Interview with John McGeary
December 8, 2007
ICv2 caught up with John McGeary, V.P. of Reed Exhibitions, late on the final day of the first New York Anime Festival.
A Disappointing 'Number One'
December 8, 2007
New Line's The Golden Compass won the weekend box office derby but only managed to earn a tepid $26.1 million.
Manga & 'Light' Novels
December 6, 2007
Del Rey Manga announced a number of new publishing initiatives for the fall of 2008.
Al Kahn: 'Japan Is Over'
December 6, 2007
Panelists at the ICv2 Conference on Anime and Manga held at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City engaged in a series of spirited and occasionally contentious discussions.
'Heroes' at 3
December 6, 2007
A non-manga graphic novel that is not based on a popular movie topped the BookScan chart of graphic novels sold in bookstores.
Universal Thinks It Has a Blockbuster
December 6, 2007
Universal Pictures is moving the release of the film version of Mark Millar's Wanted from March 28th to June 27th.
'Afro Samurai' Manga in August
December 5, 2007
Tor Books, the largest publisher of science fiction in the world, has formed a new manga imprint with Seven Seas Entertainment.
Warners Won't Confirm Casting
December 5, 2007
The L.A. Times is reporting that Warner Bros. has filled a number of the key roles in George Miller's Justice League .
Debuting in March
December 5, 2007
Fox Home Entertainment has announced the March 11th release of Stargate SG-1: The Ark of Truth.
Collects the 1st 3 Dark Horse Arcs
December 5, 2007
In February Dark Horse plans to release the Indiana Jones Omnibus Volume 1, collecting 3 story arcs originally published in the 1990s.
Series Debuting March 1st
December 5, 2007
Spider-Man Merchandising L.P. announced a second round of licensing based on the Spectacular Spider-Man cartoon .
Viral Marketing in Replication Mode
December 4, 2007
Having the Joker as the primary villain in next summer's Batman film apparently makes viral marketing easy.
