Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Oscar winner Bill Condon has signed on to direct Breaking Dawn, the fourth installment of the Twilight Saga films. President of Production & Acquisitions for Summit Entertainment, Erik Feig stated “Bringing Stephenie Meyer’s ‘Breaking Dawn’ to the screen requires a graceful and intelligent hand and we believe Bill Condon is …
Read More »James Patterson’s Maximum Ride May Land at Universal
After sitting for a year at Columbia in development, Universal is swooping in to take James Patterson’s Maximum Ride series of young adult novels to the big screen. According to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog, Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke is still attached to the project, with father-son team of …
Read More »Stephen King’s Haven Heads to Syfy and Finds Director
Adam Kane has been signed to direct the pilot episode of the Syfy Channel’s new supernatural series summer series, Haven, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Kane is no stranger to genre television, with credits that include episodes of The Mentalist and Heroes. Kane’s hiring isn’t the only news about the …
Read More »Clive Owen Joins The Killer Elite
Clive Owen has just joined Jason Statham to star in the action thriller The Killer Elite, according to Variety. The film follows a group of former British SAS members that are being hunted by a team of assassins led by Statham’s character, an ex-Navy Seal. Owen’s character is a senior …
Read More »Batman to Tour… Will He Batusi?
Crime running rampant in a city near you? Never fear, the Dark Knight is coming…. According to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog, Warner Brothers and DC Comics are developing a Batman stage show that will tour the country. Tentatively called Batman Live, the show will be brought to arenas …
Read More »Daniel Jackson Gets His Own Stargate Comic
Stargate’s popular character, Daniel Jackson, will be featured in his own comic book in June, 2010! Daniel Jackson was first introduced in the 1994 film Stargate, and was originally played by James Spader. In the television series, the character was played by Michael Shanks. Daniel Jackson is a civilian archeologist …
Read More »Dark Horse Continues Conan’s Epic Career With Roy Thomas
Dark Horse Comics announced that it would continue telling the epic tale of Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Cimmerian with the return of legendary writer Roy Thomas. Thomas introduced the comic-reading public to Conan in 1970, when he began the highly successful Conan the Barbarian for Marvel Comics, a title …
Read More »Dark Tower: The Gunslinger – The Journey Begins Launches This May
The Man in Black has laid ruin everything Roland Deschain holds dear and this May, the Lone Gunslinger embarks on an all-new quest to avenge his fallen gunslingers in Dark Tower: The Gunslinger – The Journey Begins #1. Now’s your chance to jump onboard the acclaimed Dark Tower series with this new blockbuster series! …
Read More »Singer & McQuarrie Reunite for Jack the Giant Killer
Bryan Singer has re-teamed with screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie, who previously worked with Singer on The Usual Suspects and Valkyrie, to write a new draft of his latest film, Jack the Giant Killer. According to the Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog, McQuarrie is working diligently to update the script, which has …
Read More »Teresa Palmer is Number Six in I Am Number Four
DreamWorks has signed Australian Teresa Palmer (Bedtime Stories and the upcoming The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) in D.J. Caruso’s I Am Number Four, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog. The film is based on the upcoming series of young adult science fiction books by James Frey and Jobie Hughes. It …
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