Production for Neil Marshall's Hellboy reboot has been underway for about a month, but new cast members are still being added. Recently, the project signed three additional actors.
According to Deadline, Lionsgate and Millennium cast Sophie Okonedo, Alistair Petrie, and Brian Gleeson as various supporting characters in the Hellboy reboot. The trio joins David Harbour (Anung Un Rama), Milla Jovovich (Nimue the Blood Queen), Ian McShane (Professor Trevor Broom), Sasha Lane (Alice Monaghan), Daniel Dae Kim (Ben Daimio), and Penelope Mitchell (Ganeida).
Okonedo’s character is Lady Hatton, a resident seer at the Osiris Club, an ancient English club dedicated to uncovering supernatural mysteries. Petrie will play a high-ranking member of the club, Lord Adam Glaren. Gleeson's character Merlin is a wizard.
Okonedo’s movie credits include Hotel Rwanda, The Secret Life of Bees, Skin, and After Earth. The Oscar and Golden Globe nominee also starred in the television shows Tsunami: The Aftermath, Mrs. Mandela, Undercover, and The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses.
Alistair Petrie has had roles in movies such as The Bank Job, Cloud Atlas, Rush, and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. He also appeared in small-screen ventures that included Utopia, Sherlock, The Night Manager, and Undercover.
Brian Gleeson appeared in the Irish crime drama series Love/Hate. He also starred in the movies Snow White and the Huntsman, Assassin's Creed, Logan Lucky, and Mother!
Based on the graphic novels by Mike Mignola, Hellboy, caught between the worlds of the supernatural and human, battles an ancient sorceress bent on revenge.
