Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More The amazing new Vampirella series from Dynamite Entertainment continues in December with Vampirella #2! Vampirella has tracked her prey, the bloodthirsty Vlad Dracula, to Seattle and a vicious nest of vampires preying on the young and the lost. In the clutches of Le Fanu-one of Dracula’s oldest and most trusted lieutenants – …
Read More »TCM Presents Extensively Restored Version of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis
This November, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will present a groundbreaking achievement in filmmaking and film restoration with the world television premiere of the newly restored version of Fritz Lang’s 1927 science-fiction masterpiece Metropolis. This extraordinary new edition of the film, which had its North American theatrical premiere at the TCM Classic …
Read More »Disney To DIstribute “Avengers” and “Iron Man 3”
The Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios announced they have reached an agreement under which Paramount will transfer its worldwide marketing and distribution rights to Disney for Marvel Studios’ The Avengers and Iron Man 3. Paramount will remain the worldwide distributor of the upcoming films, Thor and Captain …
Read More »Kirby’s Epic Yarn for Wii Keeps Players in Stitches
The platforming fun of Nintendo’s newest game release is literally bursting at the seams. Kirby’s Epic Yarn, now available exclusively for the Wii console, finds the lovable Kirby jumping, battling and transforming his way through a remarkable world where everything is made of yarn and fabric. The game weaves dazzling …
Read More »Johnny Galecki Joins I’m.mortal
Big Bang Theory star Johnny Galecki is going from playing a sci-fi loving geek to co-starring in a sci-fi film by joining the cast of writer-director Andrew Niccol’s I’m.mortal, according to Deadline. The film takes place in the not too distant future where people have stopped aging. To avoid the …
Read More »Peter Jackson to Direct “The Hobbit” in Two Installments
The two films based on “The Hobbit” are now greenlit and will begin principal photography in February 2011, under the direction of Peter Jackson, it was jointly announced today by Toby Emmerich, President and Chief Operating Officer, New Line Cinema, Alan Horn, President and Chief Operating Officer, Warner Bros., and …
Read More »Green Hornet Caps Off The Year
In December, the adventures of the Green Hornet and Kato continue with new exciting issues and amazing collections including Kevin Smith’s Green Hornet Volume 2 Hardcover which concludes Kevin Smith’s Green Hornet story that began with the sold-out Volume One Hardcover! Green Hornet #11 is written by Phil Hester and …
Read More »“Jackass 3D” Takes The Box Office
The idiots at Jackass took the weekend box office, due mainly to inflated ticket prices for 3D movies. The film took in $50 million, more than doubling the production cost of $19 million. “Red” starring Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren took the second place spot, pulling in $22.5 million without …
Read More »Amy Adams & Chris Cooper to Join New Muppet Film
Amy Adams, Chris Cooper and Rashida Jones are all in talks to join Jason Segel in the as yet untitled new Muppet film, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog. The plot of the film involves the character played by Segel to reunite the Muppets to save their old …
Read More »The Hulk to Return to TV?
Now that the big screen is being infiltrated by costumed superheroes left and right, it’s time for the small screen to join in the fray. After last weeks announcement that David E. Kelley, DC Comics and Warner Brother’s Television are hoping to develop a new Wonder Woman series, ABC and …
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