Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Peter Sarsgaard has joined Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively as Warner Brothers fills out the cast of Green Lantern. Sarsgaard, who most recently appeared in “Orphan” and “In The Electric Mist,” joins the cast as Hector Hammond. The disappointing son of a U.S. senator, Hammond gains telepathic and telekinetic abilities …
Read More »Malkovich Sees Red in New Role
John Malkovich replaces John C. Reilly in the film Red, adapted from the three comic miniseries by Warren Ellis. John C. Reilly left the project in late December for unknown reasons. The movie revolves around an ex-CIA black ops agent, played by Bruce Willis, who is being hunted down by …
Read More »Star Trek Sequel Gets Release Date
Star date, June 29, 2012. To the joy of Star Trek fans everywhere, Paramount announced that as the date for the theatrical release of the next film the Star Trek franchise. Other than that Trek news though, nothing else is set. Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto (along with Zoe Saldana …
Read More »Yellow Submarine (non)Beatles Have Been Cast
Robert Zemeckis has picked an eclectic bunch to portray the Beatles in the 3D remake of Yellow Submarine. Already cast was Dean Lennox Kelly (Shameless) playing John, Cary Elwes (Princess Bride) is George, and Andy Campbell (Date Movie and Epic Movie) as Ringo. Rounding out the group is british comedian …
Read More »Robert Downey Jr. Out of Cowboys & Aliens Film
Robert Downey, Jr. will not be reunited with his Iron Man director, John Favreau for the Dreamworks/Universal sci-fi flick Cowboys & Aliens. Sources involved with the film say that Downey Jr. had to drop out due to a possible scheduling conflict with the sequel to Sherlock Holmes. The sequel to …
Read More »Spider-Man Gets Reboot, Raimi Out
Sony Pictures has officially announced that they will be rebooting the Spider-Man franchise with the fourth Spider-Man film. In addition, Sam Raimi, Tobey MaGuire and Kirtsen Dunst will not be involved. It has been rumored for weeks that this would happen, considering Raimi has been unhappy with the script and …
Read More »Jonah Hex Reshoots
Josh Brolin, John Malkovich, Megan Fox and Michael Fassbender have assembled for a roughly 10-day reshoot in the Los Angeles area for the summer tentpole movie, Jonah Hex beginning at month’s end. Although no test screenings have taken place, the studio has decided to work on story and action during …
Read More »FOX Orders Second Season of Hit Show Glee
FOX has announced the hit musical dramedy show ‘Glee’ has been picked up for a second season, well before the second half of the first season airs. Fox made this announcement this morning as part of their Television Critics Association press tour presentation. FOX Entertainment President Kevin Reilly in the …
Read More »‘Avatar’ Wins Fourth Straight Week
Fox’s Avatar stacked up another box office win as the film racked up a fourth consecutive box office win. Sherlock Holmes took the second spot, racking up its own considerable box office pot. The twelve estimated top producing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, January 10, …
Read More »Marvel Battles Kirby Estate
Marvel is suing to keep the rights to superheroes including The Hulk, the Fantastic Four and X-Men. The federal lawsuit filed Friday in Manhattan asks a judge to invalidate notices sent by the heirs of artist Jack Kirby to try to terminate Marvel’s copyrights. The heirs sent notified several companies last …
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