Mark Wheatley To Do Comic Book Adaptation Of The Film
July 17, 2003
Mark Wheatley told ICv2 that Circle of Confusion and New Regency signed an option on July 16 giving them the movie rights to the Hammer of the Gods comic book published by Image.
But DVD Sales & Rentals Are Up 61%
July 13, 2003
In spite of a strong set of May releases including X2 , The Matrix Reloaded , and Finding Nemo , Hollywood's box office revenues were down some 4.6% during the first half of 2003.
Weekend Box Office Down 15% From Last Year
June 29, 2003
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle won this weekend's box office derby with an estimated gross of $38 million. Ang Lee's Hulk suffered a big second week drop, plummeting some 70% from $62 million plus to an estimated $18.4 million.
Big Opening Predicted, But Will It Have Legs?
June 18, 2003
This weekend will be a very interesting one at the box office, but next weekend should determine the fate of Marvel's most ambitious superhero film.
MMORPG Debuts In 2005
May 15, 2003
Atari and Turbine Entertainment announced plans to bring Wizards of the Coast's Dungeons & Dragons to the world of massively multiplayer games with Dungeons & Dragons Online .
No Start Date Set Yet
May 11, 2003
Today's Variety reported that Philip Levens, a writer and co-producer on the highly popular Smallville TV series, has been hired by producer Joel Silver to write the screenplay for a Warner Brothers film based on the DC Comics character, Wonder Woman .
Biggest Release Ever
April 26, 2003
Twentieth Century Fox has planned the largest global opening ever for X2: X-Men United , which will flash across screens in no fewer than 93 different markets across the globe on May 2, 2003.
A Second Generation Comic Book Movie?
April 10, 2003
Dreamworks has optioned a comic book-derived film. Band of Brothers writer Bruce McKenna is writing The Hands of Shang Chi.
Comic Sells 1.5 Million Copies
February 16, 2003
Kids WB has acquired the anime series MegaMan: NT Warrior for its summer schedule.
An Overview of Movie Merchandising Prospects
February 8, 2003
The list of films below represents our best judgment as to which of the many films slated for 2003 actually have merchandising potential.
