Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Dynamite Entertainment signed writer David F. Walker and artist Bilquis Evely to its upcoming Shaft comic book, based on the hard-hitting detective created by novelist Ernest Tidyman and popularized in films featuring Richard Roundtree and Samuel L. Jackson. Slated for release in December, Shaft #1 celebrates the 45th anniversary of an American icon with …
Read More »‘Maze Runner’ Tops Box Office
20th Century Fox’s teen-powered The Maze Runner opened to a pleasing $32.5 million at the North American box office, more than double the $13.1 million debut of Liam Neeson’s R-rated action offering A Walk Among the Tombstones. The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, September 21, are as follows: RANK TITLE DISTRIBUTOR …
Read More »Become One of Your Favorite Superheros
Hasbro and 3DPlusMe announced the introduction of SUPER AWESOME ME, a personalized 3D printing experience that allows kids and kids at heart to become one of their favorite characters, Captain America or Iron Man. The SUPER AWESOME ME initiative provides fans with a customized, one-of-a-kind action figure through a unique, …
Read More »Battlestar Galactica Says Goodbye To An Old Friend
Dynamite Entertainment revealled one of the biggest secrets of the Battlestar Galactica mythos in the upcoming miniseries event, Battlestar Galactica: The Death of Apollo. Scheduled for release this December, The Death of Apollo reunites the creative team of fan-favorite comic book writer Dan Abnett (one of the architects of the Guardians of the Galaxyphenomenon) and talented …
Read More »Dynamite Resurrects Lady Demon
Dynamite Entertainment re-introduces comic book fans to Lady Demon, the vivacious and vicious hellraiser who served as a cornerstone of the Chaos! Comics horror universe. Marking her first appearance in fifteen years, the fan-favorite character will star in her own self-titled comic series, written by Aaron Gillespie and illustrated by …
Read More »Guardians Holds Top Spot At Box Office
Marvel and Disney’s Guardians of the Galaxy stayed at No. 1 in its sixth weekend, grossing $10.6 million for a domestic total of $294.6 million. Globally, the tentpole has earned $586.2 million, surpassing the first Iron Man ($585 million). Guardians is the top-grossing film of 2014 so far in North America, eclipsing the $259.8 million earned by fellow …
Read More »Gotham Coming Exclusively To Netflix Members Around The World
Netflix and Warner Bros. announced an unprecedented agreement that makes Netflix the exclusive subscription video on demand (SVOD) home of the highly anticipated series, Gotham, in each of the territories in which the world’s leading Internet TV network current operates and select other territories. Each season of the series will be …
Read More »Marvel Announces Debut of Month-Long National Celebration — ‘Marvel Super Hero September’
Disney Consumer Products and Marvel announced the debut of an annual national multi-platform campaign aimed at taking the Marvel brand to new heights — ‘Marvel Super Hero September.’ Launching this September, the month-long celebration will showcase what being a Super Hero is all about by encouraging the public to “Power …
Read More »The Maze Runner Bolts Into IMAX Theaters
IMAX and Twentieth Century Fox announced that the Studio’s adaptation of the epic sci-fi best-selling novel The Maze Runner will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX format and released across all domestic IMAX theatres for a one-week engagement on Sept. 19. The film also will be released in select international territories starting Sept. …
Read More »Guardians Returns To The Top Of The Box Office
The penultimate weekend of summer ranged from lackluster to terrible for new offerings If I Stay andSin City: A Dame to Kill For, making way for Guardians of the Galaxy to reclaim the top spot at the North American box office as it became the top grossing film of the season. Marvel Studios and …
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