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‘Batman: Year One’ Gets Trailer, Release Date, ‘Catwoman’ Short
Warner Premiere has released a trailer and additional details for Batman: Year One, the next animated feature film in the direct-to-homevideo DC Universe line. Here’s the trailer, courtesy of MTV: Adapted from the four-issue 1986 tale by Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli, Batman: Year One is set to arrive on [...]
‘Transformers’ Morphs into Box Office Monster
We might need to roll out a new definition for blockbuster and call it Transformers: Dark of the Moon. The movie, based on the Hasbro toys and classic 1980s animated TV series, had an incredible debut at the box office, taking in $116 million in domestic ticket sales over the [...]
‘Cars 2′ Crosses the Finish Line with Huge Lead
Disney-Pixar’s Cars 2 raced to a strong finish in its opening weekend with $68 million in ticket sales, handily beating out its predecesor. The opening weekend gross for the film handily beat out the $60 million opening weekend take for 2006′s Cars, as well as the openings for fellow Pixar [...]
Trailer Debuts New Look for CN’s ‘Green Lantern’ Series
Having made it to the bigscreen, Green Lantern is coming to Cartoon Network this fall. The series, which has Bruce Timm and Sam Register on board as executive producers, is set to debut in September. The series takes the classic Timm/DC style into the CG-animation realm, as can be seen [...]
‘Green Lantern’ Lights the B.O. Lamp with $52M Opening
The superhero visual-effects 3D extravaganza Green Lantern won the top spot at the box office this weekend even as the big-screen debut of the DC Comics hero fell slightly short of expectations for a potential major new tentpole franchise. The superhero movie took in an estimated $53 million in ticket [...]
Seeing the (Green) Light!
Sony Imageworks vfx supervisor Jim Berney and his team revisit the classic comic book and use real-world references to construct the luminous world of Green Lantern. The summer of 2011 may go down in history as the season of visually spectacular 3-D superhero movies. Following in the footsteps of Marvel [...]
WB Seeks Bright Debut for ‘Green Lantern’
After years of waiting, Green Lantern arrives in theaters this weekend as Warner Bros. looks to turn DC Comics’ emerald warrior into a major tentpole franchise. Green Lantern is opening wide at more than 3,600 theaters in 2D and stereoscopic 3D formats, making it easily the widest opening of the [...]
Licensing Survey Reports Royalties Stabilized in 2010
As the Licensing Expo kicks off today in Las Vegas, the International Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association reported that year-to-year royalties generated from the sale of licensed merchandise remained fairly stable in 2010 at $5.065 billion despite ongoing softness in consumer spending. The results were published in the annual Licensing Industry Survey, which [...]
Joel Silver to Develop Live-Action ‘Ben 10′ Movie
Ben 10 has dialed up some big-time help in his bid to jump from TV to the cineplex. Cartoon Network has signed a deal with producer Joel Silver and his Silver Pictures production company to develop a live-action movie based on the popular animated series. The movie will be produced [...]
Abrams’ ‘Super 8′ Enters Crowded Box Office Race
The box office is looking to continue its summer rebound with the unknown quantity of Super 8 going up against kid flick Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer — and both looking to topple mutants, bachelors and animated pandas. Super 8 is the third film directed by J.J. Abrams, [...]
BinWeevils Appoints Henwood...
U.K.-based digital social world BinWeevils, for kids 6-12, has appointed media...
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