Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More After weeks of speculation on who would play the warrior, it is now confirmed that Jason Momoa will be Conan the Barbarian. Casting had been a struggle for Lionsgate with three actors in the running for the part. Kellan Lutz (Twilight) and Jared Padelecki (Supernatural) were the other names mentioned …
Read More »Scorsese Directs Hugo Cabret
It’s been a good week for Martin Scorsese. After winning the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award at the Golden Globes this past Sunday, it’s now confirmed that Scorsese is back in the director’s chair for the film adaptation of The Invention of Hugo Cabret. Scorsese and producer Graham King …
Read More »Marvel Dreams Of Electric Ants
Marvel and Electric Shepherd Productions are proud to announce that the graphic fiction adaptation of Electric Ant, Philip K Dick’s seminal science fiction short story, arrives in comic shops this April with Philip K Dick’s Electric Ant #1! Acclaimed creators David Mack (Daredevil, Kabuki) and Pascal Alixe (Ultimate X-Men), along with cover artist Paul Pope …
Read More »The Goon Returns
Fans and critics alike rejoiced in 2008, when creator Eric Powell took his redneck zombie noir, The Goon, monthly for an entire calendar year. Following the release of the landmark graphic novel Chinatown and the Mystery of Mr. Wicker, Powell laid out his most complex story line to date, spanning …
Read More »Martha Kent Returns to Smallville
Annette O’Toole is reprising her role as Martha Kent on the CW show Smallville, according to Michael Ausiello of Entertainment Weekly. Producers are still hammering out all the details of her return, so there is no word on the exact timing of her reappearance on the show, but it will …
Read More »Webb directs Web-Slinger
One week after director Sam Raimi and Sony parted ways, Sony confirmed that Marc Webb will direct the re-boot of the Spider-Man franchise. “This is a dream come true and I couldn’t be more aware of the challenge, responsibility, or opportunity. Sam Raimi’s virtuoso rendering of Spider-Man is a humbling …
Read More »H.R. Giger Introduces Call Of Cthulhu
H.P. Lovecraft has not only been one of America’s most revered horror writers, he has virtually created a genre within fantastical horror. There have been numerous adaptations of his work but Swiss writer and artist, Michael Zigerlig, wanted to take a different approach. He narrates his graphic novel with the …
Read More »Marvel Unleashes Iron Man’s New Armor
Marvel unveiled a new look for Iron Man, signaling a new era for Tony Stark and the Marvel Universe! From the minds of Eisner Award-winning series writer Matt Fraction and Ryan Meinerding, designer on the Iron Man and Thor films, comes the most bleeding edge, out of this world armor you’ve ever seen! Following …
Read More »Bryan Cranston Sets Off For ‘Mars’
Bryan Cranston, Emmy Award winner for his role in Breaking Bad and the dad from Malcom in the Middle, will be heading off to Mars for his latest project. The Disney/Pixar film John Carter of Mars (based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel series) is set to begin filming next …
Read More »Downey Jr Out, Craig (possibly) In for Cowboys & Aliens
Just one day after Robert Downey Jr had to opt out of the film Cowboys & Aliens due to conflicts with Sherlock Holmes 2, it looks as though director Jon Favreau has found a replacement in Daniel Craig. Variety has confirmed that a deal is in the works to get …
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