Column by Rob Salkowitz
May 30, 2017
Salkowitz looks at the state of Hollywood movie franchises as the summer tentpole season kicks off.
Lucius Malfoy Mini, Two Game Cards
May 30, 2017
Knight Models has shared exclusive images of the Lucius Malfoy miniature and two game cards for the Harry Potter Miniatures Game.
Week of May 30, 2017
May 28, 2017
This week’s home entertainment releases are slim,but there are a few items of real interest including the latest season of the best police procedural on American TV, a gritty medieval historical drama that should appeal to fans of Game of Thrones , new editions of two anime classics that have been selling for big bucks online, plus a reduced price edition of the complete Beauty and Beast live-action TV series.
'Baywatch' Bombs
May 28, 2017
Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales didn’t measure up to box office analysts' expectations ($80-85 million), but it did earn $62 million from Friday through Sunday, and easily topped a weak Memorial Day weekend that was 15% below the same frame last year.
Spanning the Entire 'Trek' Universe
May 26, 2017
McFarlane Toys will be making figures, role-play weapons, and accessories inspired by the Star Trek Universe.
Ultra Pro's 'Valerian: The Alpha Missions'
May 26, 2017
The first game Ultra Pro will release under its license for games based on Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets will be cooperative.
For Netflix Series Written by Warren Ellis
May 26, 2017
Netflix released a trailer for its animated adaptation of Castlevania , as well as announcing the debut date.
Director Targeting Horror Genre
May 25, 2017
Rosario Dawson may soon be pulling double duty in the Marvel Universe -- the actress is in talks to join the cast of Twentieth Century Fox’s New Mutants.
'Sausage Party' Co-Director Developing Animated Feature
May 25, 2017
Warner Bros. has set Conrad Vernon to develop an animated feature based on the vintage Hanna Barbera cartoon series The Jetsons.
Bluffing Game from Keymaster Games
May 25, 2017
Keymaster Games will release Campy Creatures , a card game featuring classic monster-movie style monsters.
Silver Sable/Black Cat Movie to Start Filming This Fall
May 25, 2017
While Sony has ceded a great measure of control over Spider-Man to Marvel Studios and Disney, Sony remains committed to producing spin-offs featuring Spider-Man family characters on its own, and the studio has named a director for a second Spidey spin-off.
'Big Bang's' Melissa Rauch to Voice Harley in Animated Feature
May 25, 2017
Warner Bros. Animation has released a trailer for the next "direct-to-video" DC Comics original animated feature, Batman and Harley Quinn: A Bruce Timm Original , which is due out this summer.
