Animated anthology lives at Paramount
Of the many projects David Fincher has in the fire, Paramount Pictures upcoming Heavy Metal will be one of them. What’s that? you ask. Another Heavy Metal?! Yessir, Fincher is forgin ahead with an animated film inspired by the ’70s sci-fi fantasy magazine Heavy Metal.
According to Variety, Heavy Metal 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. The mag 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, the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” co-creator 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 mag previously spawned a 1981 animated feature and 2000 sequel.
Source: Variety
