Bump and a double post, but here's that history I promised for all those who may be interested.
-First printed as a small comic in music magazine Metal Hammer in the late 80s, written and illustrated by artist Tony Luke.
-Picked up by Japanese publishing giant Kodansha to be revamped in 1993, ran alongside the likes of Oh! My Goddess and Gunsmith Cats, even had a crossover with a series called Get a Grip! Tsuyoshi. Was written by Alan Grant and illustrated by Tony Luke.
-Work begins on what was supposed to be a downloadable series made for small-budget CG in 1999/2000, adapted from the manga version of Dominator.
-Project is halted when Tony Luke gets cancer, depression keeps project on hiatus for a while.
-UK Sci-Fi Channel tells Tony Luke they want to turn Dominator into a film, he is given limited time and funding for voice actors (voice actors include Dani Filth of Cradle of Filth, Doug Bradley, Ingrid Pitt, Liza Goddard, Alex Cox and British Radio 1 comedy DJs Mark & Lard), old CG footage is salvaged from drafts with only a few updates able to be made. Alan Grant only has enough time to do one script revision.
-Film premiered in 2002, Tony Luke survives cancer.
-DVD released in 2003, word of a sequel begins to circulate.
-Heavy Metal 2000 crossover occurs in 2005, sequel rumours still in circulation.
-No longer a sequel but instead a bigger-budget revamp is going to happen with a manga illustrated by Masanori Shino in the works.
-Various funding problems and license-holder issues means Dominator remake is canceled, only thing to come out of it was a working trailer and a pilot manga.
"Somewhere along the line Tony Luke just said it was s**t and he made it for a laugh because the Sci-Fi Channel were dicks."
A few random scans of the manga for anyone interested, it's insanely-obscure.
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