Halle Berry's 'Kidnap' Is Lone Bright Spot
August 6, 2017
Sony’s adaptation of Stephen King’s sprawling fantasy The Dark Tower , which was supposed to create a film and TV franchise, won the weekend box office crown with an estimated $19.5 million, but with terrible reviews from critics and fans, the film’s weak debut has all but doomed the movie side of the franchise.
In 'Nocturne' Expansion Set
August 3, 2017
Rio Grande Games will release the darkly-themed Dominion: Nocturne expansion this fall.
Big Two Blanked on Current Core Characters
August 3, 2017
Neither Marvel nor DC placed a volume featuring its current core characters in the July 2017 Top 20 Adult Fiction Graphic Novel chart provided exclusively to ICv2 by NPD BookScan.
Week of August 1, 2017
July 30, 2017
The big fall home entertainment releases are still a few weeks away, but this week the caper comedy Going in Style offers sheer entertainment, while the social media-examining The Circle raises plenty of interesting questions, the dark comedy Big Little Lies features a A-level cast in a prestige series that has been nominated for 14 Emmy Awards, while the BBC series Fortitude is a claustrophobic thriller set on the top of the world, and Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin is a 2015 retelling of the original Gundam TV anime.
'Atomic Blonde' Underwhelms
July 30, 2017
Christopher Nolan’s World War II epic Dunkirk declined only 44% in its second frame as it narrowly nosed out the poorly-reviewed Emoji Movie to win the weekend box office crown.
From 'ICv2' Internal Correspondence' #92
July 28, 2017
This chart of the ICv2 "Author Graphic Novel Franchises" reflects sales in all trade channels for Spring 2017.
On the Rise, On the Slide, New Drivers
July 26, 2017
Image Comics is providing a new hit, and a possible next media star as well.
Coming-of-Age Saga Was the Basis for a Popular 'Ted Talk'
July 24, 2017
San Diego Comic-Con: At the San Diego Comic-Con Scholastic Books announced the acquisition of the rights to Hey, Kiddo , Jarrett Krosoczka’s graphic novel memoir of his childhood and adolescence.
With John Romita Jr. Providing the Art
July 24, 2017
San Diego Comic-Con News: At the DC Master Class panel surprise guest Frank Miller announced that he was writing a Superman origin story.
Week of July, 25, 2017
July 23, 2017
This week's home entertainment releases include one of the most visually-ravishing "bombs" ever made, the live-action Ghost in the Shell , the animated hit Boss Baby , the underrated family drama Gifted, plus the first new Dragon Ball saga in 18 years, and the second season of the anime adaptation of Rumiko Takahashi's supernatural comedy Rin-Ne .
