March 12, 2010 - Heavy Metal Movie Shopping A New Version
According to Deadline.com, David Fincher is shopping a new, more appealing version of the Heavy Metal movie, in its continuing search for a financier and distributor. The good news is that James Cameron and Zack Snyder are ready to direct. Also, an additional small detail that instead of 7 or 8 segments, there will now be 8 or 9. March 12, 2010 - Captain Sternn Movie There have been plans for many years to make a Captain Sternn movie based on the comic, which was also seen in the 1981 Heavy Metal movie. It looks like some good progress has been made in the last year or so, and so I've added a movie page for it. February 27, 2010 - Updated Newest Magazine Contents I've updated the information for the new issue of Heavy Metal, Spring 2010. February 26, 2010 - Simon Bisley Fanpage Thanks to Petrol for pointing out the fairly new fanpage for artist Simon Bisley. I've updated my Links. February 24, 2010 - Heavy Metal Movie For 2012 During Kevin's interview today, he mentioned that if all things go well, the new movie should go into production this summer, and be released to theaters in 2012. February 23, 2010 - Kevin Eastman Interview Tomorrow Tune in to The Metal Crypt internet radio show this wednesday, 3 to 6pm EST, for an interview with Kevin Eastman! And check out how to win a copy of the first Heavy Metal Pulp book. Update February 24, 2010 - If you have trouble with that link, you can also go to Hard Rock Radio Live, sign up, and listen. February 17, 2010 - New Heavy Metal Issue The new issue of Heavy Metal is out. Spring 2010 is now available. HeavyMetal.com has some sample pages from it. February 03, 2010 - Pleasure Model Out Now The first Heavy Metal Pulp novel is out. "Netherworld 1: Pleasure Model" by Christopher Rowley and Justin Norman is now available. January 28, 2010 - Song Credit For Outland Movie I've updated my Outland movie page, thanks to a comment on the IMDb forums about an uncredited song by Logic System. January 28, 2010 - New Heavy Metal Issue The new issue of Heavy Metal is out. March 2010 is now available. HeavyMetal.com has some sample pages from it. January 27, 2010 - Pleasure Model Review The Fantasy Book Critic has a little review for the first Heavy Metal Pulp book, Pleasure Model, that should be in stores February 2nd. January 27, 2010 - "The Circus Of Revelations" In May Issue R. G. Llarena visited the HM message boards to let us know that his story The Circus Of Revelations, will be in Heavy Metal in the May issue. January 09, 2010 - Available Artist Gravekiss has been added to the Available Artists section. January 07, 2010 - Various Reviews Slow news lately; so to pass some time, here are a few random reviews on things Heavy Metal. On The Escapist, check out Heavy Metal and it's influence on video games. Or watch a video review looking back at the first Heavy Metal movie. And read John Zipperer's blog about science fiction in comics. December 10, 2009 - Updated Newest Magazine Contents I've updated the information for the new issue of Heavy Metal, January 2010. I've also updated the Sales page with the latest figures. I've also noted on the Dates page we'll be seeing more stories from Marco Dominici, and that Requiem #8 will be in the March issue. I've also updated my Collectors List with a bunch of new CafePress items. December 09, 2009 - Updated Previous Magazine Contents I've updated the information for the previous issue of Heavy Metal, Fall 2009. December 05, 2009 - HeavyMetal.com New Look HeavyMetal.com have updated the look of their site. The previous main site MetalTV.com and all the other URLs that pointed there haven't been updated December 04, 2009 - Rogue Trooper On Wii I've updated the Collectors List to include the Wii version of Rogue Trooper, which was released this week in North America (and earlier this year in the UK). The 2006 game was previously released on Xbox, PS2, and PC. December 02, 2009 - New Heavy Metal Issue The new issue of Heavy Metal is out. January 2010 is now available. Update December 4, 2009 - HeavyMetal.com has some sample pages from it. November 29, 2009 - Added A 45 Thanks again to Jean, I've added a Devo single to the Music section. October 28, 2009 - New Heavy Metal Issue The new issue of Heavy Metal is out. Fall 2009 is now available. Update October 28, 2009 - MetalTV.com has some sample pages from it. October 06, 2009 - "Call Of The Loc Nar" In Next Issue Thanks to Debby for the heads up that the 54 page "Call Of The Loc Nar" by Matt Maguire will be in the Fall 2009 issue. September 27, 2009 - Added A 45 Thanks again to Jean, I've added a Donald Fagen / Don Felder single to the Music section. September 27, 2009 - Added A Druuna Statuette Thanks again to Jean, I've added another Druuna statuette to the site. September 25, 2009 - Added A Few Items Thanks again to Jean's great collection, I've added a few more items to the site. I've added 2 Cheap Trick singles to the Music section, and Keepsake cards to the Collectors List. I've also added the slide that's supposed to be with the HM2000 Press Kit. September 24, 2009 - Updated Newest Magazine Contents I've updated the information for the new issue of Heavy Metal, November 2009. September 16, 2009 - New Heavy Metal Issue The new issue of Heavy Metal is out. November 2009 is now available. MetalTV.com has some sample pages from it. September 16, 2009 - War Of The Worlds Blog #4 The War Of The Worlds: Goliath microsite blog #4 is up, talking about this years San Diego Comic-Con, including more pictures from the Con. September 14, 2009 - Heavy Metal Pulp Trailer Tor Books presents a trailer for the new line of Heavy Metal Pulp books, starting with Pleasure Model, coming