Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Despite bad reviews, weak story and terrible acting, Superman and Batman fans proved P.T. Barnum’s adage of never overestimating the intelligence of the consumer and turned out in droves to see Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The cinematic monstrosity rolled in box office gold bringing in $170,100,000 domestically. The film earned …
Read More »JAKKS Pacific Introduces New BIG-FIGS Action Figures Inspired by the Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
Expanding its innovative BIG-FIGS brand, JAKKS Pacific is releasing a new line of the iconic DC Comics Super Heroes inspired by Warner Bros. Pictures’ new action adventure film, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. In partnership with Warner Bros. Consumer Products, on behalf of DC Entertainment, the new large-scale figures created …
Read More »‘Zootopia’ Threepeats At The Top Of The Box Office
Zootopia remained at No. 1 in its third weekend with a stellar $38 million domestically (it fell a slim 26 percent) to jump the $200 million mark in North America. And overseas, it earned another $64.8 million to finish Sunday with a foreign total of $389.9 million and global haul of …
Read More »Home Economics Has Never Been Scarier As Buffy’s High School Years Continue
With anticipation building for Eisner Award–winning author Faith Erin Hicks’s Buffy: The High School Years—Freaks & Geeks, Dark Horse Comics announced the next installment in the young adult series this fall with Kel McDonald and Yishan Li’s Buffy: The High School Years—Glutton for Punishment. Set during Season 1 of the television series …
Read More »WGN America Renews Breakout Hit Series ‘Outsiders’ For Season Two
WGN America’s addicting and compelling original drama, “Outsiders,” has been renewed for a second season, it was announced today by Matt Cherniss, president and general manager, WGN America and Tribune Studios. The hour-long series follows the struggle of the Farrells, an off-the-grid Appalachian clan, and their battle to defend their mountain and way …
Read More »Whispers of the Old Gods Descends Upon Hearthstone
Prepare yourself, brave champion, for in the coming weeks an eerie darkness will weave its way into the tavern, filling its patrons with a spine-tingling uneasiness—and everything will change. Whispers of the Old Gods, the third expansion for Blizzard Entertainment’s Hearthstone digital card game, will unleash an ancient evil from deep within Azeroth, bringing …
Read More »Fred Van Lente Plunges Into Lovecraftian Mystery With “Weird Detective”
Dark Horse Comics is proud to announce the reunion of Harvey-nominated writer Fred Van Lente (Brain Boy, Conan the Avenger, Resurrectionists) and illustrator Guiu Vilanova (Conan the Avenger) on a new creator-owned comics series—Weird Detective! Cthulhu cops, the Innsmouth Mafia, telepathic cats, and other crimes against sanity stalk the streets …
Read More »Dark Horse Announces All-New Halo Anthology
343 Industries and Dark Horse Comics are set to release a brand-new Halo graphic novel anthology based on the massive video game franchise later this year. Halo: Tales from Slipspace will feature all-new stories from some of the comic industry’s best—including Jonathan Wayshak, Eric Nguyen, Alex Irvine, Kody Chamberlain, Dave Crosland, John Jackson …
Read More »‘Zootopia’ Remains Atop Box Office
Disney Animation Studios’ Zootopia continued to rule the roost in its second weekend, while the J.J. Abrams-produced 10 Cloverfield Lane opened to a pleasing $25.2 million in North America.Sacha Baron Cohen’s comedy The Brothers Grimsby debuted to a dismal $3.2 million, the worst opening of all time for the British comedian. Fellow new offerings The Young Messiah and The …
Read More »Funimation Entertainment Acquires Exclusive International Rights To “My Hero Academia” From Toho
Funimation Entertainment acquired “My Hero Academia”—the most highly-anticipated, new anime series of 2016. Funimation has secured the exclusive international rights to home entertainment, video on demand, merchandise, and broadcast distribution of the series as part of its agreement with Toho Co. Ltd. Episode 1 of the series will premiere in …
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