Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Marvel teams with licensees Hasbro, Disguise and Sideshow Collectibles for toys and products tied to the upcoming film, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. “As we’ve seen with Marvel’s The Avengers and Iron Man, Marvel Studios is expert in developing comic-based properties into major blockbuster events and bringing them to the forefront …
Read More »Monsters Beat Zombies At Box Office
Disney and Pixar’s “Monsters University” opened to $82 million, beating Brad Pitt and ‘”World War Z” by almost $20 million. Despite “World War Z” substantially outperforming expectations, it was not enough to take the number one spot from “Monsters, Inc.” sequel which was the No. 2 Pixar opening of all time after Toy …
Read More »The Walking Dead is Now Available on Amazon’s Lovefilm
LOVEFiLM, an Amazon company, announced an exclusive deal with FOX International Channels that will bring one of the most-watched drama series in US cable history, The Walking Dead, toLOVEFiLM Instant. Series one of the award-winning zombie show, starring British actor Andrew Lincoln, is available to LOVEFiLM Instant members in the UK from today, …
Read More »2K Announces DLC for The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
2K announced post-launch downloadable content plans today for The Bureau: XCOM Declassified that will see the title supported with updates beyond its August 20, 2013 North American release date. The narrative-driven add-on content will expand the declassified origin story of the clandestine XCOM organization and will be available on the Xbox 360, PlayStation …
Read More »Jolley Resurrects Bloodhound
Dark Horse Comics announced the long-awaited return of the beloved series Bloodhound, from writer Dan Jolley (Prototype 2) and artist Leonard Kirk (X-Factor)! Previously published by DC, Bloodhound begins a new five-issue series, Crowbar Medicine, that will take our hero, Travis Clevenger, to new intensities the Big Two would have never allowed—establishing Clev as the …
Read More »Call of Duty: Black Ops II Vengeance To Debut July 2
Get an early start on your 4th of July weekend celebration with Call of Duty: Black Ops II Vengeance. Available first, exclusively on the Xbox Live beginning July 2, the game’s third epic Downloadable Content (DLC) Pack from Activision, Vengeance takes players to four diverse locations around the globe, including a deserted tropical island, …
Read More »Look, Up In The Sky…It’s Super Kitty
DC Entertainment and Sanrio have teamed up for a Hello Kitty x DC Comics cross-over. The new brand collaboration will feature Hello Kitty dressed up as DC Comics Super Heroes including Wonder Woman, Superman and Batman. “Character cross-overs have been a classic Hello Kitty spin off for years and our fans are always …
Read More »Paramount Announces “World War Z” Licensing Program
Paramount announced its slate of worldwide licensing partners in support of the highly anticipated film “WORLD WAR Z,” which opens in theaters nationwide on June 21 st. To extend the excitement of the summer film event, Paramount is rolling out a robust in-theatre merchandise program highlighted by mobile pop up stores in …
Read More »Jeff Parker To Pen Kings Watch
Flash Gordon, The Phantom, and Mandrake the Magician team-up in the upcoming Dynamite series, Kings Watch! Written by superstar writer, Jeff Parker, and drawn by artist Marc Laming, and a cover by Laming as well as a Subscription-Only cover by Eisner Award winning artist, Ramón Pérez (A Tale of Sand). …
Read More »Warner Bros. Kicks Off Licensing Program For Godzilla
Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) has signed a slate of renowned global licensees, led by master toy partner Bandai America Incorporated, to capture the adventurous thrills of Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ highly anticipated film Godzilla. Returning the character to its epic roots, Godzilla stomps into theaters on May 16, 2014, with a …
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