Heavy Metal 2: F.A.K.K.

Genre: Fantasy/Science Fiction/Animation/Sequel.

Studio: Tristar Pictures.
Production Company: Heavy Metal Entertainment/Sceneries International/Streamline Enterprises, Inc.

Project Phase: Greenlighted.

Type of Animation:

Traditional.

Who's Voices Are In It: Julie Strain (Julie/F.A.K.K.2).
Who's Making It: George Ungar (Director); R. Payne Cabeen, Kevin Eastman, Carl Macek (Screenwriters); Jacques Pettigrew, Werner Koenig, Carl Macek, Kevin Eastman (Producers); Philippe Diaz (Executive Producer); Howard Jurofsky (Associate Producer); Simon Bisley, Kevin Eastman (Art Directors, Character Designers); Cinigroup, Media Lab, Munich Animations (Animation Studios); Based upon the graphic novel Melting Pot by Kevin Eastman and Simon Bisley.

Premise: Unknown.

Release Date: Unknown.

Comments: Rather than being a small collection of whacked-out stories like its predecessor, this film is reported to be one long whacked-out story involving a bizarre planet, a ruthless villain, and a heroine seeking vengeance. The comic itself was about the unwanted individuals of thousands of different alien species being left on one far-off planet to fend for themselves. Presumably Strain's character is somehow introduced onto the surface of that alien 'melting pot'.

Biz and Eastman are handling the designs. Hmmm. They've got us here at CA thinking it'll be Xena on mescaline. With guns.

Rumors: Unknown.

Scoop Feedback:

[Page draft submitted by 'Widgett'.]

December 30, 1997... Budget is reported at $15 million. Some say it will see the big screen in 1998, others the summer of 1999, but at this moment it's still anyone's guess. In an interview Eastman stated that FAKK2 was a character he had wanted to do for sometime, but all the pieces were not there until he met the current Mrs. Eastman--Julie Strain. And finally, a report on what FAKK stands for: "Federation Assigned Katogenic Killzone". Uh-huh. What does that mean in plain English? Well, apparently it's how certain areas are designated where you do not want to go, full of very nasty stuff that will kill anything, apparently. Not a region of space you would want to take home to Mother, in other words. [Scoop provided by 'Widgett'.]

August 9, 1998... Apparently the aforementioned ruthless villain is named Tyler, and his claim to ruthlessness? Destroying Julie's homeworld. Yeah, like that'll get you a date these days. [Originally appeared in Cinescape Online; reported by 'Widgett'.]

January 12, 1999... A license has been granted to computer game developer Ritual Entertainment (the same guys who made Sin) to create a game based on this upcoming movie. [Emailed by Bruce Ladewig.]

And hey, while we're posting an update on this flick, what ever happened to that scooper who promised us some art from the film? We're still waiting for it!



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