McFarlane Toys has reached an agreement with both the National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players Association to create collectible figures licensed by both.

Diamond Select Toys, a sister company of Diamond Comic Distributors, announced the signing of an agreement with Golden Books to produce merchandise based on the venerable children's book Here Comes Peter Cottontail .

The Cartoon Network has finally announced the times and dates for the debuts of two long-awaited Gundam series -- Mobile Suit Gundam will premiere at 5pm (ET, PT) on July 23 and The 08th MS Team airs later that night at 12 midnight (ET, PT).

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade , the most intriguing science fiction anime release since Ghost in the Shell , begins a theatrical run at the Cinema Village in New York City this weekend.

Ain't It Cool News is reporting that a highly placed source at Warner Bros. has indicated that Neil Gaiman will be directing as well as writing the screen adaptation of his Sandman mini-series, Death: The High Cost of Living .

According to today's edition of Variety, John Woo, the director of numerous classic Hong Kong action films, has been signed to develop a computer-animated film featuring the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within , which will debut on July 11, is a ground-breaking work of hyper-realistic computer animation that because of its unique style is sure to be one of the most talked-about films of the summer (though not necessarily one of the highest-grossing).

ICv2 has discovered several instances in which newsstand copies of Marvel Comics arrived before direct market copies, putting specialty retailers at a potential disadvantage. Marvel's Matt Ragone responds to inquiries from ICv2 and explains what is going on...

There's a new version of the venerable 'jack-in-the-box' toy, and that silly little clown head has been replaced in Art Asylum's new line of Rock 'N Boxes by insanely detailed sculptures of rock superstars who burst forth to the accompaniment of a full minute's worth of music from one their grinding rock anthems .

Inkworks is issuing its 72-card series for Jurassic Park III in a new three-dimensional process, which allows the images to work in both a 2-D and a 3-D modeEach hobby box of Jurassic Park III cards includes a special pair of glasses which unlock the three-dimensional effect.

The 'Comics' and 'Toy' categories got very competitive in May with the successful debut of Marvel's revamped X-Men titles and the release of new Simpsons and Tomb Raider toys.

TOKYOPOP is set to release the first volume of its Saint Tail anime series in both DVD and VHS formats on August 28.