ROB ZOMBIE – To Direct Segment In HEAVY METAL Film

TMD has received new EXCLUSIVE details on the new HEAVY METAL film, which is tentatively scheduled to hit theaters in 2012. Expected to start production Summer 2010, the movie will be a $50 million 3D CG animated spectacle based on the magazine. This probably won’t have any stories from the first 1981 movie, however like the first one, it will feature around seven or eight different stories. Each segment will be directed by a different person. The official title to this movie hasn’t been chosen yet. This current title is just a placeholder. Coolest news of all, Den Headz… Rob Zombie has ‘tentatively agreed’ to direct one of the segments!

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Director David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman present this new adaptation of the long-running erotic sci-fi fantasy magazine Heavy Metal to the big screen with this animated anthology. Each collaborator will helm one of seven tales, with other filmmakers heading up the remaining stories. Blur Studios will provide the animation, with its creator, Tim Miller (Rockfish), also accepting a directing role in the Paramount Pictures production.

Executive Producer – David Fincher and James Cameron
Producer – Kevin Eastman and Tim Miller
Director – David Fincher (1 segment)
Director – James Cameron (1 segment)
Director – Zack Snyder (1 segment, a story that Kevin Eastman wrote)
Director – Gore Verbinski (1 segment)
Director – Mark Osborne (1 segment, a comedy with Jack Black)
Director – Tim Miller (1 segment)
Director – Jeff Fowler (1 segment)
Director – Kevin Eastman (tentatively 1 segment)
Director – Guillermo del Toro (tentatively 1 segment)
Director – Rob Zombie (tentatively 1 segment)
Writer – Marc Laidlaw (1 segment)
Writer – Steve Niles (1 segment)
Writer – Joe Haldeman (1 segment)
Writer – Neal Asher (1 segment)
Writer – Kevin Eastman (1 segment, a story that Zack Snyder will direct)
Jack Black (a comedy segment that Mark Osborne will direct. No details on how he’s involved, but most likely will be an actor)

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