Sues Sony Electronics
June 29, 2003
Marvel filed a $10 million lawsuit against co-venturer/litigant Sony Corp. last Friday, alleging that Sony Electronics has not licensed Spider-Man for its own consumer electronic products,...
Tie-in to August Theatrical Release
June 29, 2003
ComicsOne has announced that it will adapt Steven Chow's Shaolin Soccer into graphic novel form.
The Cult Classic Continues
June 29, 2003
88 MPH Studios and Disney Publishing Worldwide recently announced a new Tron comic book series.
From Last Weekend's Convention
June 30, 2003
Last weekend the Academy of Adventure Game Arts and Designs presented the Origins Awards for excellence in game design.
Gaiman's Return To Comics Will Be Well Publicized
June 29, 2003
The subject of Marvel's Friday news conference was 1602 , the eight-issue mini-series by Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert.
Gaiman Licenses Randy Bowen
June 29, 2003
At Friday's Marvel Press Conference concerning 1602, Neil Gaiman was asked if the profits from this series would go to Marvels and Miracles LLC., the company Gaiman set up to fund his battle with Todd McFarlane for the rights to Miracleman , as previously announced. .
Weekend Box Office Down 15% From Last Year
June 29, 2003
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle won this weekend's box office derby with an estimated gross of $38 million. Ang Lee's Hulk suffered a big second week drop, plummeting some 70% from $62 million plus to an estimated $18.4 million.
For More Bucks
June 29, 2003
Marvel has expanded and extended its relationship with top international print publisher Panini S.p.A.
Charlie's Angels' Scribe On Board
June 29, 2003
On Friday Variety reported that screenwriter John August, the high-profile writer of Charlie's Angels and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, has been hired (for a substantial seven-figure fee) to write the screenplay for a big-budget feature version of Tarzan for Warner Brothers.
As Video-On-Demand
June 29, 2003
Cablevision Systems Corporation and the Anime Network have reached an agreement that will add the Anime Network On Demand as Cablevision's seventh subscription video-on-demand service.
Anime Fanbook & Novel Out This Fall
June 25, 2003
Comicsone's Onegai Teacher manga series was a hit in bookstores even before Bandai released the anime version, Please Teacher.
Against Law Calling For Hiding Covers
June 25, 2003
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has joined with the American Booksellers Foundation, and the ACLU of Arkansas to strike down Arkansas Act 858.
