Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More IFC Films has acquired the U.S. rights to distribute James Gunn’s super hero comedy, Super. According to the press release, IFC films will release Super under it’s new IFC Midnight banner. The film premiered Friday, September 10th at the Toronto Film Festival to a fantastic audience response that led to …
Read More »Resident Evil: Afterlife Decimates Box Office
Finishing with more than four times the total of the the number two movie, “Takers” the Resident Evil franchise decimated the box office with its latest incarnation, “Afterlife.” The film took in over $27 million in what was otherwise a very slow week for the movie industry. The Top-12 grossing …
Read More »Caprica Return On Syfy Shifts To October 5
The highly anticipated return of Syfy’s critically-acclaimed series Caprica will come even sooner than anticipated. The second half of season one will now premiere on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at 10:00PM ET/PT, the channel announced today. Fans will no longer have to wait until January to watch the series exciting …
Read More »KINGDOM HEARTS Birth by Sleep Unveils the Saga’s Untold Origins
KINGDOM HEARTS Birth by Sleep is now available exclusively for the PSP (PlayStation Portable) system. This latest installment reveals the origins of the hugely popular franchise and is an essential experience for new players jumping into the series for the first time as well as returning players uncovering the secrets …
Read More »Ben 10 Ultimate Alien Yields Gaming Accessories
AFA Interactive and TrendSource Distribution announced the complete line of Ben 10 gaming accessories is now available to retailers in the U.S. After highly successful launches across markets including the U.K., Europe, Australia and Africa, the popular gaming accessory line will be introduced to the U.S. for the first time. …
Read More »Hinds and McTeer Join The Woman in Black
Ciaran Hinds (Tv’s Rome, The Road to Perdition) and Janet McTeer (Velvet Goldmine, the West End’s God of Carnage) join Daniel Radcliffe in the Victorian mystery The Woman in Black, for Hammer Films, according to Deadline. The Woman in Black centers on Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe) a young lawyer who …
Read More »Liam Neeson Comes Aboard for Battleship
Liam Neeson has signed on for Peter Berg’s Battleship, according to the Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog. Battleship is incredibly loosely based on the classic Hasbro board game of the same name. The film finds earth’s mightiest naval fleets tested when an alien invasion threatens our oceans. Neeson will play …
Read More »“Boomerock” Rings in Stone-Age 50th Anniversary
Boomerang will suspend its normal programming schedule later this month to mark the 50th Anniversary of prime time television’s first-ever animated series: THE FLINTSTONES. On Thursday, Sept. 30, the network will present the first full episode of THE FLINTSTONES (1960-1966) ever enjoyed by viewing families—“The Flintstone Flyer”—at 8:30 p.m. (ET), …
Read More »Syfy Journeys To Neverland In Peter Pan Prequel
Syfy is re-teaming with writer/director Nick Willing to present Neverland, his original prequel to author J.M. Barrie’s classic Peter Pan, it was announced by Mark Stern, Executive Vice President of Original Programming, Syfy and Co-Head of Content for Universal Cable Productions. Production is set to begin on the 4-hour movie event next …
Read More »Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions Swings Into Retailers
Marvel’s famous web-slinger is back in action and on store shelves in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions from Activision. Activision development studio Beenox has created a unique, immersive experience allowing fans to play as four distinct versions of Spider-Man in four unique worlds – Amazing, Noir, 2099 and Ultimate – in a …
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