The beginning of the month has brought a hoard of geek movie news.

Salkowitz looks at the state of Hollywood movie franchises as the summer tentpole season kicks off.

George R.R. Martin took to his blog to reveal details about the Game of Thrones spinoffs and announcing that a fifth series and writer had been added to his cohort.

We’ve seen a spate of geek culture merger and acquisition activity recently, and we round it up here.

HBO has inked deals with several writers to join fantasy maestro George R.R. Martin in developing four Game of Thrones offshoot series.

Universal’s Fate of the Furious dropped 61% in its second weekend, but still lapped its competitors several times as newcomers Unforgettable and The Promise both bombed and the top three spots on the charts remained unchanged. The total of the top 12 fil

The Fate of the Furious , the eighth film in Universal’s Fast & Furious street racing franchise, set a new international box office record, earning $432.2 million from over 60 international territories, including a record $190 million from the burgeo

The movie box office took a bit of a break before the impending release of the certified blockbuster Fast and Furious 8 , Dreamworks Animation’s animated holdover Boss Baby easily demolished its direct competition.

Dreamworks Animation’s animated Boss Baby narrowly edged out Disney’s massive hit Beauty & the Beast to grab the weekend box office crown with an estimated $49 million, while the Scarlett Johansson-starring live-action adaptation of Masamune Shirow

Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast continued its box office domination with an $88.3 million dollar second frame, the fourth best second weekend in history.