David Fincher (the director behind the likes of "Zodiac" and "Fight Club") has been commissioned by Paramount Pictures to take point on an animated adaptation of '70s sci-fi fantasy magazine "Heavy Metal".
The fantasy magazine was infamous for its erotic and violent storylines and imagery - like a hard core version of "Tales from the Crypt" without the tongue-in-cheek humour. As well as introducing readers to the earliest forms of what is now dubbed 'gorno' or extreme sci-fi, the mag introduced on to the scene artists such as Robert Silverbug and H.R. Giger (the man behind the "Alien" design).
Much like the "Animatrix", "Heavy Metal" will consist of eight stand-alone animated segments each one directed by a different artist.
Fincher will direct one of the segments; Kevin Eastman, the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" co-creator (who is now the owner of the "Heavy Metal" property), will direct another. So will Tim Miller, whose Blur Studios will handle the animation for what is being billed as a 'hard R' project.