This may only be of interest to those that think (like me) that the original Heavy Metal was pretty freaking cool, and not just because it was a cartoon with boobs but was also a pretty fun little movie. The second one not so much but the first one, yeah pretty cool indeed. Typically I don't think much of these types of projects but then I saw that David Fincher is involved, if you can dig that. So this may actually be pretty cool.
From Sci-fi wire and Variety:
Paramount Gets Heavy
Paramount Pictures will make an animated film inspired by the '70s SF fantasy magazine Heavy Metal, with director David Fincher spearheading the project, Variety reported.
Heavy Metal will be stamped by the erotic and violent storylines and images that remain the trademark of a magazine that debuted in the United States in 1977. The magazine introduced the works of American artists and writers such as Robert Silverberg, Harlan Ellison and H.R. Giger.
The film will consist of eight or nine individual animated segments, each of which will be directed by a different helmer.
Fincher will direct one of the segments; Kevin Eastman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), who is now owner and publisher of Heavy Metal, will direct another. So will Tim Miller, whose Blur Studios will handle the animation for what is being conceived as an R-rated, adult-themed feature.
Fincher, Eastman and Miller will produce the film. The studio will lock in the other directors shortly. The magazine previously spawned a 1981 animated feature and 2000 sequel.
Sounds pretty interesting I hopes this develops into something.
From Sci-fi wire and Variety:
Paramount Gets Heavy
Paramount Pictures will make an animated film inspired by the '70s SF fantasy magazine Heavy Metal, with director David Fincher spearheading the project, Variety reported.
Heavy Metal will be stamped by the erotic and violent storylines and images that remain the trademark of a magazine that debuted in the United States in 1977. The magazine introduced the works of American artists and writers such as Robert Silverberg, Harlan Ellison and H.R. Giger.
The film will consist of eight or nine individual animated segments, each of which will be directed by a different helmer.
Fincher will direct one of the segments; Kevin Eastman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), who is now owner and publisher of Heavy Metal, will direct another. So will Tim Miller, whose Blur Studios will handle the animation for what is being conceived as an R-rated, adult-themed feature.
Fincher, Eastman and Miller will produce the film. The studio will lock in the other directors shortly. The magazine previously spawned a 1981 animated feature and 2000 sequel.
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