According to the Hollywood Reporter Brett Matthews has been chosen to write the screenplay for a theatrical film based on the Bionicle toys.

Steve Bennett of Dark Star Books in Yellow Springs, Ohio saw the report that Shonen Jump has sold as many as 540,000 copies an issue and sent us this extensive comment on the future of comic formats.

John Carpenter's Snake Plissken Chronicles #3 is at the printer and will ship by month's end.

Marvel Enterprises, Inc. reported its financial results for the third quarter today with results that topped its twice-raised 'guidances.' In spite of the fact that sales for Q3 2003 were only slightly better than Q3 2002 profits reached $63.1 million versus $6.7 million a year ago.

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has announced that it has become of a member of the Media Coalition, a national association that defends the First Amendment right to produce and sell books, magazines, recordings, videotapes, videogames, and now comic books.

According to an article in today's USA Today all four Alien films will be released in a box set (the Alien Quadrilogy ) on December 2. Each of the four Alien movies has its own disk of extras, while a ninth disk includes new interviews with director Ridley Scott ( Alien ) and Sigourney Weaver, who starred in all four films.

Although Hollywood producers rarely say 'never' when talking about possible sequels to moneymaking movies, Joel Silver was definitive when asked about the possibility of future sequels to the Matrix , saying: 'That will never happen.'

The Japanese Website Museum K has revealed the release dates for two of the most anticipated anime movies of 2004, Mamoru Oshii's Ghost in the Shell: Innocence and Hayao Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle .

Rich Biedrzycki of Dreamland in Schaumburg, Illinois disagrees with some who saw problems with the content of Avenger s #71.

According to reports from multiple sources Bill Jemas, Marvel's President of Publishing, will soon be replaced by former Marvel marketer Dan Buckley.