Paramount Pictures has announced it will be making a new animated film based on the ’70s sci-fi fantasy magazine Heavy Metal, with director David Fincher spearheading the project.

The new “Heavy Metal” film will consist of eight or nine individual animated segments, each of which will be directed by a different person.

Fincher will direct one of the segments; Kevin Eastman, the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” co-creator who is now owner and publisher of Heavy Metal, will direct another. So will Tim Miller, whose Blur Studios will handle the animation for what is being conceived as an R-rated, adult-themed feature.

Fincher, Eastman and Miller will produce the film. The studio will lock in the other directors shortly. The mag previously spawned a 1981 animated feature and 2000 sequel.

Source: Variety