The Sci-Fi Channel in the US is making an animated version of Hellboy creator Mike Mignola’s Amazing Screw-On Head. Can I get a hurrah from you all??!? Hurrah!!
Sci-Fi have confirmed that Paul Giamatti (who played Harvey Pekar in the frankly splendid American Splendor), Molly Shannon and Frasier’s David Hyde Pierce will be among the voice-over cast. Pierce is of course no stranger to Mignola’s wonderfully bizarre fiction since he provided the voice for Abe Sapien in the Hellboy movie adaptation. Sci-Fi described the half-hour show, due in 2006 thusly:
“Set in the Civil War era, Screw-On Head tells the untold history of the exploits of a robot secret agent (Giamatti), who works for Abraham Lincoln in the 1860s and battles the supernatural villains threatening our civilization.
In the pilot, Screw-On Head faces off against his arch-nemesis (and former manservant), Emperor Zombie (Hyde Pierce). Shannon plays Screw-On’s ex-love interest, Patience, who has been turned into a vampire by Zombie. Rounding out the cast are Patton Oswalt as Mr. Groin, Screw-On’s faithful manservant, and Mindy Sterling in the dual roles of zombie henchwomen Aggie and Geraldine.”
Fri, Jul 1, 2005
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