Film & Television
| The Dark Knight is only the second half-billion dollar film | |||
| News > Film & Television | September 3, 2008 | ||
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The Dark Knight sequel to Batman Begins, became only the second movie in Hollywood history to take in more than $500 million at the US box office...
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| Second Annual B Movie Celebration nearly upon us | |||
| News > Film & Television | September 2, 2008 | ||
 The Indy Film Co-op's second celebration of the B Movie will be in Franklin, Indiana, 26-28 September, and feature more than 50 screenings, panel discussions...
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| Top Box Office Grossers: Fourth Week of August | |||
| News > Film & Television | September 2, 2008 | ||
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After several months dominating the domestic box office, there are fewer genre pictures opening, pushing them down the charts. The Dark Knight, however, continues flying strongly...
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| Confusion over the direction of first Tintin movie | |||
| News > Film & Television | August 28, 2008 | ||
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Hergé says Peter Jackson will direct, but Jackson says Steven Spielberg...
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| Top Box Office Grossers: Third Week of August | |||
| News > Film & Television | August 25, 2008 | ||
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After four weeks, The Dark Knight is no longer #1, and we're down to only four genre films in the top 10. But in the top 25, there are both monkeys and houseflies in space, even as three sf flicks leave the charts...
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| Harry Potter, Bolt, and Twilight do a three-part scheduling dance | |
| News > Film & Television | August 19, 2008 |
| The film version of the sixth Harry Potter novel is moving from November to next July, so Disney's Bolt and Stephenie Meyer's Twilight film are moving up to take its spot... | |
| Top Box Office Grossers: Second Week of August | |||
| News > Film & Television | August 18, 2008 | ||
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Non-sf films are starting to overwhelm our genre at the top of the charts, but The Dark Knight keeps hanging on to the #1 spot...
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| Simon & Schuster's children's ties itself more closely to Hollywood | |||
| News > Publishers | August 15, 2008 | ||
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Simon & Schuster's Children's Publishing signed an agreement with Hollywood's Gotham Group to more closely develop properties in both print and film forms, with the publisher profiting from film success...
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| Top Box Office Grossers: First Week of August | |
| News > Film & Television | August 11, 2008 |
| The Dark Knight holds on to the #1 spot for a remarkable fourth straight week, but several genre pictures finally drop out of the top 10. Still, 15 of the top 25 films are science fiction, fantasy, or horror... | |
| Further to Lucasfilm/Ainsworth suit over Star Wars storm trooper helmets | |||
| News > Film & Television | August 4, 2008 | ||
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Further to this article from April, about Lucasfilm's suit against Andrew Ainsworth of Shepperton Design Studios over copyright infringement for Ainsworth's sale of Star Wars storm trooper outfits, there is now a ruling. High Court judge anthony Mann has issued...
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| Watchmen film trailer pumps book sales | |||
| News > Manga/Graphic Novels | August 4, 2008 | ||
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Watchmen was first published in 1986, but with the impending release of next year's feature film, sales of the graphic novel have skyrocketed...
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| Top Box Office Grossers: Last Week of July | |||
| News > Film & Television | August 4, 2008 | ||
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The Dark Knight is an incredibly bright spot in the financial film firmament, leading seven genre films in dominating the top ten...
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| Isaac Asimov's Foundation may find its way to the movies | |
| News > Film & Television | July 30, 2008 |
| New Line Pictures' founders Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne have formed the new Unique Features, and are working on Isaac Asimov's Foundation series as their first project... | |
| Rockne S. O'Bannon turning Farscape into Boom! comic book | |
| News > Film & Television | July 28, 2008 |
| Series creator Rockne S. O'Bannon will be writing Boom! Studios' Farscape comic book... | |
| Cartoon Network turning three comic titles into feature films | |
| News > Film & Television | July 28, 2008 |
| Cartoon Network is turning Firebreather, Mice Templar, and The Vanishers into feature films... | |
| Top Box Office Grossers: Third Week of July | |||
| News > Film & Television | July 28, 2008 | ||
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Once again, genre films own the top of the charts (with only one non-genre title in the top ten). And The Dark Knight is doing to the foreign box office what he's doing at home...
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| Boom! Studios and Disney Publishing team up to bring Pixar films to comic books | |
| News > Manga/Graphic Novels | July 25, 2008 |
| Boom! Studios and Disney Publishing Worldwide have teamed up to allow Boom! to publish comic books for kids based on most of Pixar's films, including The Incredibles, Toy Story... | |
| VIZ Media launches VIZ Productions; hires Jason Hoffs | |||
| News > Film & Television | July 22, 2008 | ||
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VIZ Media has launched VIZ Productions, a Hollywood company to produce and license manga and animation for live action films. Producer Jason Hoffs has been hired to run the new company...
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| Top Box Office Grossers: Second Week of July | |||
| News > Film & Television | July 21, 2008 | ||
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Some new release, some new moves, but still, genre films dominate the top of the list, holding the top six spots...
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| 60th Annual Emmy Award Nominees | |||
| News > Awards | July 17, 2008 | ||
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The 60th Annual Prime Time Emmy Award nominations include a fair showing by genre productions. Pushing Daisies is the fourth-most nominated program...
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| Free anime evening in Kansas City | |||
| News > Film & Television | July 15, 2008 | ||
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The University of Missouri Kansas City hosts the 13th Vince Koehler Film Festival on 26 July, featuring a selection of anime films...
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| Top Box Office Grossers: First Week of July | |||
| News > Film & Television | July 14, 2008 | ||
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Another stunning week, with genre films holding the top six spots, and taking in a combined $207 million...
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| Winners of the 2008 Nominees for Constellation Awards for Canadian SF Film and Television | |||
| News > Awards | July 13, 2008 | ||
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The winners of the two-year-old Constellation Awards, which honor Canadian science fiction film and television, are...
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| Missing third of Metropolis rediscovered | |||
| News > Film & Television | July 8, 2008 | ||
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Nearly 100 missing minutes of Fritz Lang's 1927 classic film Metropolis have been discovered in the archives of a museum in Argentina...
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| Top Box Office Grossers: Last Week of June | |||
| News > Film & Television | July 7, 2008 | ||
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Genre films hold the top 7 spots and an incredible 8 of the top 10. Too many to choose from...
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