Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Mia Kirshner (The Vampire Diaries, The L Word) and Fionnula Flanagan (Lost) have joined the cast of Syfy’s new drama series Defiance. Set on a future Earth inhabited by survivors of a universal war, the show centers on Jeb Nolan (Grant Bowler), the law-keeper in the frontier boomtown Defia. Kirshner will play Kenya, the town madam. …
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Ensemble comedy “Think Like a Man” scored one of the best openings in recent memory for an African-American themed film in debuting to $33 million, and continues Screen Gems’ winning streak at the box office. The film also halted “Hunger Games” winning streak. The film fell to third behind romance film …
Read More »Avengers Assemble on Three Collectible Covers of Disney Twenty-Three Magazine
Marvel’s The Avengers is so big, Disney twenty-three magazine needs not one, not two, but three eye-popping collectible covers to do it justice … and that’s what D23: The Official Disney Fan Club has planned for the summer issue, which is available nationwide on May 1. Coinciding with the worldwide theatrical release of Marvel’s The Avengers, …
Read More »BBC Worldwide Digital Entertainment & Games and 6waves Announce Game Publishing Deal
BBC Worldwide Digital Entertainment & Games and 6waves announced they are joining forces to bring a multitude of new interactive games to Facebook through the 6waves publishing platform, some of which will be based on the BBC’s biggest brands. One of the first games to launch, Top Gear: Speed World, marks the …
Read More »Cartoon Network Announces Live Streaming Across Digital and Online Platforms
Cartoon Network, television’s #1 network with boys 6-11, announced that it will soon begin streaming its on-air content live across multiple platforms, including online at CartoonNetwork.com and for mobile viewers on the iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad. Presented as part of Cartoon Network’s advertising Upfront this morning in Los Angeles, …
Read More »Spike and Willow Stake Out Adventures
The sidekicks get the spotlight as Buffy The Vampire Slayer’s teammates Spike and Willow each get their own mini-series from Dark Horse Comics. First up, Spike hits the shelves this August. Written by Victor Gischler (X-Men, Deadpool: Merc with a Mouth) and drawn by Paul Lee (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Devil’s Footprints), Spike promises …
Read More »“Deadliest Warrior: Ancient Combat” Hits Retailers
“Deadliest Warrior: Ancient Combat,” the retail compilation of “Deadliest Warrior: The Game” and “Deadliest Warrior: Legends,” is available now at North American retailers for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The disc-based game/TV show hybrid, based on the successful multi-platform Spike TV series “Deadliest Warrior” that pits two of the …
Read More »Tonner Doll Company Awarded License For The Hunder Games
Tonner Doll Company, an award-winning designer and manufacturer of high-end collectible dolls and figures, has been granted the license for character figures based on the film The Hunger Games, which arrived in theaters nation-wide on March 23, 2012. Sculpted in the likenesses of the film’s lead characters – Katniss Everdeen …
Read More »D23 Presents Treasures of the Walt Disney Archives
D23 PRESENTS TREASURES OF THE WALT DISNEY ARCHIVES, which encompasses more than 500 historic artifacts from nearly nine decades of Disney history, opens at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum on July 6, continuing through April 2013. Presented by D23: The Official Disney Fan Club and the Ronald Reagan …
Read More »Iron Man 3 to Be Co-Produced in China
The Walt Disney Company China, Marvel Studios and DMG Entertainment today announced the intention to co-produce Iron Man 3 in China. Under the arrangement, DMG Entertainment will make an investment in the production of Iron Man 3, manage the Chinese co-production process, and jointly produce the film in China. The Chinese portion …
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