Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More With those horrified words, Charlton Heston’s Colonel George Taylor summed up exactly what viewers were thinking in 1968 the first time they saw Planet of the Apes in theaters. Loincloth-clad humans reduced to mute savages, living in cages or in the wild? Xenophobic orangutans, militaristic gorillas, and curious chimpanzees with a rigid …
Read More »Tim Seeley and David Walker Team Up for “Tarzan on the Planet of the Apes”
Dark Horse Comics will publish a new Tarzan tale with the help of BOOM! Studios, taking Edgar Rice Burroughs’s iconic hero to the Planet of the Apes in Tarzan on the Planet of the Apes! Heavyweight writers Tim Seeley (Revival) and David Walker (Power Man and Iron Fist) will script a five-issue miniseries …
Read More »‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’ Rises Over Box Office
Fox’s critically acclaimed sequel Dawn of the Planet of the Apes roared its way to a stellar $73 million debut at the domestic box office, well ahead of the $54.8 million debut of Rise of the Planet of the Apes in August 2011 and furthering the studio’s winning streak this …
Read More »20th Century Fox Unveils Theme Park Plans
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 …
Read More »Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Begins Principal Photography
Twentieth Century Fox announced that principal photography is underway on Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves …
Read More »Help Holds On To Hurricane Ravaged Box Office
‘”The Help” Kept the top spot at a hurricane weakened box office, bringing in $14.3 million. “Colombiana” and “Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark” debuted in the 2nd and 3rd spots pushing “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” to the fourth spot. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the …
Read More »Star Wars and Star Trek Props Being Auctioned
Premiere Props announced today that they will be auctioning iconic Hollywood memorabilia on Saturday, July 30 and Sunday, July 31 at their headquarters in El Segundo, CA. There will be a preview from 9-11am PT with the live auction beginning at 11am PT. Items include: Michael Jackson’s signature Swarovski crystal …
Read More »Brian Cox Joins Cast of Rise of the Apes
Brian Cox is in final negotiations to join the cast of the Planet of the Apes prequel, Rise of the Apes, according to The Wrap. Cox will play the owner of a primate sanctuary who has no compassion for the animals he houses. After the uprising begins, he is the …
Read More »Andy Serkis Will Play Caesar in Rise of the Apes
Even though we’ve all known for a while that the Planet of the Apes sequel, rise of the Apes, will have CG apes, there has to be someone inside a motion capture suit playing the apes. Now comes word through a 20th Century Fox tweet that Andy Serkis will be …
Read More »James Franco Set to Star in Rise of the Apes
James Franco has signed on to star in Rise of the Apes, the prequel to the Planet of the Apes franchise, according to multiple sources including Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Franco will be playing a scientist who is testing a cure for Alzheimer’s …
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