Gene Smith of Alien Entertainment Company in Lombard , Illinois saw Barry Branvold's comments about the Diamond Seminars and thinks three events across the country should be considered.

The second Aliens vs. Predator film, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, will debut in the U.S. on Christmas day.

Fox has tapped Keanu Reeves to star as the humanoid alien Klaatu in a remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still .

Scott Moore of Galaxy Comics in Saginaw, Michigan, read the ICv2 interviews with game publishers voicing their opinions on Internet discounters, among other things, and thinks their responses tell a lot about each publisher's regard for core hobby retailers.

Todd McFarlane will produce and Josh Olson (who did the screenplay for A History of Violence ) will write a film based on an idea by McFarlane, developed by Olson.

Disney has acquired the movie rights to Scott Christian Sava's recently published 168-page graphic novel, Pet Robots.

Virgin Comics and Sci Fi Channel announced The Stranded as their first joint project at San Diego Comic-Con.

At San Diego Comic-Con, IDW told ICv2 about more new projects on the way.

Benderspink has optioned Mark Powers' science fiction saga Drafted , which is published by Devil's Due.

Dreamworks Animation has announced that it plans to release its 3-D animated feature Monsters vs. Aliens on May 15th 2009.