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Heavy Metal 2: F.A.K.K.2 Movie Facts..
Studio: Tristar Pictures.
Production Company: Heavy Metal Entertainment/Sceneries
International/Streamline Enterprises, Inc.
VoicesJulie Strain ......................( Julie/F.A.K.K.2 )
Michael Ironside ..........( Lord Tyler )
Billy Idol ........................( Odin )
(Director)...............................................George Ungar
(Screenwriters)..............................R. Payne Cabeen, Kevin Eastman, Carl Macek Jacques Pettigrew,
( Producers ).........................................Werner Koenig, Carl Macek, Kevin Eastman
(Executive Producer) ...........................Philippe Diaz
(AssociateProducer) ...........................Howard Jurofsky ;
(Art Directors, Character Designers).Simon Bisley, Kevin Eastman ;
(Animation Studios) ............................Cinigroup, Media Lab, Munich Animations
Based upon the graphic novel Melting Pot by Kevin Eastman and Simon Bisley.
Release Date: January/February 2000. //hmm.. ill see aboute that !! |
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Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K., a $ 15 million, PG-13 animated feature produced in association with Sony Entertainment's Columbia/TriStar, will be released in 2000.In development since 1996, and in production since late 1997, Heavy Metal:F.A.K.K. will surely be one of the most anticipated feature length animated projects of 1999.Development began after Columbia/TriStar released, for the first time on video, the fifteen year old, Ivan Reitman produced, first animated feature Heavy Metal: The Movie, which sold more than two million copies Stateside, with global numbers still climbing.
Based on the graphic novel The Melting Pot by Kevin Eastman (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Simon Bisley (Lobo, Batman/Judge Dredd, Slaine) with Eric Talbot and the character, F.A.K.K., inspired by the Queen of the B-Movies and Penthouse Pet of the Year, Julie Strain, Heavy Metal:
F.A.K.K. is scheduled for domestic theatrical release the third week of August.
Montreal, Canada's based CineGroupe Animation, a subsidiary of Lion's Gate Films, purchased the rights to produce the picture and teamed up with Munich, Germany's Helkon Media and Trixter Animated Fantasies, who will share Jacques Pettigrew will executive produce the picture, Michael Lemire will direct, and Jon Minnis will art direct on behalf of the Montreal studio.
Werner Koenig will produce and Michael Coldewey will direct on behalf of the Munich studio. the production/animation duties with CineGroupe.
Philipe Diaz of Sceneries International will also executive produce as well as continue all foreign sales activities.
Columbia/TriStar Home Video has acquired all the rights for distribution in the U.S., South America, Australia, New Zealand, and Scandinavia. All other distribution partners world-wide are pending deal approval at this time.
Exclusive licensing agent for Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K. Is J.A. Roth and Associates, whom have signed on over thirty licenses to date, including´ Moore Action Collectibles (toys), Ritual Entertainment (games), and Byron Priess Visual Publications (novelizations) to name only a few.
The Melting Pot was adapted for the screen by Canadian writer R. Payne Cabeen, and Carl Masek will act as creative consultant.
/Source (Hevy metal F.A.k.k2 Website)
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