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Despite a strong performance by  Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock‘s “The Heat,” “Monsters University” remained at the top of the box office. Both films crushed Channing Tatumand Jamie Foxx‘s big-budget tentpole “White House Down.” The Pixar film brought in another $48 million over the weekend to keep the top spot. The top 12 films of the …

Academy Award nominee Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air) and Freddie Highmore (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) star in “Bates Motel”: Season One, a contemporary prequel to the genre-defining film, Psycho. “Bates Motel”: Season One will be available to own on Blu-ray™ and DVD, each with Digital including Ultraviolet™ on September 17, 2013 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. From the producers …

 “Grimm” is back, and delves even deeper into the unseen evils around us in all 22 “addictively entertaining” (Kristi Turnquit, The Oregonian) Season Two episodes, from the producers of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Angel.”  Now fully embracing his identity as a Grimm, Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt (David Giuntoli, “Privileged,” “Grey’s Anatomy”) tackles even …

Starz Chief Executive Officer, Chris Albrecht, announced that Starz will partner with Sony Pictures Television to greenlight “Outlander,” an original series adapted from Diana Gabaldon’s international bestselling books. The network has ordered 16 episodes of the series which will begin filming in Scotland this fall. It is slated to premiere in 2014. The series adaptation …

Marvel teams with licensees Hasbro, Disguise and Sideshow Collectibles for toys and products tied to the upcoming film, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. “As we’ve seen with Marvel’s The Avengers and Iron Man, Marvel Studios is expert in developing comic-based properties into major blockbuster events and bringing them to the forefront …

Disney and Pixar’s “Monsters University” opened to $82 million, beating Brad Pitt and ‘”World War Z” by almost $20 million. Despite “World War Z” substantially outperforming expectations, it was not enough to take the number one spot from “Monsters, Inc.” sequel  which was the No. 2 Pixar opening of all time after Toy …

LOVEFiLM, an Amazon company, announced an exclusive deal with FOX International Channels that will bring one of the most-watched drama series in US cable history, The Walking Dead, toLOVEFiLM Instant. Series one of the award-winning zombie show, starring British actor Andrew Lincoln, is available to LOVEFiLM Instant members in the UK from today, …

Paramount announced its slate of worldwide licensing partners in support of the highly anticipated film “WORLD WAR Z,” which opens in theaters nationwide on June 21 st.  To extend the excitement of the summer film event, Paramount is rolling out a robust in-theatre merchandise program highlighted by mobile pop up stores in …

Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) has signed a slate of renowned global licensees, led by master toy partner Bandai America Incorporated, to capture the adventurous thrills of Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ highly anticipated film Godzilla.  Returning the character to its epic roots, Godzilla stomps into theaters on May 16, 2014, with a …

Dark Horse Comics’ toys and collectibles imprint, Dark Horse Deluxe, is offering new items based on characters and stories from the hit NBC show Grimm! The Grimm collectibles from Dark Horse are licensed through NBCUniversal Television Consumer Products. Grimm is a cop drama inspired by the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tales, following Portland homicide detective …