Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More In its second weekend, Disney and Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Age of Ultron remained a force of nature, topping the chart with $77.1 million from 4,276 screens to jump the $300 million mark domestically in only 10 days and putting its world total at a stunning $875.3 million. The tentpole enjoyed the second-biggest …
Read More »Nerd Block Announces Partnership with Penguin Random House
Nerd Block has partnered with Penguin Random House to deliver best-selling books by a wide range of notable celebrities from the entertainment worlds of film, television, gaming, and literature. “As nerds, the stories we cherish have often been influenced by great literature,” says Russ Montague, President of Nerd Block. “Our intelligent …
Read More »Children’s Authors Come Together To Get Kids Reading
Recent research from The Kids & Family Reading Report indicates that 91% of kids say that their favorite books are the ones they picked out themselves1 – and summer is the perfect time for those fun books kids choose themselves. To encourage kids to “Power Up and Read” throughout the summer, 13 favorite children’s …
Read More »‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ Dominates Box Office
Continuing Marvel Studios and Disney’s winning streak, Joss Whedon‘s Avengers: Age of Ultron opened to $187.7 million from 4,276 theaters in North America, the No. 2 opening of all time behind The Avengers. Industry analysts claim that the film suffered due to competition from the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight, apparently believing that Avengers fans were waiting …
Read More »There Are Two Rules About Fight Club
It’s time to break the first two rules of FIGHT CLUB. Ten years after starting Project Mayhem, Tyler Durden lives… a mundane life. A kid, a wife. Pills to keep his destiny at bay. But it won’t last long, the wife has seen to that. The time has come . …
Read More »Celebrate The History Of Red Sonja
Dynamite Entertainment will publish special Red Sonja #1973 one-shot for release in July, celebrating the sword-wielding heroine’s many years of adventuring. Since her fearless debut in 1973, the “She-Devil with a Sword” has redefined the fantasy genre thanks to the efforts of acclaimed writers including Roy Thomas, Gail Simone, Luke Lieberman, and Eric Trautmann. …
Read More »Ash Takes On Vampirella In July
Dynamite Entertainment announced the July release of Vampirella / Army of Darkness #1, the first issue in a four-issue miniseries that sets Ash Williams, the hard-luck hero of the Army of Darkness franchise, against the classic horror hostess-turned-heroine Vampirella, for the first time in comic history. Written by Mark Rahner and featuring …
Read More »Aliens/Vampirella Crossover Unites Iconic Horror Characters
Dynamite Entertainment and Dark Horse Comics announced the upcoming 2015 crossover, Aliens/Vampirella, pitting the iconic horror heroine against the Xenomorphs popularized in eight feature films and numerous Dark Horse Comics series. Written by Corinna Bechko (Star Wars: Legacy, Savage Hulk), the sci-fi horror crossover marks the first time that the two comic …
Read More »Spider-Man Gets Animated And Dated With Phil Lord & Christopher Miller
On July 20, 2018, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, the directors of The Lego Movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and 21 and 22 Jump Street, are taking Spider-Man back to his graphic roots with the first-of-its-kind animated Spider-Man feature, it was announced at CinemaCon by Tom Rothman, chairman of the Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group. The film will exist …
Read More »Warner Bros., DC, and Mattel Launch DC Super Hero Girls
Beginning in Fall 2015, DC Entertainment, Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Bros. Consumer Products and Mattel join forces to launchDC Super Hero Girls, an exciting new universe of Super Heroic storytelling that helps build character and confidence, and empowers girls to discover their true potential. Featuring DC Comics’ most powerful and …
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