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The film Heavy Metal features a segment titled "Den" that adapts the first Den collection, Den 1: Neverwhere (not to be confused with the animated short of the same title). The film eliminates the Uncle Dan part of the story and incorporates a green meteorite as a portal to Neverwhere.
Heavy Metal is a 1981 Canadian adult animated science fantasy anthology film directed by Gerald Potterton (in his director debut) and produced by Ivan Reitman and Leonard Mogel, who also was the publisher of Heavy Metal magazine, which was the basis for the film.
Richard Corben (November 1, 1940 – December 2, 2020) was an American illustrator and comic book artist best known for his comics featured in Heavy Metal magazine, especially the Den series which was featured in the magazine's first film adaptation in 1981.
Between 2016 and 2018, Morrison served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Heavy Metal magazine. Morrison's work has drawn critical acclaim. They have won numerous awards, including Eisner, Harvey, and Inkpot awards. In 2012, Morrison was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to film and literature.
Rock & Rule was Nelvana's first animated feature film and it was the first Canadian animated feature to be produced in English (the 1981 Canadian-American co-production Heavy Metal was also produced in English, but was an anthology film. Le Village enchanté, a 1955 production from Quebec, was the country's first, overall).
John Keith Vernon (born Adolphus Raymondus Vernon Agopsowicz; February 24, 1932 [1] – February 1, 2005) was a Canadian actor. He made a career in Hollywood after achieving initial television stardom in Canada.
Warrel Dane (/ ˈ w ɒ r əl /; born Warrel George Baker; March 7, 1961 – December 13, 2017) [1] was an American musician and the lead singer for the heavy metal bands Sanctuary and Nevermore. He was a natural baritone; [2] though he was initially known for his high-pitched vocals with Serpent's Knight and on the first two Sanctuary albums ...
During this period he pursued a psychology degree, [4] but later became interested in becoming a film director. According to O'Bannon, he was reading an issue of Playboy when he found an article discussing the best film schools, which led him to the University of Southern California (USC). [4] He received a bachelor's degree in film from USC in ...