The news comes from SlashFilm:

Hellboy 2: The Golden Army follows Hellboy (played by Ron Pearkman) as he must save the world from the creatures of the nether-world, who have started a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth.

Teehee, I love that quote...finger slips on the keyboard! Ron Perlman, Selma Blair and Doug Jones are all to return with Guillermo del Toro at the helm.

I have to say I really enjoyed the first movie and I just can't see this being anything but better, or at least more of the same, and that's great in my book. GdT is really showing his mettle of late, and his vision and styling on all his movies is lavish and exciting to the eye.

Now we can begin to see some movement on the movie and look forward to seeing some pre-release shots and clips...roll on production.