Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Bringing their favorite cult movies and TV shows, comics, charities and other interests to life, fan groups will again be on hand at Wizard World Chicago Comic Con. Organizations supporting Star Wars, Ghostbusters, “Star Trek,” and Jurassic Park are among those who will roam the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center …
Read More »Bogart Supports Film Noir
The Humphrey Bogart Estate and independent filmmaker Steve Anderson announced their partnership on “This Last Lonely Place.” “The main goal of the Humphrey Bogart Estate is to honor and promote my father’s legacy,” said Stephen Humphrey Bogart, son of the iconic performer. “My father loved film noir, he loved Los Angeles, and he …
Read More »TCM’s “The Birds” Event Series Flies into Cinemas
NCM Fathom Events and Turner Classic Movies (TCM) event series featuring four newly restored titles commemorating Universal Pictures’ 100th anniversary begins with Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” on Wednesday, Sept. 19. The series continues with a double feature on Wednesday, Oct. 24 with “Frankenstein” and “The Bride of Frankenstein” followed by …
Read More »Dark Knight Rises Over The Box Office
Moviegoing was down again at the domestic box office as Sony’s sci-fi action remake Total Recall opened to an underwhelming $26 million, well behind the $36.4 million earned by returning champ The Dark Knight Rises in its third weekend. The top 12 films of th weekend, according to data as of Sunday, August 5, …
Read More »Nickelodeon Greenlights Aggressive Schedule
Nickelodeon announced that it has greenlit over a dozen new live-action, animation and TV movie projects – featuring top creative talent in front of and behind the camera, iconic characters from its most popular series and an animated talking snake – that will begin rolling out this fall and into …
Read More »Tonner Doll Acquires the James Dean License
The Tonner Doll Company has been granted the James Dean license by CMG Worldwide. Tonner is currently planning to release a 16″ James Dean figure in the fall of 2012. “We are thrilled at the opportunity to create a vinyl miniature James Dean,” said Robert Tonner, CEO, and world famous …
Read More »EA Expands Star Wars: The Old Republic
BioWare announced that it will be expanding the story-driven, massively multiplayer online game Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ by adding a new Free-to-Play option this fall. This option will give players access to each of the eight iconic Star Wars character class storylines, all the way up to level 50, with certain restrictions. …
Read More »E.T. Celebrates 30th Anniversary
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial , Academy Award-winning director Steven Spielberg’s magical adventure, celebrates its 30th Anniversary with its first-ever release on Blu-ray October 9, 2012. Featuring an all-new, digitally remastered picture that delivers six times the resolution of DVD, as well as all-new 7.1 surround sound, the E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Combo Pack includes the …
Read More »007 Legends To Feature Past And Present Bond Talent
Activision announced that 007 Legends will feature a variety of past and present Bond talent including Daniel Craig, Michael Lonsdale, Naomie Harris and Richard Kiel, among others. 007 Legends will feature Daniel Craig’s (SKYFALL, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Casino Royale)James Bond while Rory Kinnear (SKYFALL, Wild Target, Quantum of Solace) voices MI6’s Chief of Staff,Bill Tanner. The Moonraker mission features …
Read More »Saban Brands Launches Power Rangers ‘Power Force’ Super Fan Program
Saban Brands announced that a select group of Power Rangers super fans have been invited to join the exclusive Power Rangers ‘Power Force’ program, running throughout the entire upcoming 20th anniversary year. Power Rangers’ ‘Power Force’ is an exciting new super fan program designed to honor the fan community, engage Power …
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