Estimated quantities for initial orders on comics shipping in August 2002 from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond US.

Senator International, a Hollywood studio that specializes in moderately budgeted genre pictures, has optioned 30 Days Of Night , a three-issue horror comic series written by Steve Niles and published by IDW.

Variety reported today that Warner Bros. Pictures has tapped Wolfgang Petersen ( Das Boot , Air Force One ) to direct Batman vs. Superman , which Warners envisions as the studio's tentpole picture for the summer of 2004.

Reuters is reporting that Mattel Inc. has won the right to make toys based on key Warner Bros. characters including Superman , Batman , Looney Tunes , and the Justice League .

Last week brought news of Warner Brothers optioning the rights to the Wonder Twins , as well as the announcement that Jerry (Boom-Boom!!) Bruckheimer was bringing his explosive brand of filmmaking to a film starring the Micronauts

Variety reported that Dreamworks has purchased a screenplay by comic book scribe Grant Morrison.

Ratings for the May sweeps period show that the network continues to gain ground, especially during the daily Toonami block from 5-7 p.m.

Comic and graphic novel orders (dollars) ended up 19% in the second quarter vs. 2001, continuing the accelerating trend that began in the second half of last year.

Initial piece orders from comic stores on the top comic titles were weaker in June, with orders dropping on seventeen of the top 25 titles.

Birds of Prey , Firefly , and a new version of the Twilight Zone are going to have to make up for the loss of a number of favorites.