Roland Emmerich’s Independence Day: Resurgence became the latest high-priced Hollywood sequel to fall short at the box office, opening below expectations with an estimated $41 million.

The flow of TV series is starting to pick up in advance of the new season with two offerings with great geek appeal, the first season of the Supergirl TV series, and the excellent miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s novel 11/22/63 , plus for serious moviegoers, Tom Tkywer’s excellent adaptation of David Eggers’ A Hologram for the King.

Global anime providers Crunchyroll and FUNimation announced a partnership to share titles across streaming, home video, and electronic sell-through.

Onyx Path will release the Scion Second Edition roleplaying game in 2017.

This week’s home entertainment offerings include only one hit, the horror thriller Don’t Breathe , and three major box office misfires, Steven Spielberg’s The BFG , David Lowery’s Pete’s Dragon , and Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie.

First Second has revealed its Fall 2017 lineup, including the latest entries in some of their popular middle-grades series and work from comics newcomers.

Hollywood studios tend to avoid competing with their own TV spectacular on Oscar weekend, and this year was no exception with only one new release with any serious box office hopes, Jordan Peele’s Get Out , a clever bit of social commentary wrapped up in the trappings of a horror film.

The nominees for the 2017 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards have been announced.

This week’s home entertainment offerings include Fox’s best X-Men film to date, Jordan Peele’s slyly subversive, horror film Get Out , an animated film Vixen , and the second season of the cartoon series Static Shock.

After a look at the different landscapes of the graphic novel business, she offered some advice for retailers on how to use recent trends to their advantage.