Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More HBO has green lit the fantasy series, Game of Thrones. It is one of the most highly anticipated shows HBO has ever done and has committed to the pilot and nine additional episodes. Game of Thrones is based on the series of books by George R.R. Martin, and “is an …
Read More »Anaheim Comic-Con?
With fanboys and fangirls alike already preparing themselves for the BIG convention of the year in July, word has come out that Anaheim has officially thrown its hat into the ring for hosting what is known now as the San Diego Comic-Con, come 2013. The 40 year old event has …
Read More »Anthony Hopkins to Take on The Rite
Sir Anthony Hopkins will be going from playing a god in Thor, to battling the devil with his next project, The Rite. The seventy two year old Hopkins has been signed by New Line to play a priest in the film who is an expert in exorcisms who uses unconventional …
Read More »Sean Phillips Joins Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
Eisner Award-winning Sean Phillips (Incognito, Criminal, Marvel Zombies) has joined the New York Times best-selling Dark Tower creative team! Philips joins the team of Peter David, Robin Furth and Richard Isanove in the select group of creators entrusted by Stephen King himself to bring the adult adventures of his most personal creation to life in …
Read More »Dynamite Adapts Harper Connelly Series
Acclaimed author Charlaine Harris, the writer of the Sookie Stackhouse series, is joining the Dynamite Entertainment family in 2010. The first book of her hit Harper Connelly series, Grave Sight, will be adapted by Dynamite Entertainment in 2010. Her Sookie Stackhouse novels became the basis for one of today’s most …
Read More »Marvel Starts Screentests to find Captain America
Marvel is conducting screen tests this week to find the actor to play Steve Rogers/Captain America in the film The First Avenger: Captain America (working title), according to The Hollywood Reporter. Captain America is the latest super hero from the Marvel Universe to be getting the big screen treatment. The …
Read More »Alex Tse to Adapt the Fourth Realms Book, The Traveler For Big Screen
Watchmen co-writer Alex Tse has been hired to write the screenplay of the first book in John Twelve Hawks’ The Fourth Realm trilogy. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fox has tapped Tse to adapt The Traveler, the first book in the trilogy. The novels are set in the US where …
Read More »Batman: The Brave and the Bold Teams With Nintendo
Batman: The Brave and the Bold the Videogame, an action-adventure videogame based on the popular animated series, available this fall for Wii and Nintendo DS. In the game, fans play alongside Batman and many of his allies in the DC UNIVERSE to take on dozens of popular villains. Batman: The Brave and the Bold …
Read More »Dark Horse Publishes The Art Of Denis Kitchen
A well-known personality in the comics world, Denis Kitchen has worn many hats. While he is best known as a longtime publisher, founder of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, author, and literary and art agent, his career as a pioneering underground comix artist has been overdue for rediscovery. First …
Read More »Shane Black Will Direct Doc Savage
According to Variety, Columbia Pictures has confirmed that Doc Savage will be coming to movie screens and will be directed by Shane Black (Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang). Shane Black is a co-screenwriter on the project, along with Anthony Bagarozzi and Chuck Mondry. Neal Moritz has been tapped to produce the …
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