Hasbro is ready to release a wide array of B.U.M . toys, ranging from deluxe action figures and their color coordinated Space Cycles to lots of different PVC collectible figurines.

Pioneer announced its fourth quarter DVD releases. They include Cowboy Bebop: The Complete Sessions, DVDs for Crest of Stars , and Mobile Suit Gundam 08th MS Team all from Bandai (distributed by Pioneer).

In an article in today's Los Angeles Times , staff writer Geoff Boucher asks whether Superman is 'Undressed for Success?' in Smallville , the new WB television series that chronicles the Man of Steel's teenage years.

According to Variety , Frank Miller and Geoff Darrow are in talks with Warner Bros. for the movie rights to their Hard Boiled property, which was published as a comic by Dark Horse in the early 90s.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Scott Rosenberg's Platinum Studios has signed with AMG (Artists Management Group) to oversee the packaging of Rosenberg's catalog of comic book characters for television, film, and new media projects. In addition. Rosenberg will return to comic publishing indirectly at least by packaging some twenty-odd titles under the editorship of Lee Nordling.

Wizards of the Coast announced an ambitious slate of products for 2001 at the Gama show held in Las Vegas this week.

Dark Horse has ambitious plans to exploit Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes film with a number of print and merchandise items.

The first product in the Metabarons line is a 288-page full-color, hardcover rulebook which features a cover painting by Travis Charest and interior paintings by Metabaron artist Juan Gimenez.

The characters in Final Fantasy , in particular the protagonist Aki, have the three-dimensional look of live action actors.

Here's more of the McFarlane Toys lineup for this year, including the Movie Maniacs, rock and roll, H.R. Giger, videogame, and Spawn lines.