Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Sony and MGM’s R-rated comedy version of the cult hit 21 Jump Street opening to a $35 million at the domestic box office. Starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, the buddy comedy take on the classic TV series nabbed the top spot of a relatively weak box office weekend. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures …
Read More »Transformers Returns To Video Game Consoles
Activision is bringing the ultimate TRANSFORMERS video game experience to kids of all ages with the TRANSFORMERS PRIMEvideo game. Based on the hit animated television show produced by Hasbro Studios and currently airing on The Hub television network in the U.S., the game lets fans play as their favorite AUTOBOT characters …
Read More »TNT Announces 2012 Summer Premiere Dates
The drama is back in full force this summer as TNT unveils the premiere dates for its slate of outstanding original series. Rizzoli & Isles, Falling Skies, Leverage and Franklin & Bash are among the hit series set to return this summer. They will be joined by four brand new series: Dallas, Perception, Major Crimes and the unscripted competition show The Great Escape. …
Read More »BBC Worldwide Transports Doctor Who: Worlds in Time Into Commercial Launch
BBC Worldwide Digital Entertainment and Games today announced the official launch of Doctor Who: Worlds in Time(DoctorWhoWIT.com), the first-ever browser-based, free-to-play multiplayer online game based on the popular television series. Created in partnership with Three Rings, the award-winning developer of persistent online worlds Puzzle Pirates and Spiral Knights, the game transports …
Read More »D23 Expo Returns to Anaheim
All the magic and excitement of the past, present and future of Disney entertainment will come together once again when D23: The Official Disney Fan Club presents an all-new D23 EXPO at the Anaheim Convention Center on Aug. 9-11, 2013. “The D23 Expo has become a phenomenal way for Disney fans to …
Read More »Comics Legend Moebius Passes Away at Age 73
The legendary French artist Moebius, whose real name was Jean Giraud, passed away at age 73 from cancer. Born in the Paris suburb of in Nogent-sur-Marne in 1938, Giraud’s career spanned more than fifty years. His most famous creation was the Western anti-hero Blueberry, which first appeared in 1963 in France. Blueberry was a …
Read More »‘John Carter’ Falls To ‘The Lorax’
The 3D sci-fi epic ‘John Carter’ hit $30.6 million in its North American debut thanks to an uptick on Saturday, while the film opened internationally to $70.6 million for a total $101.2 million. The film performed slightly better than expected, but not nearly as well as Disney hoped. ‘The Lorax” was …
Read More »TCM Brings Classic Animation To DVD
Fans of classic animation will have a lot to cheer about this spring, when Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (SPHE) bring 38 timeless cartoons from the 1950s to DVD for the first time ever. UPA: The Jolly Frolics Collection is a treasure trove of animated shorts from United Productions of America (UPA), home …
Read More »2012 TCM Classic Film Festival to Honor Kim Novak
The 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival will honor actressKim Novak with a multi-tiered celebration of her extraordinary career. Among the events, Novak will have her hand and footprints enshrined in concrete in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater. She will also join TCM host Robert Osborne for an in-depth conversation to be taped in front of a …
Read More »Star Wars: Dawn Of The Jedi Goes Back To Print
Retailers around the country are sold out of the first two issues of Dark Horse’s recently launched Star Wars series, the highly anticipated Dawn of the Jedi. Following an outcry from retailers and fans alike, that the company will reprint both of these landmark issues in limited quantities, to be shipped from Diamond on …
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