Métal Hurlant Chronicles
| Métal Hurlant Chronicles | |
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| Genre | Science fiction, action, thriller, adventure, fantasy |
| Created by | Jean-Pierre Dionnet (Métal Hurlant) |
| Developed by | Guillaume Lubrano |
| Written by |
Justine Veillot
Guillaume Lubrano
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| Directed by | Guillaume Lubrano |
| Starring | Rutger Hauer |
| Narrated by | Benoît Allemane (French) |
| Theme music composer | Jesper Kyd |
| Country of origin | France and Belgium |
| Original language(s) | English, French |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
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| Producer(s) | Justine Veillot
Guillaume Lubrano
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| Location(s) | Romania |
| Cinematography | Matthieu Misiraca |
| Editor(s) | Sébastien Bacchini |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 26 minutes |
| Production company(s) | WE Productions
Sparkling
Aranéo
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| Distributor | Panini Group |
| Release | |
| Original network | France 4 |
| Picture format | HDTV |
| Audio format | Surround |
| First shown in | France |
| Original release | 27 October 2012 – present |
| External links | |
| Official Website (French) | |
Métal Hurlant Chronicles is an English-language Franco-Belgian television science fiction anthology series based on the popular comics anthology magazine Métal Hurlant, known in the United States as Heavy Metal and in Germany as Schwermetall. Each episode is a self-contained story taking place on a different planet with a different cast, and the episodes are linked together only by the idea that an asteroid, the "Métal Hurlant", passes the planet in question during the events of the story. The show's premise originated with Guillaume Lubrano, who put together a self-financed pilot to pitch the show, which was broadcast as the series' third episode. Lubrano and Justine Veillot produce the show through their company WE Productions. It was largely filmed in Bucharest, Romania.
The series premiered on French television on 27 October 2012 on France 4. Broadcast rights for various European countries such as Germany, Austria, Luxembourg were bought by Sony Pictures Television.
As an anthology series, each episode is a self-contained science-fiction story taking place in a different world, with different characters played by a different cast and adapted from a story previously published in the Métal Hurlant magazine. However, the show also proposes that all the stories are linked together by an asteroid, called the "Métal Hurlant", which is passing close to the planet where the episode's story is taking place.
The opening credits, narrated in French by voice actor Benoît Allemane, inform that the "Métal Hurlant" (Screaming Metal) is the last fragment of what was once a living planet, led to destruction by the madness of its inhabitants and condemned to travel ceaselessly through space and time, screaming its sadness and despair.
A number of notable British, French, American and Dutch actors have performed in various episodes of the show, including Scott Adkins, Karl E. Landler, Michael Jai White, James Marsters, Michelle Ryan, David Belle, Dominique Pinon, Kelly Brook, Joe Flanigan, Frédérique Bel and Rutger Hauer among others.
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