During Sakura-Con 2017 in Seattle, Yen Press announced a number of new acquisitions.

This brand profile may appeal broadly, but its corporate value is how it owns teenage and 20-something boys, a traditional gap in pre-expansion Disney’s market coverage.

IDW Publishing has been awarded a license by Disney Licensed Publishing for Star Wars comics aimed at younger readers.

This week’s home entertainment offerings include a controversial adaptation of one of the most acclaimed storylines in the DC Comics universe, a hugely successful horror/thriller from M. Knight Shyamalan, a new edition of a long out of print Sailor Moon movie, the U.S. disc debut of an excellent Studio Ghibli film from the 1990s, and the first season of a popular new anime superhero series.

The Fate of the Furious , the eighth film in Universal’s Fast & Furious street racing franchise, set a new international box office record, earning $432.2 million from over 60 international territories, including a record $190 million from the burgeoning Chinese market.

Lucasfilm and Disney have released a teaser trailer and first poster for Star Wars: The Last Jedi .

Lucasfilm is launching Star Wars Forces of Destiny , a new IP featuring female characters, with web shorts and toys, followed by other products.

Warner Bros. is surveying an online panel on “an upcoming made-for-video movie” adaptation of Watchmen.

The universe established by puppet maestro Jim Henson in Labyrinth is about to expand thanks to a new TriStar film directed by Fede Alvarez.

DC Entertainment is adding combat accessories to the list of giveaways scheduled for “Wonder Woman Day.”

Josh Brolin (pictured in Labor Day , above) has been cast in the role of Cable in 20th Century Fox’s Deadpool 2.

IDW Games and Twentieth Century Fox have come together to produce a board game based on the original Planet of the Apes movie.