Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More John Lithgow and Frieda Pinto have joined the cast of Rise of the Apes, 20th Century Fox’s prequel to the Planet of the Apes franchise, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog. Lithgow and Pinto join James Franco, who will play a scientist who is working on a cure …
Read More »Rick Riordan Returns to Camp Half-Blood
This fall, multi-million selling author Rick Riordan takes some beloved familiar faces back to camp. The brand new series The Heroes of Olympus returns to the world of Camp Half-Blood with a new cast of characters, as well as some familiar faces from the blockbuster Percy Jackson & the Olympians …
Read More »Benjamin Walker to Play Beast in X-Men: First Class
Rumors abound on the casting of the new X-Men prequel, but as of last week, the only person signed and ready to go on the project was James McAvoy as Professor Xavier. Now comes word from Showbiz 411 that Benjamin Walker (Flags of Our Fathers) has signed on to play …
Read More »Who Is The Black Panther?
Marvel Knights Animation is proud to announce Black Panther: Who Is The Black Panther?, a twelve-episode, weekly, all-new series debuting on iTunes, Xbox LIVE, Microsoft Zune and PlayStation(r)Network on June 23rd. Inspired by the acclaimed graphic novel from respected filmmaker/producer Reginald Hudlin and legendary comic book artist John Romita Jr, Black Panther: Who Is The …
Read More »Vampirella Collections Haunt Late 2010
Offered in the upcoming July Previews for the September Shipping Comics Dynamite Entertainment presents the Vampirella Archive Vol. 1 Premiere Hard Cover Edition and The Vampirella Masters Series Vol. 1: Grant Morrison & Mark Millar SC. Vampirella Archive Vol. 1 HC hits stores just in time for Halloween, and contains the early …
Read More »Imagine & Radical to Develop Graphic Novel Legends
With the big success of Disney’s Alice in Wonderland, new takes on classic fairy tales are becoming the latest trend in Hollywood. Not to be outdone by Disney, Imagine Entertainment’s Brain Grazer and Ron Howard and Radical Pictures’ Barry Levine are teaming up to develop the upcoming graphic novel titled …
Read More »28 Days Later Scribe May Pen Logan’s Run
Just a couple of weeks back it was announced that the long delayed remake of Logan’s Run had finally landed director Carl Rinsch to helm the project. Now comes word that Alex Garland, the scribe of 28 Days Later is now in negotiations to write the new version of Logan’s …
Read More »Dark Horse Goes HD
Dark Horse, Toshiba, USA TODAY, unveiled a new promotional program that will showcase all-new content from Dark Horse Comics’ top properties and creators. The three entertainment leaders are collaborating on a groundbreaking multi-platform campaign that delivers exciting and exclusive entertainment across a variety of media platforms. The DH:HD (Dark Horse: …
Read More »Raimi and Downey Jr. Will Travel to Oz
Word over the last few days was that Sam Raimi was in negotiations to direct the Wizard of Oz prequel for Disney. Now Deadline has confirmed that a deal was finalized to make Oz: the Great and Powerful Sam Raimi’s next stint in the director chair since he removed himself …
Read More »Behold the God of Thunder In Thor: For Asgard
Marvel is excited to announce and Thor: For Asgard, an all new mini-series by the masterful writer behind Loki, Robert Rodi, and astonishing artist Simone Bianchi. Starting this September, Thor: For Asgard #1 begins an epic adventure showcasing the God of Thunder as you’ve never seen him before! With Balder dead, and Odin missing – …
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