Pokemon Heroes, Millennium Actress & Tokyo Godfathers
November 20, 2003
Three anime features are among the eleven films accepted as eligible for the Best Animated Feature Film award at the February 29th, 2004 Academy Awards.
For Head of Tokyo Licensing Office
November 17, 2003
Marvel has named Bill Rahn, who spent the past two years as President of Universal Pictures Video Japan, as Managing Director of International Licensing for Japan and Asia.
Miramax & Lego Co-Producing
November 13, 2003
According to the Hollywood Reporter Brett Matthews has been chosen to write the screenplay for a theatrical film based on the Bionicle toys.
'The Pamphlet Is Dead'
November 12, 2003
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.
Hurricane Entertainment Takes Over Publishing
November 12, 2003
John Carpenter's Snake Plissken Chronicles #3 is at the printer and will ship by month's end.
Licensing Is King
November 4, 2003
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.
And the Fight Against the Patriot Act
November 3, 2003
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.
With 45 Hours of Unreleased Material
November 3, 2003
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.
Producer Joel Silver Is Emphatic
October 28, 2003
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.'
Ghost in the Shell: Innocence & Howl's Moving Castle
October 27, 2003
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 .
