$93.5 Million in First Week Box Office
November 18, 2001
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone broke four box office records with its opening this weekend at $93.5 million.
LOTR Expected To Be Pop Culture Store Winner
November 12, 2001
The independent pop culture retailers contacted by ICv2 are nearly unanimous in their conviction that the The Fellowship of the Ring ( the first film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy), which debuts in December, is the best fit for the tastes and interests of their customers.
Neophyte Game Followed by Core RPG
October 29, 2001
Decipher has announced its strategy for the Lord of the Rings roleplaying game, and it's trying to make the most of this powerful license by first offering a game appropriate for neophyte gamers, and offering an RPG for the hardcore gamers a couple of months later.
Trading Card-sized CD-ROMs
October 24, 2001
Serious USA, Inc.--the US arm of Serious Global, Ltd. of England -- is launching its CD Cardz in the US.
Mixture of New and Old
October 20, 2001
A mixture of new and old products make up our Top 10 Cool lists for September, 2001, both in the sense of new and retro properties and creative material, and in the sense of products new to the list and those that have previously appeared.
First Look at Complete Trailer
September 23, 2001
Fans will get their first chance to view the theatrical trailer for the first episode of the Lord of the Rings trilogy during the premiere of the Angel television series on the WB Network.
All Major Summer Hits Bow in Vid in Q4
August 26, 2001
Paramount has announced that Lara Croft: Tomb Raider will be available on both VHS and DVD on November 13. Paramount will release the VHS version of Tomb Raider at a high 'rental' price, rather than the lower 'sell-through' price.
Yellow Brick Road Leads To 7th Heaven
August 19, 2001
Variety reports that David Hayter, the screenwriter who wrote the first X-Men movie and is about to hand in a script for the sequel, is writing a pilot for a new television series based on the 45 novels in L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz series.
Plus the WotC Rumor of the Week
August 4, 2001
A solid crowd of around 25,000 was expected by the wrap-up of Gen Con -- North America's largest consumer show for games--in Milwaukee today.
First Series Ships in September
July 25, 2001
Sideshow Toys has partnered with the WETA Workshop to create multiple lines of polystone collectibles based on the Lord of the Rings films.