Métal Hurlant Chronicles is bij sommige mensen beter bekend als Heavy Metal, een verhaal dat in de jaren 70 erg populair was en in 1981 een animatie film kreeg die tijdje geleden nog in South Park is gespooft. In november start er een twaalfdelige serie op de franse TV en daar zijn de onderstaande beelden van afkomstig. Het ziet er uit als... eigenwereld.nl materiaal, dus checken die handel.

Entitled Métal Hurlant Chronicles, the show consists of two seasons and a total of 12 episodes, each one adapting a story originally published in the iconic magazine. The pilot is serving up live-action versions of the stories "Red Light" and "Cold Hard Facts." The show also has plenty of familiar names filling out the cast, including Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner), Michael Jai White (Spawn), Kelly Brook (Piranha 3D), James Marsters (Buffy, Torchwood), and Michelle Ryan (The Bionic Woman, Doctor Who).

Métal Hurlant was launched in 1974 by the legendary comic artist Jean "Moebius" Giraud and Phillipe Druillet. It was previously adapted into cult favorite animated film back in 1981, and there was even a feature film version in the works from David Fincher and James Cameron at one point, but it seems to be dead now.