Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Clash of the Titans might not have been a critical success, but it certainly was a worldwide blockbuster. Its postproduction conversion from 2D to 3D set off a wave of negativity for the process, showing all that could go wrong with jumping on the 3D bandwagon too soon. Believing that …
Read More »Nintendo Dropping DSi and DSi XL Prices
Nintendo is dropping the suggested retail price of its Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DSi XL video game systems. Effective Sept. 12, the new suggested retail price of the Nintendo DSi system will be $149.99, while the new suggested retail price for the Nintendo DSi XL system will be $169.99. The Nintendo DS Lite …
Read More »Create An Epic Masterpiece With Collector’s Edition of Disney Epic Mickey
Disney Interactive Studios announced that the upcoming video game Disney Epic Mickey will also be released as a Collectors’ Edition in limited quantities. The Collectors’ Edition of Disney Epic Mickey will include the full version of the game, a five inch collectible Disney Epic Mickey figurine, Wii console skins and remote faceplate, and …
Read More »Faran Tahir Targets Warehouse 13
Faran Tahir (Star Trek, Iron Man, 24) guest stars as one of the mysterious and powerful Regents – the shadowy governing body charged with keeping the Warehouse safe – in Syfy’s hit series Warehouse 13 on Tuesday, August 31, at 9PM (ET/PT). Tahir stars as Regent Adwin Kosan, sent to …
Read More »“Last Exorcism” Scares Up Box Office Victory
“The Last Exorcism” edged out crime drama “Takers” to win the box office, taking in $21.3 million and $21 million respectively. Both films crushed the rerelease of “Avatar,” which added nine minutes of footage that failed to interest moviegoers. “Avatar” took in a mere $4 million, despite being in 3D …
Read More »Penguin Books Announces Publication of New Lorien Legacies Series
Penguin Books has announced it is to publish ‘I Am Number Four’ by Pittacus Lore, the first instalment of The Lorien Legacies, a mind-blowing new thriller series. I Am Number Four is a tale of John Smith (aka Number Four) as he desperately tries to outrun his past, escape his …
Read More »Monopoly Celebration to Honor 75th Anniversary
For the past 75 years, people of all ages from around the world have collected $200 when passing “GO!”, anxiously waited to get out of “jail”, and secretly wished that all of the money in the MONOPOLY game could be real. To celebrate this monumental milestone of a cultural icon, …
Read More »Marvel’s Iron Fist Moves Forward with xXx Screenwriter
After its first try stalled in development years ago, Marvel Studios is finally going forward on a feature film based on Iron Fist and has hired the writer of the original Vin Diesel xXx film Rich Wilkes to draft the script, according to Deadline. For those of you not comically …
Read More »Cast Grows for Syfy’s Three Inches
Syfy has announced more actors for their quirky action-adventure/fantasy pilot Three Inches, according to Deadline. Joining Andrea Martin who was announced yesterday is Noah Reid, who will play the lead character Walter, an underachieving daydreamer who can move objects with his mind…. the catch is he can only move them …
Read More »World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King to Launch in Mainland China
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, the second expansion for Blizzard Entertainment’s award-winning subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), will launch in mainland China on August 31, 2010. “We appreciate the continued passion and support that Chinese players have shown for World of Warcraft, and we’re working hard to …
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