Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Marvel mania has reached all the way to Club Penguin Island, the #1 virtual world for kids, as penguins assemble for the Marvel Super Hero Takeover, an epic online event starting June 14th through July 3rd. A meteor has hit the island of Club Penguin, powering up the dangerous Destructobot. Players …
Read More »Mattel Unveils Licensing Deals
At the 2012 Las Vegas Licensing International Expo, Mattel, Inc. will showcase its powerful portfolio of iconic brands and successful properties. Mattel is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacturing and the marketing of toys and family products, and leads the way in translating the most popular toy brands in …
Read More »Disney Launches The Art Of Frankenweenie Exhibition
Walt Disney Studios announced that they are launching a touring exhibition featuring the art of Tim Burton’s “Frankenweenie,” the acclaimed director’s stop-motion, animated feature film releasing on October 5, 2012. The Art of Frankenweenie Exhibition will premiere in Barcelona, Spain, at CineEurope, June 18-21, and in the U.S. at Comic-Con 2012 in San Diego, California, July …
Read More »Saban to Celebrate 20 Years of Power Rangers
Go Go Power Rangers! Saban Brands will celebrate 20 memorable years of its world-renowned Power Rangers brand with events, surprise appearances and a variety of exciting partnerships throughout 2013. To mark the major milestone, Saban Brands will continue the legacy with the launch of the all new television installment, Power Rangers Megaforce, scheduled to air in early …
Read More »Sony Pictures Animation Drives TONKA Trucks To The Big Screen
TONKA, the Hasbro brand that for 65 years has stood for its line of toy trucks for children, will bring its TONKA toughness to the big screen in a fully animated motion picture to be produced by Sony Pictures Animation, Hasbro and Happy Madison Productions. The announcement was made by Bob …
Read More »‘Madagascar’ Tops ‘Prometheus’
Family animated tentpole “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted” landed at the top of the box office with a $60.4 million opening, besting the $50 million scored by Ridley Scott’s sci-fi epic “Prometheus”. “Prometheus” did well for an R-rated, original tentpole, and did more than expected on the strength of Scott’s fan base and …
Read More »Showcase Cinemas to Host The Dark Knight Marathon
National Amusements’ Showcase Cinemas, a leader in the motion picture exhibition industry, announces today that it will host The Dark Knight Marathon as a special event to celebrate the release of newest Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises, opening in theatres July 20, 2012. Tickets for the Batman marathon will go on sale …
Read More »Licensing Show Set to Light Up with Looney Tunes
If you “tawt you taw a puddy tat” or you’ve been asking yourself “What’s up, Doc!?,” it might just be because the beloved characters that have made such sights and sayings part of the universal lexicon are hotter than ever. Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) is looking to turn up …
Read More »Sci-Fi Megahit “Misfits” Makes U.S. Television Debut on Logo
If you were suddenly granted superpowers, would you save the world, or just get laid? Meet the most unconventional group of anti-heroes yet in the most provocative sci-fi series ever made. And only Logo has the guts to bring this breakout hit from across the pond to American television. Fans …
Read More »Dark Horse Collects Guillermo Del Toro’s The Strain
Acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and novelist Chuck Hogan bring their New York Times best-selling series of novels, the Strain Trilogy, to Dark Horse Comics with an ongoing adventure that takes a terrifying spin on the vampire genre. Renowned comics creator David Lapham (Stray Bullets, Silverfish) and artist Mike Huddleston (The Coffin, Butcher Baker) …
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