Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Warner Bros. announced a landmark year ahead for DC Comics and master toy licensee Mattel, led by programs in support of summer 2011’s Green Lantern from Warner Bros. Pictures. Mattel is granted unprecedented access to the complete breadth and scope of the DC Comics vault of characters, including Green Lantern …
Read More »Lord of the Rings Online Adopts Free-to-Play Model
The Lord of the Rings Online will undertgo a major upgrade making it free-to-play for everyone. Extending its award-winning story, LOTRO delivers the ultimate adventure featuring a massive world with state-of-the-art graphics and gameplay, and a rich set of features that until now could only be found in premium subscription-based online …
Read More »Dustin Lance Black To Helm 3 Story
Academy Award–winning writer Dustin Lance Black will both write and direct the movie adaptation of Matt Kindt’s groundbreaking graphic novel, 3 Story: The Secret History of the Giant Man. 3 Story is a modern fable that explores the life of a giant man, Craig Pressgang, whose strange medical condition causes continuous …
Read More »Dynamite Entertainment Acquires “Total Recall”
Dynamite Entertainment is proud to announce that later this year, we will begin to publish Total Recall comic books, based on the original Sci-Fi Carolco Pictures thriller, released in 1990. The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sharon Stone and is based on the Philip K. Dick short story “We Can …
Read More »James McAvoy is Professor X in X-Men: First Class
James McAvoy (Wanted, Atonement) has landed the role of the young Charles Xavier (Professor X) in the upcoming film, X-Men: First Class, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog. X-Men: First Class will follow the relationship between the young Xavier and Erik Lensherr (who later becomes his arch nemesis …
Read More »Aladdin: Legacy Of The Lost Trade Paperback Arrives In July
Outside the mystical city of Shambhalla, an evil sorcerer plots to steal an artifact from a legendary cave. The only one who can help him is Shambhalla’s most nortorious thief: Ala ad-Din, better known as Aladdin. But when the sorcerer crosses Aladdin, it sparks an adventure that spans from Shambhalla’s …
Read More »Logan’s Run Remake Lands a New Director
If everything goes right, the long delayed remake of Logan’s Run might finally see the light of day. According to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog, Warner Brother’s has tapped Carl Rinsch to direct the film, with Joel Silver and Akiva Goldsman producing. Rinsch is best known for his work …
Read More »“Mass Effect” Goes Big Screen WIth Legendary
The Hollywood Reporter announced taht Legendary Pictures picked up rights to “Mass Effect,” the Electronic Arts-BioWare video game. Mark Protosevich, the scribe who wrote “I Am Legend” and worked on “Thor,” is in negotiations to pen the movie, which will be produced by Avi and Ari Arad as well as …
Read More »Orlando Bloom & James Corden Join Cast of Three Musketeers
Paul W.S. Anderson’s Three Musketeer’s cast just keeps growing and growing. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Orlando Bloom and British actor James Cordon have signed on to the film, which is set to go before cameras later this summer. This is the first big studio project Bloom has appeared in …
Read More »Palmiotti & Gray To Ignite Time Bomb
Radical Publishing proudly presents Time Bomb, the newest Sci-Fi/Action thriller from acclaimed creators Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray (Jonah Hex, Power Girl), now available to order in the May 2010 edition of Diamond Previews. Featuring interior art by award-winning industry favorite Paul Gulacy, Time Bomb takes the action and adventure of science fiction and throws it …
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