Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games opened to an astounding $155 million at the domestic box office, the third-best debut of all time and the best for any film opening outside of summer. Hunger Games — the big-screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins’best-selling young-adult novel starring Jennifer Lawrence,Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth — also reeled in the biggest opening for a non sequel. …
Read More »Netflix Premieres “Hemlock Grove”
“Hemlock Grove,” a gripping tale of murder, mystery and monsters set in a ravaged Pennsylvania steel town, starring Famke Janssen and Bill Skarsgard and produced by Gaumont International Television, will be available for Netflix members to watch instantly, beginning early in 2013. “Hemlock Grove” starts with the body of a young girl, mangled and murdered in …
Read More »EPIX Celebrates Superheroes and the Legendary Stan Lee With Marvel Heroes Weekend
EPIX, the multiplatform premium entertainment service, will present Marvel Heroes Weekend , April 27 – 29, a marathon of superhero movies including Iron Man 2, Thor , the world television premiere of Captain America: The First Avenger and the EPIX Original Documentary With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story . Hosted by legendary comic book creator Stan Lee, the marathon also includes EPIX …
Read More »Dynamite Announces Their First Major Crossover Event
In 2012, the Mayan doomsday prophecy is coming to pass, and the end of the world makes for strange allies. Vampirella, Red Sonja, Kulan Gath, Dracula, Eva, Herbert West The Reanimator, Alan Quatermain, Athena, Dorian Gray, Purgatory, Pantha and many more choose sides and clash in battles that will decide …
Read More »Join The DC Heroes In The Battle For Earth
Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) announced that the third downloadable content (DLC) pack for DC Universe Online (DCUO), The Battle for Earth , is now available for download on the PC and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. Featuring an all-new Earth Powers set, and new multiplayer and open-world content, The Battle …
Read More »Pantha Emerges With Her Own Series
Following the incredible success of Dynamite’s Vampirella comics series comes the launch of Pantha in June 2012! First appearing in Vampirella #30, this ally of Vampirella is an ancient Egyptian cursed to live forever by the gods because of a killing spree she went on in ancient times. Dynamite Entertainment …
Read More »‘Marvel Augmented Reality’ Debuts at SXSW
At the SXSW Interactive Festival,Marvel Entertainment unveiled Marvel AR, the first major augmented reality app from a comic book company. As part of the recently announced Marvel ReEvolution, which brings the world of print and digital media together for a comics experience like never before, the Marvel AR app powered …
Read More »D23 Expo Returns to Anaheim
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 an all-new D23 EXPO at the Anaheim Convention Center on Aug. 9-11, 2013. “The D23 Expo has become a phenomenal way for Disney fans to …
Read More »Comics Legend Moebius Passes Away at Age 73
The legendary French artist Moebius, whose real name was Jean Giraud, passed away at age 73 from cancer. Born in the Paris suburb of in Nogent-sur-Marne in 1938, Giraud’s career spanned more than fifty years. His most famous creation was the Western anti-hero Blueberry, which first appeared in 1963 in France. Blueberry was a …
Read More »‘John Carter’ Falls To ‘The Lorax’
The 3D sci-fi epic ‘John Carter’ hit $30.6 million in its North American debut thanks to an uptick on Saturday, while the film opened internationally to $70.6 million for a total $101.2 million. The film performed slightly better than expected, but not nearly as well as Disney hoped. ‘The Lorax” was …
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