February. September 07, 2009 - Peter Mayhew Is The Undertaker Just a small update for the Fistful Of Blood movie. According to Liam Sharp's poster on Tom Muller's site, Peter Mayhew will take on the role of The Undertaker. August 26, 2009 - Fistful Of Blood Details I found a lot of new details for the Fistful Of Blood movie from various places. Liam Sharp (of Event Horizon magazine, that I used to have listed on this site) will be the Art Director. He's done some concept art for the movie, along with Dave Kendall, Kev Crossley, David Millgate, Ryan Brookhart, and Brian McGee. Tom Muller (who was Art Director for Event Horizon magazine) will be the Graphic Designer (logos, posters, title cards, etc). And Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca from Star Wars) will play a character. It's not mentioned who, but from the concept art of the Undertaker, it looks like it might be him. Liam also mentioned that the teaser is currently being worked on and filming should start in about a month. And according to a lot of the concept art, it should be released 2011 (instead of the previous 2010). I also found that there's an Official Site, although it only has the teaser video so far. As for company information that's listed on some of the concept art, the Digital Scanning and Special Props will be done by Gentle Giant Studios. CG Effects will be done by Many Many Creations. Costume Design will be done by Anthea Chan (from Perfect In Black). The score will be done by Janet Rabin Phillips. The Casting Director is Mike Leeder. The Executive Producers will be Kevin Eastman and Rick Privman. And the script was written by the director, Digger T. Mesch (from Kevin Eastman's original story). I've updated my Fistful Of Blood page with this information and some of the concept art. August 26, 2009 - War Of The Worlds Blog #3 The War Of The Worlds: Goliath microsite blog #3 is up, talking about this years San Diego Comic-Con, including lots of pictures from the Con. August 24, 2009 - Outland Movie Remake In The Works Variety reports that Warner Bros. and Hollywood Gang Productions (300, Shutter Island) are remaking the 1981 movie Outland. The new Outland won't be made with Heavy Metal, but the original movie was adapted to a comic for Heavy Metal. Michael Davis (Shoot 'Em Up) will direct; Chad St. John will write the script; Gianni Nunnari (300, The Departed) will produce; and Craig J. Flores (300) will be the executive producer. Davis says, "We're staying true to the thematic heart of 'Outland' while expanding the space
frontier concept." August 21, 2009 - War Of The Worlds Trailer The official site for War Of The Worlds: Goliath is up! Including the trailer and behind the scenes videos that were shown at this years San Diego Comic-Con. August 14, 2009 - Story In Future Issue Lee O'Connor posted some sample pages from a 12 page story he did with Josef Rother called "The Spirit And The Flesh" that will be in a future issue. August 12, 2009 - Updated Newest Magazine Contents I've updated the information for the new issue of Heavy Metal, September 2009. August 12, 2009 - CGI 360 Of Blondie's Love Gun Here's what Blondie's gun should look like for the Fistful Of Blood movie. August 12, 2009 - Heavy Metallurgy No More For many years there had planned to be a book about the history of Heavy Metal, called Heavy Metallurgy. It was going to include rare art, galleries, interviews with Moebius, Druillet, Corben, Wrightson, Bisley, Chaykin, Eastman, etc, and a complete checklist of every magazine. However, according to a forum post by Kevin Eastman, he notes that, "Heavy Metallurgy most likely will never be" August 07, 2009 - Joe Gazzam Writing Barbarella Script The Hollywood Reporter reports that Joe Gazzam will pen the new Barbarella movie. They also mention that the movie will not be campy like the 1968 original, and that it's not attached to any studio yet. August 06, 2009 - Fistful Of Blood Zombie Concept Art David Millgate has posted a new zombie concept illustration for the Fistful Of Blood movie. August 05, 2009 - New Heavy Metal Issue The new issue of Heavy Metal is out. Septemer 2009 is now available. MetalTV.com has some sample pages from it. July 31, 2009 - Previews For Fall Issue I've updated the Dates page with the latest Previews catalog information for the Fall 2009 issue. Previews reads, "Are you ready for Heavy Metal Fall? The seminal underground comic showcase
does it again with two great graphic novels in one big zine! First up is The Call of Lomar followed by Claudia from the fertile mind of the legendary Pat Mills, creator of 2000AD and the driving force behind Judge Dredd!" July 31, 2009 - War Of The Worlds On DVD April 2010 Adrian Paul Newswire reports that War Of The Worlds: Goliath will be out April 2010. July 27, 2009 - War Of The Worlds Trailer Finally some San Diego Comic-Con Heavy Metal information is starting to leak out. Check out GoGreenMachine.org's YouTube page for the entire Kevin Eastman panel that took place last thursday. Of note is part 5 which at 6:05 has the 2 minute trailer to War Of The Worlds: Goliath, and a 12 minute behind the scenes look at the movie, which continues on part 6 and part 7. Also, director Joe Pearson mentions that it will be released mid-2010, so it looks like it will no longer be a February release. Not much information was given about the new Heavy Metal movie. They played the expected teaser by animation studio Blur, but that didn't include any Heavy Metal footage. They were also supposed to talk about the "Underwhere" movie, the "Biz An Buzz" animated series, and the new Heavy Metal Pulp series of books. But it looks like they ran out of time. |
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