Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More After May’s Kirby: Genesis #0 primer, the acclaimed Marvels Team, Alex Ross and Kurt Busiek, reunite for Kirby: Genesis #1 set for a June 2011 release! Kirby: Genesis #1 features six “dynamite” covers which include three astounding covers by Alex Ross, as well as covers from Ryan Sook, Paul Renaud, and Dale Keown! All the …
Read More »‘Doctor Who’ Premiere Sets BBC America Record
BBC America’s season premiere of the British hit Doctor Who set a record for the cable network on Saturday. The season opener, which was the first ever to be shot in the United States, drew 1.28 million viewers. The network was up 71,000 viewers from its previous high, set by last season’s Doctor …
Read More »THQ and Games Workshop Extend Warhammer 40,000 Video Game License
THQ and Games Workshop announced a multi-year extension to their successful video game license agreement, extending THQ’s current exclusive rights to publish video games based on the popular Warhammer 40,000 universe through titles across all relevant platforms including core, social and mobile rights. Since entering the licensing agreement with Games …
Read More »Call of Duty: Black Ops Escalation Announces All-Star Cast for ‘Call of the Dead’
Activision and Treyarch revealed today that famed horror and action stars Robert Englund, Sarah Michelle Gellar,Michael Rooker and Danny Trejo have joined the cast of Call of Duty®: Black Ops Escalation’s zombie level, Call of the Dead. The Call of the Dead zombie level and four all new multiplayer maps make up the second content pack, Escalation , …
Read More »Tonner To Release Figure of Captain America
Tonner Doll Company, an award-winning designer of high-end collectible dolls and figures, is preparing to debut Marvel licensed Tonner Character Figure Captain America. Tonner’s Captain America will be unveiled at the 2011 Tonner 20th Anniversary Convention Celebration, during the premiere Maevel event. The convention is being held May 19-22, 2011, …
Read More »Burger King Brings ‘Thor’ Down to Earth
Burger King has joined forces with Marvel Entertainment to kick off its mighty sponsorship of the comic book-inspired film “Thor,” which hits theaters across the U.S. on May 6. As part of the promotion, fans of the comic can be part of the warrior action with exclusive access to new …
Read More »‘Batman: Year One’ Lands Voice Cast
Bryan Cranston, Ben McKenzie, Eliza Dushku and Katee Sackhoff have been tapped to star as the voices in Batman: Year One. The feature adapts the landmark four-issue story written by Miller and drawn by David Mazzucchelli that first appeared in 1987 on the heels of Miller’s seminal work, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. Cranston is playing Gordon, …
Read More »‘Rio’ Becomes Best performing Movie Year-To-Date
“Rio” has become the top grossing 2011 release, ending Easter weekend with a new worldwide cume of $286 million. That easily bests Paramount’s Rango, which has earned just under $240 million globally. Rio topped the box office chart for the weekend in a big win for Fox. The 3D cartoon grossed an …
Read More »Third Blade Hits App Store
Following a long line of successful RPG-style mobile scrollers from Korea’s number one mobile games company, Com2uS’ Third Blade is poised to be the next action hit for the company. Available today on the iTunes App Store, Third Blade offers adrenaline-fueled action arcade fun with Com2uS’ patent polish and depth. …
Read More »Eureka Season 4.0 Comes To DVD
Everything you thought you knew about this small town is about to change in “Eureka:” Season 4.0. Sheriff Jack Carter (Colin Ferguson, Because I Said So, The Opposite of Sex) and Eureka’s resident geniuses are accustomed to the strange occurrences that make their town unlike any other. But when five of them …
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