Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland” pulled off an impressive win at the weekend boxoffice, beating the highly-anticipated “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” with an estimated $34.5 million. The twelve estimated top producing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, March 21, 2010 include: Rank Title Distributor Weekend Gross …
Read More »Calling All Wimpy Kids
Meet the kid who made “wimpy” cool, in a family comedy motion picture based on the best-selling illustrated novel Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, the first in a series that has thus far sold 28 million books. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID chronicles the adventures of wisecracking …
Read More »They’re Creepy and They’re Kooky… the Burton Family
Who do you turn to for inspiration when you’ve already tackled the work of Lewis Carroll, Washington Irving and Roald Dahl? If you’re Tim Burton, the answer is Charles Addams. Considering Burton’s own eccentric ways on film, there isn’t anyone better suited to to bring the Addams Family to 3D …
Read More »Syfy Movie Lineup Features Riverworld and The Phantom
During the 2010-11 season, Syfy, one of television’s most prolific producers of original films, presents a talent-rich Original Movies lineup showcasing stars such as Hill Harper (CSI NY), Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight), Sean Bean (Lord of the Rings), Lauren Holly (NCIS), Colin Ferguson (Eureka), Isabella Rossellini (Blue Velvet), Jewel …
Read More »Sanctuary Begins Production On Season 3
Syfy’s groundbreaking hit original series Sanctuary, commenced production on its third season in Vancouver on March 15. The one-hour drama’s 20-episode season is slated to return to Syfy this fall. Sanctuary is one of television’s most groundbreaking series, shooting almost entirely on green screen. The series was the first television …
Read More »Smurf Film Gets Smurfier
The cast of the Smurf film is growing. According to Entertainment Weekly, Hank Azaria has joined the cast as the voice of Gargamel, the evil sorcerer and sworn enemy of the Smurfs. Azaria is a veteran voice actor, with many animated characters to his credit. He voiced Bartok the bat …
Read More »McGowan Joins Cast of Conan
Monday,it was announced that Ron Perlman and Said Taghmaoui had joined the cast of Marcus Nispel’s Conan film. Today the news is that the last primary role of the film has been cast. According to Variety, actress Rose McGowan (Charmed, Scream) has been cast as “an evil half-human/half-witch” opposite Jason …
Read More »Avatar Blu-Ray Disc and DVD Release Dates Announced
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment announced that it will launch director James Cameron’s history-making motion picture Avatar on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on Thursday, April 22. Avatar on Blu-ray presents the ultimate high definition experience for home viewing audiences. Fans around the world will soon be able to discover every detail …
Read More »Syfy GreenLights “Three Inches” From Twin Peaks Writer
Syfy has ordered the 90-minute pilot Three Inches from writer Harley Peyton (Twin Peaks). The action-adventure/fantasy will be produced by Fox Television Studios and Executive Producer Bob Cooper, whose Landscape Entertainment is producing. J.J. Jamieson heads up television for Landscape Entertainment. Peyton also serves as executive producer. In Three Inches, …
Read More »Scorsese Finds His Hugo Cabret Cast
Martin Scorsese is going full steam for his first foray into family films with The Invention of Hugo Cabret. As of yesterday, both Sir Ben Kingsley and Sasha Baron Cohen were in talks for the film, and today comes news that the young stars of the film have now been …
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