Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Dynamite Entertainment and Dark Horse Comics announced that Red Sonja, the fearless She-Devil with a Sword, and the legendary adventurer Conan the Barbarian will team up once again in an all-new comic book miniseries, Red Sonja / Conan. Following upon the success of the Conan / Red Sonja crossover released in January 2015, …
Read More »Everything is Still Awesome, as Rob Schrab is Set to Direct “The LEGO Movie Sequel”
Director Rob Schrab (TV’s “Community,” “The Mindy Project”) will mark his feature directorial debut overseeing construction on “The LEGO Movie Sequel,” the eagerly awaited follow-up to the worldwide sensation “The LEGO Movie.” The announcement was made by Greg Silverman, President of Creative Development and Worldwide Production, Warner Bros. Pictures. Phil …
Read More »Dark Horse Advises Androids In “How To Pass As Human”
This October, in preparation for the inevitable takeover by our robot overlords, Dark Horse Comics endeavors to help androids and artificial intelligences hide among us with How to Pass as Human, an illustrated novel by the critically acclaimed author Nic Kelman. Illustrated by Pericles Junior with a gorgeous cover by …
Read More »Dragon Quest Heroes Announced For North America
Ahead of the official Japanese launch this week, SQUARE ENIX, announced the highly anticipated DRAGON QUEST HEROESTM will be coming to North America in 2015 for the PlayStation 4. This will arrive in the form of a full-scale action RPG for the first time in the DRAGON QUEST series. In DRAGON QUEST HEROES, players must rise …
Read More »An Icon Returns In Astro Boy Omnibus Volume 1
In September, there’s a whole new way to enjoy Osamu Tezuka’s beloved Astro Boy: in omnibus form. Boasting nearly seven hundred pages of content for only $19.99, Dark Horse Comics’ Astro Boy Omnibus Volume 1 features Tezuka’s most popular and influential work, detailing Astro Boy’s jet-powered, superstrong, evil-bashing adventures. Exciting, …
Read More »Fifty Shades Loses Dominance
Universal’s Fifty Shades of Grey declined a massive 73 percent in its second outing in North America, while keeping the top spot as it raced past the $400 million mark globally, an enviable feat. Domestically, the $40 million film earned $23.2 million for a 10-day total of $130.1 million. The top 12 films …
Read More »Matt Wagner Pens The Spirit Ongoing Series
The all-new adventures featuring Will Eisner’s legendary crimefighter Denny Colt, The Spirit will be written by the award-winning comic creator Matt Wagner. Marking the beginning of a partnership between Dynamite and the Eisner Estate, the new series will celebrate seventy-five years of The Spirit, and its #1 launch issue will …
Read More »Mark Waid Launches Justice, Inc.: The Avenger
Mark Waid, one of the comic book industry’s most accomplished writers, will be scripting the upcoming Justice, Inc.: The Avenger series. Joined by Dynamite artist Ronilson Freire, Waid will expand the Justice, Inc. universe of pulp heroes that include Condé Nast’s The Shadow and Doc Savage. The new series will …
Read More »Gail Simone Headlines All-Female Writing Teams On Epic “Swords Of Sorrow” Event
Dynamite Entertainment announced the May 2015 launch of Swords of Sorrow, the genre-spanning crossover event featuring an all-star line-up of female authors, headlined by Gail Simone (Batgirl, Birds of Prey). Debuting with a core Swords of Sorrow series by Simone, the crossover continues throughout May with tie-in titles including the …
Read More »Robert Langdon To Return In “Inferno” Starring Tom Hanks
Director/producer Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer have cast an energetic company of some of the world’s most talented and interesting rising international stars to join Tom Hanks in Inferno, the new film in Columbia Pictures’ Robert Langdon series, which has taken in more than $1.2 billionworldwide to date. The Imagine Entertainment production, which has a screenplay by David …
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