Wednesday, February 26, 2014
"Heavy Metal" In North America
Syfy will air the episodic France/UK co-production, "Métal Hurlant Chronicles" for North American broadcast, adapting the 'sex 'n space', fantasy comic magazine "Heavy Metal":
The TV series is based on the works of illustrators Jean 'Mobius' Giraud and Philippe Druillet, creators of the original French magazine in 1974.
The France/UK co-production debuted in France for two six-episode seasons directed by Guillaume Lubrano based on stories by Geoff Johns, Richard Corben, Adi Granov and Alejandro Jodorowsky.
Cast appearing in the series have included John Rhys-Davies, Michael Biehn, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Scott Adkins, James Marsters, and Michael Jai White.