Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More 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 …
Read More »DC Entertainment Names Executive Team
DC Entertainment, founded in September 2009 to unleash the power of the DC Comics library of characters across all media platforms, has named its executive management team, including new co-publishers of DC Comics and a Chief Creative Officer, as well as heads of Sales/Marketing/Business Development and Finance/Administration. Diane Nelson, President, …
Read More »The Raven Lands Jeremy Renner
After nabbing a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his role in The Hurt Locker, Jeremy Renner’s career has shifted into high gear. According to the New York Times, Renner will co-star alongside Ewan McGregor in The Raven, to be directed by James McTeigue (V for vendetta, Ninja Assasin). The thriller …
Read More »Cameron to Mentor Webb on Spider-Man
Sony has confirmed that James Cameron has been brought in to mentor director Marc Webb for the upcoming Spider-Man reboot. According to Cameron’s Avatar co-producer Jon Landau, a meeting was held last week where Webb discussed with Cameron his desire to use the same groundbreaking 3-D technology used in the …
Read More »Leo Howard Cast as Young Conan
12 year-old Leo Howard joins the cast of the upcoming Lionsgate film Conan, to be directed by Marcus Nispel. Howard will be playing the role of young Conan, which Jason Momoa will play as an adult. According to Latino Review, his role will be a “pretty meaty part and the …
Read More »Machinist Screenwriter Kosar to Write Vlad
According to The Hollywood Reporter, screenwriter Scott Kosar (The Machinist & The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake) has been hired to rewrite Summit Entertainments’ Vlad. The original script was written by actor Charlie Hunnam (of the cable TV show Sons of Anarchy) and took an action oriented look at Vlad the …
Read More »Koontz’s Frankenstein Heads to Big Screen
With all the hubbub going around Hollywood about vampires and werewolves, it was only a matter of time before other classic monsters got back onto theater screens. With The Wolfman bringing in over 30 million domestically this past weekend, there is reason to believe there is a big audience for …
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