Almost 30 years after it first rocked movie theaters, Paramount is bringing Heavy Metal back to the silver screen. Director David Fincher, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator and Heavy Metal Magazine owner Kevin Eastman, and Tim Miller of Blur Studios will direct some of the individual animated segments that will make up the movie.
Per Variety, the film “will be stamped by the erotic and violent storylines and images that remain the trademark of a magazine that debuted in the U.S. in 1977.”
Fincher, who recently directed Zodiac and the upcoming The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, has quite the busy plate in front of him … he’s adapting the Charles Burns graphic novel Black Hole and is developing Torso and The Killer for Paramount. This will be the third Heavy Metal movie; a sequel to the 1981 flick came out in 2000. Like its predecessors, no doubt this one will feature a very loud soundtrack as well … I wonder what Sammy Hagar’s up to?
i didn’t see the second one but i loved the first one. the second one i heard was so bad i couldn’t bring myself to watch it.
instead i watched TITAN AE and pretended that was heavy metal 2.
that was a great movie!!
Comment by fernando x fuentes — March 14, 2008 @ 9:30 am
Great news. There needs to be more R-rated animated features around.
Comment by Roy — March 14, 2008 @ 10:08 am
That’s what was missing from my life - a little more erotic violence! Thanks, Fincher and Eastman!
Comment by Korvac — March 14, 2008 @ 10:18 am
Fincher is attached to like 20 movies right now.
Comment by Darthphere — March 14, 2008 @ 10:56 am
second one was awful
Comment by frank — March 14, 2008 @ 11:06 am
second one was awful
Comment by frank
Except for the lack of proper character establishment, I thought it was decent B-grade material.
Comment by Roy — March 14, 2008 @ 11:29 am
More like the first movie and less like the second, please.
Comment by Mek — March 14, 2008 @ 11:31 am
This news just made my day. I would love to go to a midnight showing of this and see classical and computer animated segments featuring content that world class animators could never explore on the big screen during their day jobs. A decent soundtrack with a variety of artists would be the cherry topping. Geared up, I am.
Comment by James — March 14, 2008 @ 12:01 pm
“computer animated segments featuring content that world class animators could never explore on the big screen during their day jobs”
Sign. Me. Up.
Comment by Phries — March 14, 2008 @ 12:41 pm
I’d personally rather see Fincher working on Torso or Black Hole first and maybe act as an exec. producer on Heavy Metal.
Hasn’t Torso been in “development” for a decade now?
Comment by Jay — March 14, 2008 @ 2:35 pm
Hooray!!!
Comment by Spaz Monkey — March 14, 2008 @ 3:49 pm
Oh yeah ! Very happy ! Cant wait to see that, both Heavy Metal were awesome movies.
Comment by Eric Arsenault — March 14, 2008 @ 5:53 pm
…have you guys *seen* the first Heavy Metal movie lately? Adolescant wish fulfillment fantasy at its more puerile and pointless.
…which is why I can’t wait to see this film. David Fincher can make me sit through anything! ^_^
Comment by Snotling — March 16, 2008 @ 11:49 pm
PLEASE Bring back the charecters from the first movie plz!! i beg of you P L E A S E !!!!for the love of ooolahtekk and those dudes on the nighborg.
Comment by Space Toast — April 3, 2008 @ 4:09 am