Sci-Fi Film and Television Developments

Heavy Metal
6/8/09 - Film School Rejects reports that James Cameron, David Fincher, Zack Snyder and Gore Verbinski are all on board to direct segments of a new Heavy Metal movie.  Quoting Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman, the site reported that Fincher and Cameron will also be co-executive producers on the film.  Mark Osborne and Jack Black from Tenacious D are going to do a comedy segment for the film, Eastman reportedly said. Three other directors have agreed but aren't signed yet, he added.  The movie is a reboot of the original 1981 Canadian animated film, from executive producer Leonard Mogel, who was also the publisher of Heavy Metal magazine, the adult fantasy publication.  The original film was an anthology of various science fiction and fantasy stories adapted from Heavy Metal magazine and original stories in the same spirit.

03/14/08 - Paramount Pictures will make an animated film inspired by the '70s SF fantasy magazine Heavy Metal, with director David Fincher.  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 film will consist of eight or nine individual animated segments, each of which will be headed by a different director.

AlienAlmanac.com   2009