'The Dark Knight' Cited for '08
July 16, 2007
Mattel CEO Robert Eckert cited potential sales from toys based on The Dark Knight and Speed Racer as reasons for optimism for 2008.
'Superman Returns' Sequel Still on Track for '09
July 11, 2007
Kevin Spacey will return as Lex Luthor in the sequel to Superman Returns , which Bryan Singer will direct for a release in 2009.
Producer Confirms
July 10, 2007
Laura Ziskin, who produced the first three Spider-Man movies, said ' The one thing we have answered definitively is: There will be more Spider-Man movies.'
& 'Silent Mobius' Movies
July 4, 2007
Bandai Entertainment announced the acquisition of the fan service-filled Aika R-16: Virgin Mission OAV.
Protestors Decry Marketing to Kids
July 2, 2007
Even before the new Transformers film debuted word leaked out that Paramount and Dreamworks had given the go-ahead for a sequel.
Will Produce Feature-Length Animation
July 1, 2007
The Weinstein Company, The Gotham Group and a provincial government of South Korea are teaming up to produce and distribute animated features.
For Marketing to Children
June 28, 2007
The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, a Boston-based advocacy group which seeks to 'counter the harmful effects of marketing to children' has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the marketing of Transformers , a PG-13 movie, to children.
On 'American Born Chinese' and Beyond
June 28, 2007
We sat down with graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang and his editor Mark Siegel of First Second...
'Star Trek' Script Ready to Go
June 24, 2007
Screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci were the subject of an article in the Sunday's New York Times .
& 'The Dark Knight'
June 19, 2007
Warner Bros. Consumer Products has named Mattel as the global master toy licensee for both Speed Racer and The Dark Knight.
