The epic odyssey of Hellboy continues with the action-thriller Hellboy II: The Golden Army, the feature follow-up to his 2006 triple Oscar®-winning masterpiece, Pan's Labyrinth. Bringing bigger muscle, badder weapons, multitudes of monsters and a little domestic conflict at home, our favorite kitten-loving red hero is back. And this time, he kicks even more evil ass. Hellboy fights the good fight when duty calls from his employer: the top-secret Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense (a clandestine bureau created in 1943 by Roosevelt that uses secret technology, mysterious powers and a network of operatives with otherworldly powers to defend the world against the more violent supernatural-- also known as the B.P.R.D.). He would, however, much rather kick back with a cigar, 2 six-pack, his pyrokinetic girlfriend Liz Sherman (SELMA BLAIR of Legally Blonde, In Good Company) and their clutter of cats. But destiny has bigger plans for them. After an ancient truce between humankind and the original sons of the Earth is broken, all hell is about to break loose.

The anarchical underworld Prince Nuada (LUKE GOSS of Blade II, Unearthed) has grown weary of centuries of deference to mankind. He plots to awaken a long-dormant army of killing machines that will return what belongs to his people; all magical creatures shall finally be free to roam again.

Now, only Hellboy can stop the dark ruler and save our world from annihilation. Joining the wise-cracking, amber-eyed demon and his flammable girlfriend are returning principal Hellboy cast--including the bureau's brilliant aquatic empath Abe Sapien (DOUG JONES of Pan's Labyrinth, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer) and B.P.R.D. bureaucrat Tom Manning (JEFFREY TAMBOR of Superhero Movie, Arrested Development).

Acclaimed actor JOHN HURT (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skul, V for Vendetta) is also back for the latest chapter in the franchise as Hellboy's surrogate dad (and savior from the Nazis) Professor Trevor Broom. New to the team is the now public face of the formerly clandestine B.P.R.D., protoplasmic mystic Johann Krauss, a role shared by JOHN ALEXANDER (Mighty Joe Young, Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey) and newcomer JAMES DODD; Krauss is voiced by SETH MACFARLANE, creator of FOX's smash-hit Family Guy and the man behind many of that show's signature voices.

Nuada's merciless drive for revenge is balanced by the regal compassion of his twin, the ethereal beauty Princess Nuala (ANNA WALTON of The Mutant Chronicles, A Girl and a Gun). ROY DOTRICE (Alien Hunter, Amadeus) plays their anguished father King Balor and BRIAN STEELE (Hellboy) portrays the Prince's henchman Mr. Wink, plus multiple additional characters in del Toro's world. Movement artist Jones joins Steele in portraying assorted practical-effects beasts, including the king's highest court.

Chamberlain and the stunning creature that is the Angel of Death. For this battle, the B.P.R.D. must travel between the surface strata of the humans and the hidden magical one, where creatures of fantasy rule. And Hellboy, a creature of both worlds who's accepted by neither, must choose between the life he knows and an unknown destiny that beckons.