Metal Hurlant Chronicles

30min

Action & Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Metal Hurlant Chronicles is inspired by the popular comics anthology Métal Hurlant, which in turn inspired the well known fantasy magazine Heavy Metal. Each episode takes place on a different planet - fantastical in its own way - with the common thread between stories being a traveling asteroid that impacts the lives of all it encounters.

Production Companies

BNP Paribas Fortis

WE Productions

Episodes

Cast

King's Crown

1. King's Crown

30min

27th Oct 2012

In an alternate universe, a tournament is held, to determine the successor sovereign. The fighting takes place under the eyes of the king robot.

Shelter Me

2. Shelter Me

30min

27th Oct 2012

A woman regains consciousness in a bomb shelter. Her only companion, a man tells her that the end of the world just happened.

Red Light / Cold Hard Facts

3. Red Light / Cold Hard Facts

30min

27th Oct 2012

A man tries to escape from a prison located on a distant planet. In 2312, scientists discovered a cryogenically frozen man of the twentieth century.

Three on a Match

4. Three on a Match

30min

3rd Nov 2012

Three survivors on a sinking spaceship, competing for scarce oxygen supply on their rescue shuttle whose hull is damaged.

Master of Destiny

5. Master of Destiny

30min

3rd Nov 2012

Two mercenaries are found on the planet Masters of Doom, which, according to legend, know the date of death of all living beings.

Pledge of Anya

6. Pledge of Anya

30min

3rd Nov 2012

A demon has escaped and is about to surface in humans. A warrior is sending to the world of mortals.

First air date

27th Oct 2012

Last air date

12th May 2014

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks