Film & Television


Disney to buy Marvel, moving the superheroes into the House the Mouse Built
News > Publishers
Mickey Mouse in a cape? Swing with Spider-Man above Main Street USA? Probably not, but with the Walt Disney Company's announced acquisition of Marvel Entertainment, some unexpected synergies are sure to emerge...

Top Box Office Grossers: Fourth Week of August
News > Film & Television
The charts are turning away from sf/f/h, after a remarkable summer of dominance by our genres. Nevertheless, there's still some strength in the wizards, robots, and more...

Top Box Office Grossers: Third Week of August
News > Film & Television
Another new sf release, another new #1 film; sf/f/h films are once again dominating the top of the charts, but there are larger gaps in the mid-range...

True Blood season three, "Sookie" books 11-13, and more Charlaine Harris news
News > Book & Novel Sales
Agent Joshua Bilmes reports HBO's renewal of True Blood for a third season, the sale of the 11th, 12th, and 13th "Sookie Stackhouse" books, and more...

Top Box Office Grossers: Second Week of August
News > Film & Television
A new (sort of) genre release gives us a new #1, and there's some remarkable staying power among sf/f/h films this week...

Top Box Office Grossers: First Week in August
News > Film & Television
Not a great week for genre movies, but there's still some serious money to be made with sf/f/h films...

Top Box Office Grossers: Fourth Week in July
News > Film & Television
The guinea pigs surpass the wizards, and sf/f/h films still own a significant portion of the top of the charts...

The second season of The Legend of Neil seeks to rescue Princess Zelda from her video game
News > Film & Television
The web series The Legend of Neil is now starting its second season. In it, accidental hero is sucked into the video game to rescue Princess Zelda...

Top Box Office Grossers: Third Week in July
News > Film & Television
Don't mess with the wizard. At least, not in his first week in release. But we hear there are some guinea pigs making a bid for the top spot. And there's surprising staying power farther down the charts...

Len Wiseman signs to direct film adaptation of Shrapnel
News > Film & Television
Len Wiseman, who most recently directed Live Free or Die Hard, will direct and produce the live-action adaptation of Mark Long and Nick Sagan's comic miniseries Shrapnel...

Viz Media to publish retrospective of Hayao Miyazaki's career, in his own words
News > Books
Viz Media is publishing the first of a two-volume set collecting legendary Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki's essays, interview, memoirs, and more...

Top Box Office Grossers: Second Week in July
News > Film & Television
To absolutely no one's surprise, the newest Harry Potter movie tops the weekly charts after being open only one day. But there are other genre films deserving of box office attention, too...

61st Annual Emmy Award Nominees—the sf/f/h nominees
News > Awards
The 61st Annual Prime Time Emmy Award nominations include a fair showing by genre productions...

Top Box Office Grossers: First Week in July
News > Film & Television
Little movement at the top of the charts, and the return of one of our movies that fell out a few weeks ago, and some strength in the mid-range, but mostly it looks like waiting for this week's comedy opener and next week's fantasy...

Top Box Office Grossers: Fifth Week in June
News > Film & Television
Other than transforming robots, sf/f/h films are moving out of the top spots, because most of the recent new flicks aren't ours. We still own the mid-range in the charts, and there are animated dinosaurs and live-action wizards a-comin'…

Top Box Office Grossers: Fourth Week in June
News > Film & Television
Another one of those 'open one day and still topping the charts for the week' weeks, this time with the Transformers sequel. Still a lot of sf/f/h strength...

35th annual Saturn Film/Television/DVD Award Winners
News > Awards
The Saturn Awards, for sf/f/h film and television, were just handed out. Big winners were The Dark Knight and Battlestar Galactica...

Archaia Studios Press partners with the Jim Henson Company
News > Publishers
Archaia Studios Press has recently signed partnership deals with Roddenberry Productions and the Jim Henson Company not only to adapt their existing properties, to co-create new titles...

Top Box Office Grossers: Third Week in June
News > Film & Television
Nothing new and big on the charts, and sf/f/h continues to dominate at the box office...

NY Anime Fest giving away tickets to NY Asian Film Fest
News > Contests
The New York Anime Festival is giving away tickets to two films showing at the New York Asian Film Festival: Yoroi Samurai Zombie and 20th Century Boys...

Christopher Lee and Alan Cumming to receive knighthoods
News > Activities
Actors Christopher Lee and Alan Cumming have both been named on the Queen's Birthday Honours List...

Top Box Office Grossers: Second Week in June
News > Film & Television
SF/F/H is finally dethroned from the top spot, but still owns the top 10, and has some strong entries in the mid-range...

Top Box Office Grossers: First Week in June
News > Film & Television
The only movement in the top ten movies was the introduction of two new films into the mix, but nothing else changed its relative positive, and sf/f/h films still own the box offices. Below the top 10, however, there's slim pickin's...

Twilight shines at MTV Movie Awards
News > Awards
Twilight took home the bulk of the awards at this year's MTV Movie Awards...

Top Box Office Grossers: Fourth Week in May
News > Film & Television
It's definitely the season of the sf/f/h movie, with our genre films owning eight of the top ten spots on the charts...
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