Métal Hurlant Chronicles (2012)

Original title

Metal Hurlant Chronicles

Genre

science fiction television series

Country

United Kingdom, France, Belgium

Length

2 seasons, 12 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 65 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Each episode is a standalone science fiction story set on a different planet. A meteor named Metal Hurlant passes by each planet during the events of the story, linking the episodes together. The show adapts stories from the Heavy Metal comic magazine.

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What happens

Métal Hurlant Chronicles is an English-language Franco-Belgian science fiction anthology television series based on the popular comics anthology magazine Métal Hurlant, known in the United States as Heavy Metal. 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 in French television on 27 October 2012 on France 4. Broadcast rights for various European countries such as Germany, Austria and Luxembourg, were bought by Sony Pictures Television. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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