A consortium of Hollywood producers has announced that the securing of financing to bring the Witchblade comic book character to the big screen.

Studio Ghibli has announced that its next feature will be based on Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea.

The Musicland Group has announced that it is closing all 61 of its Media Play stores.

Mongoose Publishing has announced an ambitious slate of RPG publications for April 2006.

McFarlane Toys has revealed its first Simpsons release.

Kevin Siembieda of Palladium Books has announced in a press release on the Palladium Website that a number of unforeseen events including thefts by an employee and a raft of illnesses affecting close friends and contributors have put the schedule of releases for 2005 seriously out of whack.

The Cartoon Network is presenting a New Year's Eve Naruto marathon.

David Cronenberg's film A History of Violence is due out on DVD on February 28th.

Mew Mew Power will return to the 4Kids Entertainment Saturday morning animation block on Christmas Eve, December 24th.

The Anime News Service is reporting that key anime director Satoshi Kon will return to directing feature films with his next project, an adaptation of Yatsutaka Tsutsui's 1993 science fiction novel, Paprika .

The UK-based publisher Fanfare/Ponent Mon has appointed Davis Marketing Services of Madison Wisconsin to promote its titles throughout the North American market.

Disney's The Chronicles of Narnia scored the third largest Friday-to-Sunday debut of the year with a better-than-expected estimated total of $67 million.