Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Continuing to display impressive staying power, Sony’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle stayed atop the box office in its fifth weekend, earning an estimated $20 million from 3,704 theaters to beat out new offerings 12 Strong and Den of Thieves. Jumanji cleared $300 million domestically to become the fifth-biggest Sony title …
Read More »‘Gotham Academy’ Alums Reunite For ‘Isola’
Acclaimed writer Brenden Fletcher (MOTOR CRUSH, Gotham Academy) and Eisner Award-winning storyteller Karl Kerschl (Gotham Academy, The Abominable Charles Christopher) team up with colorist Msassyk (Gotham Academy) and letterer Aditya Bidikar (MOTOR CRUSH) for the lush, breathtaking fantasy ISOLA this April. The captain of the Royal Guard has fled the …
Read More »Task Force X Embarks On A New Mission In ‘Suicide Squad: Hell To Pay’
Prepare to root for the bad guys when Amanda Waller sends her band of misfit DC Super-Villains on an all-new, action-packed secret mission in Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay, the next film in the popular, ongoing series of DC Universe Movies. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment, the …
Read More »VIZ Media Announces The New Manga Series ‘Fire Punch’
VIZ Media has debuted FIRE PUNCH. This new dystopian thriller by creator Tatsuki Fujimoto is rated ‘M’ for Mature Readers and will be published under the VIZ Signature imprint. In FIRE PUNCH, orphaned siblings Agni and Luna, like the Ice Witch who cursed their world, are two of the “blessed,” humans …
Read More »VIZ Media’s ‘Captain Tsubasa’ Anime Series Highlighted At NATPE
VIZ Media announces the acquisition of the forthcoming CAPTAIN TSUBASA. VIZ Media has secured the digital streaming, EST, home video and merchandise rights from Shueisha Inc. The series is set to premiere in Japan this April on TV Tokyo. In addition, VIZ Media presented CAPTAIN TSUBASA to Latin American buyers …
Read More »VIZ Media And Toei Animation Announce ‘Mazinger Z: Infinity’ Feature Film
Toei Animation. and VIZ Media have jointly announced the acquisition of the MAZINGER Z: INFINITY feature film. MAZINGER Z is one of Japan’s most revered sci-fi properties and was featured in the 1970s in the United States as part of the Shogun Warriors toy line. The new film, which was …
Read More »Steve Orlando And Garry Brown Team Up For ‘Crude’
GLAAD Media Award-nominated writer Steve Orlando (VIRGIL, Midnighter) and acclaimed artist Garry Brown (BLACK ROAD) will launch the gritty revenge thriller CRUDE this April from Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment. Killers once feared Piotr Petrovich. Now, they’ve sent his son home to him—in a body bag. Haunted by his failures, Piotr journeys …
Read More »Gail Simone And Cat Staggs’ ‘Crosswind’ Headed To Paperback And TV
Superstar creators Gail Simone (Red Sonja, Secret Six) and Cat Staggs (Wonder Woman ‘77, Smallville Season 11) will release CROSSWIND, VOL. 1 from Image Comics this February. CROSSWIND is in development for a television series, with Simone slated to write as well as executively produce and Staggs to serve as …
Read More »‘The Pervert’ Poised To Hit Stores This April
Debut writer Michelle Perez and artist Remy Boydell (Emergency!, Recovery Blogger) will release THE PERVERT, which continues the narrative begun in the Eisner-nominated comics magazine ISLAND in full, painted color this April. A surprisingly honest and touching account of a trans girl surviving through sex work in Seattle, THE PERVERT …
Read More »‘Jumanji’ Stays On Top Of The Jungle
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle maintained the top spot at the domestic box office for the second weekend in a row as the Martin Luther King holiday weekend unfolded. Sony’s Jumanji, the comedy-adventure directed by Jake Kasdan and starring Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black and Karen Gillan as the adult avatars of …
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