 | Metal Hurlaunt (Heavy Metal) comes to TV |
French DVD house WE Productions has teamed with publisher Les Humanoïdes Associés to produce Metal Hurlant Chronicles, a live-action TV series based on the long-running comic-book anthology (licensed in the United States as Heavy Metal.)
Variety reports that each half-hour episode will be shot in English and French by director Guillaume Lubrano, and will adapt one or two stories from from the anthology. The pilot's two segments, "Red Light" and "Cold Hard Facts," star David Belle (The Prince of Persia) and Jean Yves Berteloot (The Da Vinci Code).
WE Productions already has sold the series in more than 20 international markets, and is negotiating with a U.S. distributor and a French television channel. The first two seasons, comprising 12 episodes, are expected to be delivered in January 2012.
Created in 1974 by comic artists Jean Giraud (Moebius) and Philippe Druillet Jean-Pierre Dionnet and Bernard Farkas, Metal Hurlant was an influential science fiction and horror anthology that attracted such talent as Richard Corben, Enki Bilal, Bernie Wrightson and Milo Manara.
Information on future episodes can be found at WEProd.com:
 | Title: RED LIGHT Production year: 2010 Format: Pilot series Real: G. Lubrano | Synopsis: In the distant future, a man tries to escape from prison and hopes to finally see the light of day ... |
 | Title: COLD HARD FACTS Production year: 2010 Format: Pilot series Real: G. Lubrano | Synopsis: In 2312, nobody knows with certainty over the size of Los Angeles ... Earth now has a population of 37 billion ... |
 | Title: VIRUS Production year: 2004 Format: Short Film Real: G. Lubrano | Synopsis: In an apocalyptic world, two men trying out a new program ... |
 | Title: COUNTER STRIKE Production year: 2001 Format: Short Film Real: G. Lubrano | Synopsis: In the game world-famous police engage in combat against terrorists ready for anything. |
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