Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More With Shrek coming to theaters shortly in his fourth (and probably last) film, it’s about time another big monster got a sequel, this time a big, blue, furry one, along with his giant green eyeball of a friend. At a press briefing yesterday, Disney’s Pixar division announced a sequel is …
Read More »Vampires and Zombies Return for Additional Episodes of ‘Ugly Americans’
Comedy Central ordered additional episodes of the animated comedy series “Ugly Americans,” it was announced today by Kent Alterman, head of original programming and development, Comedy Central. The 7 additional episodes of “Ugly Americans” will premiere this October. “Ugly Americans” premiered on March 17 with 2.1 million total viewers and has …
Read More »Singer & McQuarrie Reunite for Jack the Giant Killer
Bryan Singer has re-teamed with screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie, who previously worked with Singer on The Usual Suspects and Valkyrie, to write a new draft of his latest film, Jack the Giant Killer. According to the Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog, McQuarrie is working diligently to update the script, which has …
Read More »Teresa Palmer is Number Six in I Am Number Four
DreamWorks has signed Australian Teresa Palmer (Bedtime Stories and the upcoming The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) in D.J. Caruso’s I Am Number Four, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog. The film is based on the upcoming series of young adult science fiction books by James Frey and Jobie Hughes. It …
Read More »Looney Tunes, Young Justice, and Mad Join The Cartoon Network Lineup
Cartoon Network unveiled a substantial new line-up of content at its annual Advertising Upfront presentation at New York’s Time Warner Center. Delivering on its promise to launch a diverse slate of programming that young audiences cannot find anywhere else, new Cartoon Network shows will incorporate a number of genres and …
Read More »Smith and Jones are Back For Men in Black 3D
Barry Sonnenfeld has confirmed to Roger Friedman of Showbiz 411 that both stars of the original Men in Black films, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, will be reprising their roles as Agents J and K in the Men in Black 3D. Etan Coen (Tropic Thunder) is in the process …
Read More »Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain
After success with Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, Disney is looking to put a Wizard of Oz prequel on the fast track with both a possible director and star circling the project. According to Production Weekly, Robert Downey Jr. is in talks to star as the wizard in an original …
Read More »Shiloh Fernandez Cast in Girl with the Red Riding Hood
Catherine Hardwicke, director of the first Twilight film, has found the male romantic lead to star with Amanda Seyfried for her next film, The Girl with the Red Riding Hood in Shiloh Fernandez (The United States of Tara), according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog. Fernandez is no stranger …
Read More »Men Of Man Of Action Studios Aim Sights On Generation Rex
Comic book entrepreneurs Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, Duncan Rouleau, and Steven T. Seagle, the brain trust behind Man of Action Studios, will unveil their 2nd animated series, Generator Rex, April 23 at 8:30 p.m. (ET, PT) on Cartoon Network. Three years after their BEN 10 series exploded into an international …
Read More »Last Airbender Joins Cast of Cowboys & Aliens
Noah Ringer, 12 year old star of M. Night Shyamalan’s upcoming film The Last Airbender, has now signed on to Jon Favreau’s Cowboys and Aliens, according to Variety. Ringer joins cast members Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde and Harrison Ford in the film, which takes place in the wild west where …
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