Metal Hurlant Chronicles

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2012-10-27

Last Air Date: 2014-05-12

Number of Seasons: 2

Number of Episodes: 12

Networks: France 4

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Top Cast

Michelle Ryan as Jennifer
Joe Flanigan as Hondo
Rutger Hauer as Kerm
Jesper Kyd as Composer
Nathalie Boyer as Le soldat / Docteure Talleman
Dominique Pinon as Stanley Summers
Scott Adkins as Joe Mada
Michael Jai White as Balt
Darren Shahlavi as Adam
James Marsters as Docteur Rowan

Seasons

Season 1 (2012)

No overview available for this season.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: King's Crown (2012-10-27)

In an alternate universe, a tournament is held, to determine the successor sovereign. The fighting takes place under the eyes of the king robot.
Ep. 2: Shelter Me (2012-10-27)

A woman regains consciousness in a bomb shelter. Her only companion, a man tells her that the end of the world just happened.
Ep. 3: Red Light / Cold Hard Facts (2012-10-27)

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.
Ep. 4: Three on a Match (2012-11-03)

Three survivors on a sinking spaceship, competing for scarce oxygen supply on their rescue shuttle whose hull is damaged.
Ep. 5: Master of Destiny (2012-11-03)

Two mercenaries are found on the planet Masters of Doom, which, according to legend, know the date of death of all living beings.
Ep. 6: Pledge of Anya (2012-11-03)

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