Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Doctor Strange opened to a far better-than-expected $85 million from 3,882 theaters at the North American box office, adding another franchise to the expanding Marvel Studios and Disney superhero universe and putting the movie’s early global total at a magical $325.4 million. Overseas, the pic earned another $118.7 million this weekend. Doctor Strange, …
Read More »EPIX Original Series “Get Shorty” Starting Production
EPIX announced that production will begin on the original series Get Shorty, produced by MGM Television, on November 8, 2016 with shooting to take place in Los Angeles, CA and Albuquerque, NM. Screen Actors Guild Award and BAFTA TV Award nominee Chris O’Dowd (“Girls,” St. Vincent, Bridesmaids) and multiple Emmy winner Ray Romano …
Read More »‘Inferno’ Fails To Set Box Office On Fire
Ron Howard’s Inferno suffered a startling defeat in its North American box-office debut, grossing an estimated $15 million from 3,575 theaters to come in behind holdover Boo! A Madea Halloween, which scared up $16.7 million from 2,299 theaters in its sophomore outing. The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, October …
Read More »Bandai Namco Launches Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2
BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America announces the launch of DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2, the most expansive Dragon Ball videogame experience to-date. DRAGON BALL XENOVERSE 2 is available for purchase now in the Americas for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One with the STEAM for PC version launching on October 27, 2016. Taking place a few years …
Read More »Beyblade Comes To Disney XD
SUNRIGHTS has teamed up with Disney XD in the U.S. to telecast the newest animated series of the BEYBLADE franchise, BEYBLADE BURST consisting of 51 half-hour episodes that will premiere in December 2016. BEYBLADE BURST is the third generation of the global BEYBLADE phenomenon and follows the adventurous story of …
Read More »Madea Tops Jack Reacher In Battle Of Box Office Dreck
Tyler Perry’s Boo! A Madea Halloween easily scared off Tom Cruise’s sequel Jack Reacher: Never Go Back to win the weekend box office race with a stellar $27.6 million. Never Go Back followed at No. 2 with $23 million. The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, October 23, are as follows: # Title …
Read More »Bring “Outlander” Home For The Holidays
Fans of the television series “Outlander” can now bring home an array of officially licensed products in time for the holidays. Kicking off the festivities, Sony Pictures Television announced the relaunch of OutlanderStore.com featuring a chance to win a grand prize trip to Scotland to tour the historical setting of the worldwide hit …
Read More »Amazon Prime Video Greenlights Season Four of Bosch
Amazon announced it has greenlit a fourth season of the popular Amazon Original Series Bosch. Seasons one and two of the Emmy-nominated drama are now available exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. Bosch is produced by Fabrik Entertainment, a Red Arrow Entertainment Group company. Season three is currently in production and slated to premiere in …
Read More »‘The Accountant’ Tallies Up A Box Office Wim
The Accountant topped the North American box office over the weekend with a better-than-expected $24.7 million from 3,332 theaters after being snubbed by many critics. In the action-thriller, Affleck plays a whiz accountant (and assassin) who cooks the books for mobsters and cartels. When he’s targeted by the Treasury Department, he goes …
Read More »Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Debuts On Adult Swim
VIZ Media delivers exciting anime news as it announces the broadcast premiere of JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE: PHANTOM BLOOD on Adult Swim’s Toonami. The opening episode of Season 1 of the action-packed, multi-generational paranormal adventure series will debut on Saturday, October 15th at 12:30 a.m. EST/PST, with future episodes scheduled to air each Saturday. Toonami is the …
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