Well , that was prompt . Even though Syfy only began airing the 12 - instalment , French scifi TV series Metal Hurlant Chronicles ( shown above ) this past April , the epithelial duct has already hired Who and Being Human writer Jamie Mathieson to make its own version .
Chronicles , based on Metal Hurlant magazine ( easily known as Heavy Metal in Britain and the U.S. ) , was an anthology series , but Syfy ’s novel version will be quite different . Via THR :
The unexampled version , titled Metal Hurlant : Origins , will be a serialized story with a recur cast of character and a seasonal story bow . Each episode of the new show will be a 45 - minute commercial hour , liken to the 22 - bit episode of The Metal Hurlant Chronicles .
Most of Metal Hurlant / Heavy Metal ’s appeal comes from its plentiful sex and violence , which Syfy wo n’t be able-bodied to show much of ; this puts the load on the show having dear writing and compelling grapheme , but I theorise anything ’s possible . Mathieson wrote this Sunday ’s Doctor Who episode , “ Mummy on the Orient Express , ” so peradventure we can get a feeling for what he ’ll wreak to Metal Hurlant then . I guess if the mummy has openhanded pinhead , we can safely assume he has a firm reach on the reservoir cloth .
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