Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More With dismal reviews and bad word of mouth, Zack Snyder’s Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice plunged an estimated 68 percent in its second weekend — one of the biggest drops in history for a marquee superhero title — even as it easily stayed No. 1 due to no new films opening. …
Read More »Season 2 Of The PlayStation Original Series ‘Powers’ Premieres
Who Killed Retro Girl? On May 31, season 2 of POWERS, the PlayStation original series from Sony Pictures Television, premieres on PlayStation Network in the United States and Canada. Co-created by acclaimed Marvel writer Brian Michael Bendis and helmed by showrunner and respected genre writer Remi Aubuchon (Falling Skies), POWERS is the first scripted television series to air on …
Read More »Scholastic And Blizzard Entertainment Announce World of Warcraft: Traveler
Scholastic and Blizzard Entertainment announced a collaboration on a new book series for kids ages 8-12 based on Blizzard’s popular World of Warcraft game franchise. World of Warcraft: Traveler will launch simultaneously in the U.S., the U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, with the first hardcover book scheduled for release in November 2016, followed by the second title …
Read More »All of Disney’s Wonderful Worlds Come Together at D23 Expo—The Ultimate Disney Fan Event—July 14–16, 2017
All the magic and excitement of the past, present, and future of Disney entertainment will come together once again when D23: The Official Disney Fan Club presents D23 Expo 2017 at the Anaheim Convention Center the weekend of July 14–16. Each of Disney’s magical worlds will unite under one roof to celebrate what’s new …
Read More »Matt Wagner Returns To The Shadow With The Death Of Margo Lane
Legendary creator Matt Wagner returns to both write and draw an all-new tale for the first and most famous of all pulp heroes, The Shadow! Following his critically-acclaimed work on The Shadow: Year One and Grendel vs. The Shadow, Wagner once again lends his masterful talents to unveil “what evil …
Read More »‘Dawn of Justice’ Weak On Screen But Strong At Box Office
Despite bad reviews, weak story and terrible acting, Superman and Batman fans proved P.T. Barnum’s adage of never overestimating the intelligence of the consumer and turned out in droves to see Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The cinematic monstrosity rolled in box office gold bringing in $170,100,000 domestically. The film earned …
Read More »Home Economics Has Never Been Scarier As Buffy’s High School Years Continue
With anticipation building for Eisner Award–winning author Faith Erin Hicks’s Buffy: The High School Years—Freaks & Geeks, Dark Horse Comics announced the next installment in the young adult series this fall with Kel McDonald and Yishan Li’s Buffy: The High School Years—Glutton for Punishment. Set during Season 1 of the television series …
Read More »Fred Van Lente Plunges Into Lovecraftian Mystery With “Weird Detective”
Dark Horse Comics is proud to announce the reunion of Harvey-nominated writer Fred Van Lente (Brain Boy, Conan the Avenger, Resurrectionists) and illustrator Guiu Vilanova (Conan the Avenger) on a new creator-owned comics series—Weird Detective! Cthulhu cops, the Innsmouth Mafia, telepathic cats, and other crimes against sanity stalk the streets …
Read More »Dark Horse Announces All-New Halo Anthology
343 Industries and Dark Horse Comics are set to release a brand-new Halo graphic novel anthology based on the massive video game franchise later this year. Halo: Tales from Slipspace will feature all-new stories from some of the comic industry’s best—including Jonathan Wayshak, Eric Nguyen, Alex Irvine, Kody Chamberlain, Dave Crosland, John Jackson …
Read More »Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Reunites Original 1980s Turtles and Krang in Time-Travelling Episode,
Worlds collide as the voice cast of the 1980s Turtles, Cam Clarke, Rob Paulsen, Barry Gordon and Townsend Coleman joins forces as Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo, respectively, in “Trans-Dimensional Turtles,” a new episode of Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles debuting Sunday, March 27, at 11:00 a.m. (ET/PT). In this new half-hour episode, the …
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