“I grew up as a fan of Heavy Metal magazine, and remember wearing out the videotape of the 1981 film, so this is a dream come true for me,” said Tony DiSanto, founder and CEO of Allyance Media ...

Gerald Potterton's cult classic 'Heavy Metal' was released Aug. 7, 1981. Skip to main content Skip to site footer. ... The idea for director Gerald Potterton's film, which arrived on Aug. 7, 1981, ...

Range Media Partners and Heavy Metal Magazine are partnering up to exploit the film and TV potential of IP from the iconic sci-fi/fantasy illustrated magazine brand. Heavy Metal will co-produce ...

Heavy Metal Magazine Expands to Film and TV Production in Partnership With Range Media Partners. ... of course, its namesake, the 1981 animated cult film “Heavy Metal.” ...

In 1981, the animation from the magazine was used to create the Ivan Reitman film “Heavy Metal,” and its prominence helped create the music genre phrase “heavy metal.” ...

Gerald Potterton, the London-born filmmaker and animator who directed the 1981 animated cult favorite Heavy Metal and contributed to the memorable "Liverpool" sequence in the 1968 Beatles film ...

Heavy Metal Magazine has been purchased with plans to bring its properties to film and television.. Publisher Kevin Eastman (Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles) has sold the comics anthology to digital ...

The cult classic 1981 animated film Heavy Metal is back once again as Executive Replicas teams up with Loosecollector Collectibles to unveil the new Taarna and Avis Deluxe 1/12 figure set.

It inspired a 1981 animated feature and a 2000 sequel. Paramount Pictures had announced in 2008 that it was developing an animated film inspired by Heavy Metal with director David Fincher ...