Director Neill Blomkamp shared a concept art image on Instagram for his upcoming Alien film project, which shows Sigourney Weaver as heroine Ellen Ripley front and center.

Comic-Con News: Los Angeles-based graphic novel publisher Humanoids announced a deal with prolific science fiction writer Robert Silverberg to adapt a selection of his books into comics and live action entertainment.

Though early reports indicated that Disney would not unveil any new footage from J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens , the Star Wars reel shown at Comic-Con is in fact a three-minute and 42 seconds treasure trove of wonderful behind-the-scenes shots.

Comic-Con News: At the Superman Panel at the San Diego Comic-Con, DC Comics announced two new Superman miniseries, both of which will debut in November.

CMON will release four expansion decks for its science fiction deck building game XenoShyft: Onslaught this autumn, plus announces playtesting for upcoming stand-alone title set in same universe.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during June 2015.

Valiant Entertainment held its “Valiant Summit” today, and announced two upcoming titles which will follow in the wake of its Book of Death summer event, as well as a new roster of One Dollar Debut titles, and a teaser for summer 2016.

Game Salute will release Gamelyn Games’ Tiny Epic Galaxies to trade in October.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during May 2015.

This week’s best home entertainment offerings are the genre films Chappie and Run All Night , plus the Argentinian black comedy Wild Tales , the final season of the excellent HBO series The Newsroom , and the first American Blu-ray edition of Miyazaki’s masterpiece Spirited Away .