Steve Niles Scores Again
June 10, 2003
MGM has optioned the film rights for Steve Niles' Dark Horse Comic series Criminal Macabre .
Columbia Makes It A 'Tentpole' For 2004
June 7, 2003
Hellboy, based on the Dark Horse Comics series by Mike Mignola, will be released nationally on Memorial Day weekend 2004.
Chabon Series in Development
June 1, 2003
Dark Horse announced at Book Expo America this weekend that it has acquired the rights to three new manga series, and is in discussions to acquire a comic series based on the work of Michael Chabon .
Live Action Film Based On Classic Manga
May 21, 2003
Variety is reporting that Darren Aronofsky, the director of Pi and Requiem For A Dream , has been tapped to direct a live action version of the Lone Wolf & Cub series...
Debuting In August
May 21, 2003
The classic 'kaiju' warrior Ultraman , created by Eiji Tsuburaya (aka the father of Godzilla ) in 1966, is coming to the U.S. courtesy of Dark Horse Comics.
First Debuts In Sept.
May 20, 2003
Dark Horse Comics has announced the first in a series of busts of Robert E. Howard's most famous creation, Conan the Barbarian .
One Comic a Year
May 14, 2003
Jim and Crystal Brown of Midwest Comics & Games in Quincy, Illinois saw an opportunity to do a promotion to raise money for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.
Poised For Biggest R-Rated Opening Ever
May 12, 2003
Warner Brothers has added Wednesday screenings in over 2,000 movie theaters as the studio pulls out all the stops in its efforts to set new box office records with the R-Rated, two-hour and seventeen minute The Matrix Reloaded .
Two Titles Announced So Far
May 7, 2003
Plex International Design, the Japanese company that designed the Power Rangers toys has announced plans to publish at least two manga series here in the U.S.
Stories Will Continue In Graphic Novels
May 7, 2003
Viz, LLC has discontinued all periodical comics and announced that the storylines from the monthly comics will continue in graphic novels.
