Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More DreamWorks Animation announced that the studio has obtained the rights to Dav Pilkey’s Captain Underpants book series, with plans to pursue a feature film adaptation for the big screen. DreamWorks Animation development executive Damon Ross is overseeing the project at the studio. The Captain Underpants book series tells the story of two mischievous kids, George Beard and Harold Hutchins, who …
Read More »Batarangs Allow You To Fight Through Arkham City
Where does he get those wonderful toys? POWER A announced the availability of an officially licensed Batarang controller in conjunction with the release of the highly anticipated Batman: Arkham City video game. POWER A partnered with Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP), Batman: Arkham Citypublisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and developer Rocksteady Studios to create …
Read More »Batman: Arkham City Launches
The wait is finally over for fans to don the Batsuit again! Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment announced that Batman: Arkham City, the critically acclaimed and highly anticipated videogame developed by Rocksteady Studios, is now available at retailers in North America for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The Games for …
Read More »‘The Walking Dead’ Breaks Ratings Records
AMC shattered the ratings record for basic cable with the premiere of the second season of “The Walking Dead.” shattered basic cable ratings records. Based on the comic book series, the 90-minute episode of the zombiefest was watched by 7.3 million total viewers, making it the most watched show in …
Read More »DC and General Mills Team To Promote Literacy
DC Entertainment and General Mills have joined forces to create comic books featuring DC Comics’ Super Heroes available exclusively inside specially-marked Big G cereal boxes. With the “Justice League” Super Heroes and their epic stories, Big G and DC Comics combined powers in their dedicated efforts to promote reading among …
Read More »Dark Horse and Gamers Digital Resurrect Ghost
Dark Horse Comics, in collaboration with Gamers Digital, is proud to revive the popular paranormal intellectual property Ghost, the comic book series that centers on Elisa Cameron who must solve her own murder. Ghost is a digitally downloadable first person mystery (FPM) game that will be available early 2012 for PC, Mac and iOS …
Read More »Dark Horse Unveils 2012 Star Wars Plans
Direct from New York Comic Con, Dark Horse Comics announced its most exciting Star Wars titles, set for release in for 2012. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic . . .War The Knights of the Old Republic video games and comics chronicle one of the most popular eras in Star Wars, making Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic—War the …
Read More »DC Comics Sells Over 5 Million Comic Books in Six Weeks
DC Comics – the home of Superman, Batman, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman – is experiencing its best comic books sales in more than 20 years, following a historic renumbering of all DC Comics titles with 52 all-new first issues. With sales of more than 5 million copies in only …
Read More »Dynamite Teams With Amanda Hocking
Dynamite announced that they entered an agreement with Amanda Hocking and will publish Hollowland comic books in 2012. Amanda Hocking is an American writer of paranormal romance young-adult fiction. Hocking lives in Austin, Minnesota. Employed as an assisted living worker until 2010, she wrote 17 novels in her spare time. …
Read More »Super Hero Squad Online and Marvel Universe Launch New Content
Gazillion Entertainment revealed that the action-packed Super Hero Squad Online will be showcased during New York Comic-Con at the Marvel Entertainment booth #654. This free-to-play browser-based MMO allows the player to play as dozens of different Marvel Heroes, including the Super Hero Squad versions of the day-walking vampire Blade and …
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