LOTR: The Two Towers Gets Best Picture Nod
February 10, 2003
Spirited Away became the first anime feature ever to receive an Oscar nomination for best animated film today, as the nominations for the Academy Awards were announced this morning.
An Overview of Movie Merchandising Prospects
February 8, 2003
The list of films below represents our best judgment as to which of the many films slated for 2003 actually have merchandising potential.
DC Direct Not Worthy
January 7, 2003
Kenny Penman of Forbidden Planet International in the UK saw the ICv2 2002 Toy Awards, strongly disagreed with our choice of DC Direct as Toy Company of the Year, and offers this impassioned response.
Top November Dollar Sales in Pop Culture Stores
December 24, 2002
A quintet of familiar properties took the top positions in our Top 10 Cool lists of the top dollar products in pop culture stores in November.
Single Day Total Over $26 Million
December 18, 2002
The Two Towers , the second installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy debuted strongly on Wednesday, pulling in over $26 million from some 3,600 screens in just one day.
Jeremiah Renewed
December 18, 2002
Showtime has decided to greenlight a number of pilots for new series including Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions,...
First Topic To Repeat as Champ
December 8, 2002
Dragon Ball Z topped the Lycos 50 list of 'most searched' items for the second consecutive year,...
In Pop Culture Stores
November 25, 2002
At the kickoff of the 2002 holiday season, we talked to distributors that sell to pop culture stores in four major categories -- toys, games, anime, and comics/graphic novels.
On a Creator That Went the Extra Mile
November 4, 2002
Stan Tychinski of Collectible Dreams in Selinsgrove, Pa. has been watching the recent dialogue on in our Talk Back section on Marvel and wanted to send us a positive story about the lengths to which a creator went to make a difference in his store.
As Head for New Adventure Games Division
October 29, 2002
Well-known game designer Matt Forbeck will be joining Human Head Studios as director of its new adventure games division.