More news on the new ‘Heavy Metal’ animated movie that is currently in pre-development. Our friends over at filmschoolrejects got the scoop from Heavy Metal Magazine owner and editor Kevin Eastman himself. James Cameron has come on board to co-executive produce and direct a segment of the movie! Thats pretty freakin cool if you ask me. Here is what Eastman had to say:

“I’ve got breaking news that Fincher and James Cameron are going to be Co-Executive Producers on the film. Fincher will direct one. Cameron will direct one. Zack Snyder is going to direct one and Gore Verbinski is going to. Mark Osborne and Jack Black from Tenacious D are going to do a comedy segment for the film. Three other directors have agreed but we haven’t signed them, but they’re equally as jaw-dropping. So we’re on cloud nine to be working with such an amazing amount of talent.”

We knew that David Fincher, Zack Snyder, and Gore Verbinski were involved with this movie, but this is the first time that the name James Cameron has popped up. The other bit of news that is new is that Mark Osborne and Jack Black of the band Tenacious D are going to be a part of it as well. This is all great news, and I am stoked to hear who else is going to come on board the project. 

Who else would you like to see come in to direct a segment?

Source: FilmSchoolRejects