HEAVY METAL sequel rumors

Film School Rejects quotes Kevin Eastman, co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and current publisher of Heavy Metal magazine, as saying that the long-rumored Heavy Metal sequel will feature some very big names. (Click the image at left to buy the Collector's Edition of the original Heavy Metal on DVD.)

"I’ve got breaking news that Fincher and James Cameron are going to be Co-Executive Producers on the film. Fincher will direct one. Cameron will direct one. Zack Snyder is going to direct one and Gore Verbinski is going to. Mark Osborne and Jack Black from Tenacious D are going to do a comedy segment for the film. Three other directors have agreed but we haven’t signed them, but they’re equally as jaw-dropping. So we’re on cloud nine to be working with such an amazing amount of talent."

Amazing indeed. Frankly, I'm treating this as a rumor until I hear something a little more official. I've been hearing about a Heavy Metal sequel for years, and nothing has materialized since the underwhelming Heavy Metal 2000, essentially an Eastman vanity project featuring B-listers like Billy Idol and Eastman's wife, Julie Strain.

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