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'Hellboy II' took perseverance


July 10, 2008 The movie, which Universal opens Friday, is the only franchise in recent memory that began at one studio -- in this case Columbia -- that ended up at another, for which credit goes to the perseverance of filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and producer Larry Gordon. While the occasional TV series ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Scrubs") has jumped from one network to another, film studios virtually never let a franchise go to a competitor. Created by artist Mike Mignola, "Hellboy" was first published in 1993 by Dark Horse Comics and quickly garnered Hollywood interest.

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