Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More After successfully concluding one of the largest-ever Beta tests for an MMO, BioWare is now making final preparations for one of the biggest entertainment launches of the year as Star Wars: The Old Republic reaches stores on December 20, 2011 in North America and on December 15th in Europe. BioWare …
Read More »Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol Expansion Declassified
Mission: Impossible The Game, the official social game based on the Mission: Impossible movie franchise, now offers players a brand new experience tied to the upcoming Paramount Pictures movie Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, which opens in Imax and other select locations on December 16th and nationwide on December 21st. …
Read More »The Godfather Gets Social
Kabam announced the exclusive commercial launch of The Godfather: Five Families on Google+. The Godfather: Five Families is the fastest growing beta game in Kabam’s history. The browser based, free-to-play online multiplayer game is set in the Prohibition era preceding the Oscar winning films, with players joining crime families and …
Read More »The Amazing Spider-Man Returns to New York City
An all-new Spider-Man is poised to bring the action back to New York City as Activision and Marvel announce The Amazing Spider-Man video game, planned to launch summer 2012 tied to Sony Picture Entertainment’s upcoming feature film of the same name. Created as an epilogue story occurring entirely after the events of the movie, the …
Read More »XBOX 360 Attempts To Establish A Beachhead In The Living Room
In a desperate attempt to remain relevant, Microsoft is trying to make the XBox 360 the centerpiece of your living room. After being beaten by Apple and Google in music, tablets and mobile, the company is trying to turn its XBox 360 into a beachhead from which to target television …
Read More »“Dark Knight Rises” Opening Unwrapped for the Holidays
Warner Bros. Pictures’ “The Dark Knight Rises”—the epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy—is one of the most anticipated films of 2012, but moviegoers won’t have to wait until next year to see the six-minute opening sequence of the film. The film’s prologue will be unveiled exclusively in select 70mm IMAX theatres …
Read More »THQ To Produce “South Park: The Game”
THQ announced that they are collaborating with South Park Digital Studios LLC, the joint venture between “South Park” creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker and Viacom Media Networks and Obsidian Entertainment, Inc. to develop the next chapter in South Park entertainment: “South Park: The Game.” “South Park: The Game” is …
Read More »Lackluster Box Office Allows “Twilight” To Threepeat
With no new wide releases this weekend, the box office turned in the second worst performance of 2011. The weekend was also down from last year by 4 percent to 7 percent. With such poor results, “Twilight” remained in the top spot, while “The Muppets” easily kept the second spot. …
Read More »Buffy Seasons 8 and 9 Collections Arrive in 2012
Series creator Joss Whedon brought Buffy the Vampire Slayer back to life with this comics-only follow-up to Season 7 of the television show. Now the wait is finally over for Buffy fanatics everywhere as Dark Horse announces the deluxe, oversized, dust-jacketed hardcover collection of Buffy Season 8 and Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 Volume 1: Freefall. The …
Read More »The Thing Lumbers Forth On Blu Ray
An expedition of a lifetime becomes a subterranean nightmare in The Thing, the thrilling prelude to John Carpenter’s 1982 film of the same name. Debuting on Blu-ray Combo Pack with UltraViolet, DVD, Digital Download and On Demand onJanuary 31, 2011, The Thing stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World,) as paleontologist Kate Lloyd who, along with the crew’s pilot …
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