X-Plus USA has a worldwide license for classic resin Godzilla statues from Toho Co. Ltd. The company debuted its latest kaiju offering at the recently concluded New York Toy Fair.

Marvel released its Q3 report last week, and its publishing and toy results continued to improve vs. Q2, although licensing was somewhat weaker.

According to today's edition of Variety, John Woo, the director of numerous classic Hong Kong action films, has been signed to develop a computer-animated film featuring the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Miramax Films, one of Hollywood's most prestigious studios, has optioned Mal Chance.

Shusuke Kaneko, who directed the well-received modern Gamera trilogy, will direct the next Japanese Godzilla film. The film will be set in 2004, exactly 50 years after Godzilla 's first appearance.

The Simpsons is the cornerstone of Playmates toy line for 2001, which also includes Tomb Raider and Jackie Chan Adventures figures.

Universal Pictures has pulled a major coup by snagging white-hot director Ang Lee ( Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ) to take over their troubled Hulk film project.

Whatever the labor situation in Hollywood, it should be an interesting year in the theatres where an unusually heavy diet of sequels and remakes will be enlivened (we hope) by some great directors.

These are unit and dollar sales rankings based on sales tracked at point-of-sale by the ComicHub system at stores selling American graphic novels (and manga) around the world.

The trends have been consistent across the first quarter of 2024: Sales of the Top 20 Author and Superhero graphic novels are up, while Manga is down.