Simon Kinberg Worked on Elektra, FF
October 3, 2004
Twentieth Century Fox and Marvel Studios have tapped screenwriter Simon Kinberg to write the script for X3.
Miramax Preps Bloom County Feature
September 30, 2004
Variety is reporting that Miramax and Dimension Films have signed a multi-year agreement with the San Francisco-based animation company Wild Brain to produce CGI animated features.
Village Roadshow Predicts Lower Profits
September 28, 2004
Not all comic book-based films are moneymakers. Village Roadshow Ltd. has announced that lower-than-expected box office earnings from Catwoman , will substantially reduce its film profits for the current fiscal year.
Column by Steven Bates
September 28, 2004
This week Bates talks about the theory and practice of a recent store renovation.
No Sketch Interiors Please
September 27, 2004
J.H. Robinson of Graham Crackers in Bolingbrook, Illinois saw the news of Marvel's plans to split orders of the Ultimates 2 #1 into regular and sketch versions (including interiors) and doesn't like it.
12 Volumes Starting in January
September 27, 2004
The Rosen Publishing Group announced a series of 12 graphic novel biographies of key historical figures.
Based on Eric Powell's Comic
September 27, 2004
Mezco has announced that the company has acquired the rights to make toys based on Eric Powell's comic book series, The Goon.
Aragones & Evanier Will Produce
September 27, 2004
Intellectual Properties Worldwide has acquired the feature film rights to Groo the Wanderer .
In Comic Trade Paperback Backlist Count
September 26, 2004
Tokyopop now has around 800 trade paperbacks in print, which makes it the leading publisher of comic trade paperbacks, as measured by product line.
'FCBD Will Work If You Want It To'
September 26, 2004
Jay Bardyla of Happy Harbor Comics & Toys in Edmonton, Jasper, Lloydminster & Vancouver saw the Talk Back comment by Dean Phillips of Krypton Comics on the results of the election to choose the date for the 2005 Free Comic Book Day and has this response.
