Biggest Release Ever
April 26, 2003
Twentieth Century Fox has planned the largest global opening ever for X2: X-Men United , which will flash across screens in no fewer than 93 different markets across the globe on May 2, 2003.
CCG To Bow A Month Before MMORPG
April 26, 2003
Sabertooth Games, a subsidiary of Games Workshop, announced today that it has acquired the license to create a collectible card game based on Sony Online Entertainment's upcoming EverQuest II MMORPG.
Regular & Collectors' Editions Out In July
April 26, 2003
ADV Films has announced the July release of King of Bandit Jing , based on the manga series by Yuchi Kumakura.
Otomo's Steamboy & More
April 26, 2003
The 2003 Cannes Film Festival, which will be held from May 14 to May 25, will include at least two anime features.
The Hulk Gets A Milk Mustache
April 26, 2003
Comics and superheroes made quite a splash in the media last week and we're not even counting the articles about the new X-Men movie that opens this coming weekend.
Pic's Profits Not Enough To Keep Stock From Tumbling
April 26, 2003
In spite of a stellar 26% rise in revenue and an 88% jump in operating income, Sony Pictures' strong performance was not enough to overcome sagging earnings from other divisions of the huge Japanese company.
As Limited Edition DVD Debuts
April 23, 2003
Variety is reporting that DIC Entertainment is suing Speed Racer Enterprises (SRE) in an attempt to enforce DIC's TV and merchandising rights to the anime series Speed Racer , the only anime show currently on the Nickelodeon network. In the suit DIC claims that shortly after DIC reached an agreement with Speed Racer Enterprises in August of 2002 and was able to re-launch the series on the Nickelodeon network, SRE refused to allow DIC to buy additional episodes of Speed Racer...
For U.S. And Canada
April 23, 2003
The Free Comic Book Day Website includes a list of creator appearances from across the U.S. and Canada. From Jim Lee appearing at FCBD originator, Joe Field's Concord, California shop to ...
Contributes To Troll Lords' 'Art Of War'
April 23, 2003
Margaret Fraser, who has written a series of Edgar nominated medieval mysteries, will be bringing her vast knowledge of the middle ages to Troll Lord Games' The Art Of War ...
Set For Broadcast This Summer
April 23, 2003
An announcement in Shogakukan's Big Comic Original manga magazine indicates that a new anime series based Takahashi Rumiko Gekijo ( Rumiko Takahashi's Theater ) will be broadcast in Japan ...
In Just 100 Days
April 23, 2003
FAO Inc., the parent company of legendary toy retailer FAO Schwartz, emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy only 100 days after filing, a remarkable achievement ...
Repping Indie Publishers To Bookstores
April 23, 2003
Dallas Middaugh, who served for three years as the director of sales and marketing at Viz, LLC, has formed Redshift, a new company dedicated to providing sales representation for comic book publishers...
