Film & Television
| Top Box Office Grossers: First Week in November 2009 | |
| News > Film & Television | November 9, 2009 |
| With only one new film, the only real movement is at the top of the charts, but sf/f/h films, by and large, hold steady. One horror film falls, and another reappears on the charts... | |
| Top Box Office Grossers: Fourth Week in October | |
| News > Film & Television | November 2, 2009 |
| Suddenly, sf/f/h films own the top of the charts, but there doesn't look like much staying power there... | |
| Top Box Office Grossers: Third Week of October 2009 | |
| News > Film & Television | October 26, 2009 |
| Even with a new release in the #1 spot, it was a very bad week for sf/f/h films at the box office... | |
| Nickelodeon pays $60 million to become the new home of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | |
| News > Film & Television | October 23, 2009 |
| Nickelodeon has paid $60 million for all rights to The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and is already planning a new television series, as well as a new feature film with its corporate partner Paramount. Co-creator Peter A. Laird said... | |
| Bookseller Barry R. Levin starts film production company | |
| News > Film & Television | October 23, 2009 |
 Rare sf bookseller Barry R. Levin is moving into the film production realm, as he announces the launch of Science Fiction Fantasy Films Inc...
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| Top Box Office Grossers: Second Week of October 2009 | |
| News > Film & Television | October 19, 2009 |
| A new comedy takes over the top of the charts, but sf/f/h films own the next five spots. Also, one we'd waved goodbye to returns with a US box office topping $300 million... | |
| Top Box Office Grossers: First Week of October 2009 | |
| News > Film & Television | October 13, 2009 |
| An odd box-office week for sf/f/h movies, with our genres owning the top 4 spots on the charts, but not many more of the others... | |
| Top Box Office Grossers: Fourth Week of September 2009 | |
| News > Film & Television | October 5, 2009 |
| A seemingly weak week for sf/f/h films, yet we still have 40% of the top 25, including the number one film in the box offices... | |
| Top Box Office Grossers: Third Week of September 2009 | |
| News > Film & Television | September 29, 2009 |
| For the second week in a row, three genre films fell out of the top 25, and there was only one new entry on the list (admittedly, at #1), meaning it's currently more of a non-sf/f/h line-up in the box offices... | |
| Defying Gravity is not dead, but in limbo | |
| News > Film & Television | September 21, 2009 |
| Reports of the ABC space-based drama series' demise may have been exaggerated, but not canceled does not necessarily mean scheduled to air anytime soon... | |
| Justin Cronin's vampire novel The Passage to be adapted for film by John Logan for big money | |
| News > Media Sales | September 21, 2009 |
| Justin Cronin's third novel, futuristic vampire tale The Passage, is being adapted for the big screen by John Logan. Fox 2000 is paying Logan more than $1 million to turn the book into a script for Ridley Scott to direct... | |
| 61st Annual Emmy Award Winners—the sf/f/h nominees | |
| News > Awards | September 21, 2009 |
| This year's Emmy Awards included a few for sf/f/h programming, but one stand-out was the short-lived series Pushing Daisies... | |
| Top Box Office Grossers: Second Week of September | |
| News > Film & Television | September 21, 2009 |
| Not a great week for sf/f/h films, but then again, not a great week for the movies overall (back to school probably had something to do with shrinking box-office revenues)... | |
| Top Box Office Grossers: First Week of September | |
| News > Film & Television | September 14, 2009 |
| No movement at the top of the charts, but the recently released 9 worked its way into a respectable slot after a scant two days in the theatres... | |
| Warner Brothers makes DC Comics its own division, with eyes to expansion | |
| News > Publishers | September 9, 2009 |
| Corporate parent Warner Brothers has recreated DC Comics as its own division, to be called DC Entertainment, to be presided over by Warner insider Diane Nelson, while current President Paul Levitz returns to the creative side... | |
| Tolkien estate and New Line Cinema settle Lord of the Rings lawsuit | |
| News > Film & Television | September 8, 2009 |
| After more than a year and a half of legal wrangling, The Tolkien Trust and New Line Cinema have reached an agreement (with undisclosed details) that should allow the two new The Hobbit movies to move forward while at the same time providing payment to Tolkien's estate for The Lord of the Rings movies... | |
| Top Box Office Grossers: Fifth Week of August | |
| News > Film & Television | September 8, 2009 |
| A very strong week for sf/f/h movies, with none falling out of the top 25, but two new opening at the top of the charts, and one climbing back up into the rankings... | |
| Disney to buy Marvel, moving the superheroes into the House the Mouse Built | |
| News > Publishers | August 31, 2009 |
| 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 | August 31, 2009 |
| 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 | August 24, 2009 |
| 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 | August 18, 2009 |
| 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 | August 17, 2009 |
| 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 | August 10, 2009 |
| 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 | August 3, 2009 |
| 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 | July 30, 2009 |
| 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... | |
