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Dominating the post-holiday weekend were a trio of all-audience offerings: “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” “Frozen” and “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.” The three holdovers beat out six new films opening nationwide on Christmas Day. “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” continues its climb up the worldwide box office, crossing $500 …

Sony Pictures is getting ready for the 30th anniversary of Ghostbusters next year by lining up a raft of licensees for apparel, toys, collectibles and publishing. The all-new program will target the classic film’s core fan base with products and events. Licensees signed on to support the anniversary include Mattel, IDW Publishing, World Tech …

Matt Kindt, the award-winning, New York Times best-selling author of MIND MGMT and Red Handed, and Brian Hurtt, the award-winning, New York Times best-selling artist of The Sixth Gun and The Damned, are soon to publish Poppy! and the Lost Lagoon, the first in a new graphic novel series for children. The book follows the story of Poppy Pepperton, a ten-year-old girl with a typographic …

Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” remained at No. 1 in its second weekend, holding off  “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues,” despite a year-long promotional effort spotlighting Will Ferrel as main character Ron Burgundy.  “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” has surpassed $300 million at the worldwide box office after seven …

Aspyr Media today announced that Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 1.1 is live on the App Store as a free update for all current users. Originally developed and released exclusively for iPad by leading Mac games publisher Aspyr earlier this year to commemorate the pioneering game’s 10th anniversary, the latest …

Pokémon the Series: XY, the 17th season of the beloved animated series, is premiering this January on Cartoon Network. This seasonAsh Ketchum sets out to explore the Kalos region, an all-new region full of never-before-seen Pokémon! Along the way, they’re joined by some new friends—a genius inventor named Clemont, his …

Telltale Games and Robert Kirkman, the Eisner Award-winning creator and writer of  The Walking Dead  for his Skybound imprint at Image Comics, today announced the release of ‘ All That Remains,’ the first of five episodes of The Walking Dead: Season Two – A Telltale Games Series. The episode is available now on the Xbox Games Store …

From the creative team behind “Pillars of the Earth,” “The Mentalist” and “Heroes,” BEING HUMAN is Syfy’s re-imagining of the acclaimed BBC original series created by Toby Whithouse. BEING HUMAN follows four paranormal, 20-something roommates living in a Boston brownstone – vampire “Aidan” (Witwer), werewolves “Josh” (Huntington) and “Nora” (Hager) …

Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products in partnership with Genting Malaysia announced the name of the first ever Twentieth Century Fox theme park: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX WORLD at Resorts World Genting, Malaysia. In addition, the theme park now has an official logo and a first-look at what visitors can expect from …

“Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice…plus a dash of mysterious Chemical X” were the essential ingredients that created Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup—also known as The Powerpuff Girls. This groundbreaking and Emmy-winning series, created by Craig McCracken, recently celebrated its 15-year anniversary on Cartoon Network and will soar again as a brand-new, redesigned …