Good back-story, write-up on the awful recent SyFy Channel series Metal Hurlant Chronicles.
No one thought to change the name?
"Michael Jai White appears in both, and the clearest sign of progress on
the filmmakers’ part is that, by the time they made “The Endomorphe,”
whoever is responsible for the closing credits had learned how to spell
White’s name. (He’s listed as “Michael Jay White” in “King’s Crown.”)"