Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More In the world of animation, looks like everything old is new again, and this time in 3D. Sony has just announced that work has begun on a 3D CGI animated film based on the classic character Popeye. The film is being produced by former Marvel boss Avi Arad. On Monday, …
Read More »Dan Brereton Takes On Red Sonja
The industry’s best and brightest have all worked on Dynamite’s Red Sonja. Now the writer/artist Dan Brereton is giving his take on his favorite red-headed warrior drawn by Adriano Batista in Red Sonja Annual #3, with select pages painted by Dan Brereton himself!!!!!!!!! In this special issue, Red Sonja is on …
Read More »Official! Chris Evans is Captain America
It’s official. According to both Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, Chris Evans has accepted the role of Steve Rogers/Captain America from Marvel Studios. He will be playing Captain America in nine other features including potential sequels, “The Avengers” and other unannounced projects. Word came out late last week that he …
Read More »The Lord of the Rings: War in the North Launching in 2011
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced that The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, an epic multiplayer action/RPG video game based on the renowned novels by J.R.R. Tolkien, is set to launch on the PlayStation 3, the Xbox 360, and Windows® in 2011. Developed in association with Middle-earth Enterprises, …
Read More »Calling All Wimpy Kids
Meet the kid who made “wimpy” cool, in a family comedy motion picture based on the best-selling illustrated novel Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, the first in a series that has thus far sold 28 million books. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID chronicles the adventures of wisecracking …
Read More »They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky… the Burton Family
Who do you turn to for inspiration when you’ve already tackled the work of Lewis Carroll, Washington Irving and Roald Dahl? If you’re Tim Burton, the answer is Charles Addams. Considering Burton’s own eccentric ways on film, there isn’t anyone better suited to to bring the Addams Family to 3D …
Read More »Dynamite Entertainment Acquires Vampirella
Before Twilight. Before True Blood. Before Buffy. Before Blade. There was…Vampirella! Leading comic book publisher, DynamiteEntertainment, is proud to announce it has acquired the Vampirella property from Harris Publications. Vampirella will become part of Dynamite’s thriving comic book line-up, which includes Project Superpowers, The Boys, Green Hornet, The Lone Ranger, …
Read More »Square Enix and Wildstorm Team On Nier
Square Enix and DC Comics imprint Wildstorm have teamed to create a custom comic series that will explore the rich and mysterious back story of the upcoming Action-RPG NIER. NIER, whose unique content, characters and hidden, twisting storyline has transfixed gamers and media alike for months, will be available for …
Read More »Smurf Film Gets Smurfier
The cast of the Smurf film is growing. According to Entertainment Weekly, Hank Azaria has joined the cast as the voice of Gargamel, the evil sorcerer and sworn enemy of the Smurfs. Azaria is a veteran voice actor, with many animated characters to his credit. He voiced Bartok the bat …
Read More »McGowan Joins Cast of Conan
Monday,it was announced that Ron Perlman and Said Taghmaoui had joined the cast of Marcus Nispel’s Conan film. Today the news is that the last primary role of the film has been cast. According to Variety, actress Rose McGowan (Charmed, Scream) has been cast as “an evil half-human/half-witch” opposite Jason …
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