Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More DreamWorks has signed Australian Teresa Palmer (Bedtime Stories and the upcoming The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) in D.J. Caruso’s I Am Number Four, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog. The film is based on the upcoming series of young adult science fiction books by James Frey and Jobie Hughes. It …
Read More »Looney Tunes, Young Justice, and Mad Join The Cartoon Network Lineup
Cartoon Network unveiled a substantial new line-up of content at its annual Advertising Upfront presentation at New York’s Time Warner Center. Delivering on its promise to launch a diverse slate of programming that young audiences cannot find anywhere else, new Cartoon Network shows will incorporate a number of genres and …
Read More »Smith and Jones are Back For Men in Black 3D
Barry Sonnenfeld has confirmed to Roger Friedman of Showbiz 411 that both stars of the original Men in Black films, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, will be reprising their roles as Agents J and K in the Men in Black 3D. Etan Coen (Tropic Thunder) is in the process …
Read More »Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain
After success with Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland, Disney is looking to put a Wizard of Oz prequel on the fast track with both a possible director and star circling the project. According to Production Weekly, Robert Downey Jr. is in talks to star as the wizard in an original …
Read More »Shiloh Fernandez Cast in Girl with the Red Riding Hood
Catherine Hardwicke, director of the first Twilight film, has found the male romantic lead to star with Amanda Seyfried for her next film, The Girl with the Red Riding Hood in Shiloh Fernandez (The United States of Tara), according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog. Fernandez is no stranger …
Read More »Men Of Man Of Action Studios Aim Sights On Generation Rex
Comic book entrepreneurs Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, Duncan Rouleau, and Steven T. Seagle, the brain trust behind Man of Action Studios, will unveil their 2nd animated series, Generator Rex, April 23 at 8:30 p.m. (ET, PT) on Cartoon Network. Three years after their BEN 10 series exploded into an international …
Read More »Last Airbender Joins Cast of Cowboys & Aliens
Noah Ringer, 12 year old star of M. Night Shyamalan’s upcoming film The Last Airbender, has now signed on to Jon Favreau’s Cowboys and Aliens, according to Variety. Ringer joins cast members Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde and Harrison Ford in the film, which takes place in the wild west where …
Read More »Sam Clafin Joins Cast of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Disney has announced newcomer Sam Clafin has joined the cast of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Clafin will be taking on the role of a youthful missionary named Philip, according to Coming Soon. Clafin is a twenty three year old recent graduate of the London Academy of Music, …
Read More »Experience More of Wonderland …
Tumble down the rabbit hole with Alice for a fantastical new adventure from Walt Disney Pictures and Tim Burton. Inviting and magical, ALICE IN WONDERLAND is an imaginative new twist on some of the most beloved stories of all time. Alice (Mia Wasikowska), now 19 years old, returns to the …
Read More »Dragon Kicks Ass – Update – Kick Ass Kicks Ass
Update — For the second consecutive session, Sunday box office estimates failed to crown the right film as weekend boxoffice champion. “Kick-Ass” overtook “How to Train Your Dragon.” Final official data released by Rentrak on Monday showed that “Kick-Ass” rung up $19.8 million, compared with a $19.6 million weekend haul for …
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