Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More In an attempt to revive the fortunes of the ill-fated “Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark” and appeal to more traditional Broadway audiences, producers unveiled a surprising new cast member. Broadway star Nathan Lane will be appearing in the production, as Aunt May. This is not the first time Lane has …
Read More »Marvel and Activision Announce Spider-Man: Edge of Time
Activision and Marvel announced Spider-Man: Edge of Time , where Spider-Man faces one of his greatest challenges ever – saving Spider-Man. Developed by Activision-owned studio Beenox, Spider-Man: Edge of Time challenges the player to take on the roles of both classic Amazing Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2099 to correct a timestream …
Read More »Brubaker & Phillips’ Award-Winning Criminal Returns In June
The best-selling crime comic of the decade finally returns with Criminal: The Last Of The Innocent #1, from the acclaimed team of writer Ed Brubaker (Captain America, Secret Avengers), artist Sean Phillips (Dark Tower) and colorist Val Staples. What if your favorite children’s comic characters really grew up? Explore that dark question in the …
Read More »Amy Adams to Star as Lois Lane in the New Superman Movie
Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures announced that Amy Adams will star in the coveted role of Lois Lane in the new Zack Snyder-directed feature film. Snyder remarked, “Second only to Superman himself, the question of who will play Lois Lane is arguably what fans have been most curious about. …
Read More »New Maurice Sendak Picture Book Debuts This Fall
HarperCollins announced the publication of a long-awaited new picture book by beloved author Maurice Sendak. Known best for his Caldecott-winning Where the Wild Things Are, Sendak’s illustrious career has spanned more than 60 years, establishing him as one of the most consistently inventive and challenging voices in children’s literature. Now, …
Read More »Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters To Debut On Nintendo 3DS
Warner Bros. Interactive and DC Entertainment announced their debut title for the Nintendo 3DS handheld system: Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters. The action-adventure game will also be released in 3D, as well as 2D, for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters is set to …
Read More »Cartoon Network Launches DC Nation
Springboarding off its 2010 ratings growth across key kids and boys demos, in which series/specials Adventure Time, Dude, What Would Happen, Generator Rex and Hall of Game helped propel the network to new heights, Cartoon Network described its plans for building new global franchises today as it unveiled a broad slate of new …
Read More »Marvel Announces Spider-Island
Marvel announced Spider-Island from the best-selling creative team of Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos. Kicking off this August in Amazing Spider-Man #667 (with a special prelude in #666) the citizens of Manhattan-including some of Spidey’s closest allies and deadliest foes-begin exhibiting the web-slinger’s very own powers! But as Spider-Man must stop a seemingly insurmountable super powered …
Read More »Parker & Pagulayan Conquer Planet Red Hulk
This summer, fan favorite writer Jeff Parker and “Planet Hulk” artist Carlos Pagulayan are taking the Marvel Universe’s biggest, reddest bruiser off the map and into the unknown when “Planet Red Hulk” crash lands in Hulk #34 & 35! His country called and Red Hulk answered – until his top secret mission blew up …
Read More »Production Begins on “The Hobbit.”
Production has commenced in Wellington, New Zealand, on “The Hobbit,” filmmaker Peter Jackson’s two film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s widely read masterpiece. “The Hobbit” is set in Middle-earth 60 years before Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings,” which Jackson and his filmmaking team brought to the big screen in the …
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