Fox announced today that the sequel to the hugely popular first X-Men film will be released on May 2, 2003, not in the winter of 2002 as had been rumored.

This moderately priced disk includes 3 hours of special features, including a first look at The Matrix anime films, which are supposed to debut late next year on their own DVD.

Titan Books has announced that it has the North American rights to reprint Transformers comics through 2002 in addition to its U.K. rights.

On the very day that Blood: The Last Vampire went on sale on DVD and VHS (August 28), the entire film was streamed on the Sputnik 7 web site.

Variety is reporting that the Wachowski's have commissioned several different anime directors to create anime 'episodes' for The Matrix .

According to Variety , Frank Miller and Geoff Darrow are in talks with Warner Bros. for the movie rights to their Hard Boiled property, which was published as a comic by Dark Horse in the early 90s.

With the appearance of the second Matrix film delayed until 2003, Warner Bros. has decided to release a disk full of new behind-the-scenes Matrix features, but without the film itself.

N2 Toys, the innovative toy company that created the Matrix figures and many other toys aimed at collectors '), is set to release action figures and statues based on the Shi comic series created by Bill Tucci.

N2, the innovative company that created the highly successful toys based on The Matrix , has released photos and information on its new series of action figures based on The Tick television series, which will air this fall on the Fox Network.

The large number of movie/TV books available this season should provide opportunities for a wide range of pop culture stores.