Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Runic Games announced the development of Torchlight II. Torchlight II answers the overwhelming call of our community with an expansive co-op multiplayer experience. With all new character classes, an expansive overworld, new quests, monsters, and lots of new dungeons, Torchlight II finally lets you play with your friends in the world …
Read More »Wizards Of The Coast Unveils Gen Con Lineup
Wizards of the Coast is continuing its tradition of offering products, information and previews to attendees of the popular game convention, Gen Con Indy. At this year’s event, Wizards will be debuting new and expanded gameplay options for fans of Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), Magic: The Gathering (MTG) and more. …
Read More »StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Becomes Biggest PC Game Launch of the Year
Blizzard Entertainment announced that StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty achieved a day-one sales milestone of more than 1 million copies sold worldwide, making it the best-selling PC game of 2010 within its first 24 hours of availability.* The game went on to sell a total of more than 1.5 million …
Read More »Sorbo and Majors Create Shows For Syfy
Building upon solid ratings and critical acclaim for returning hits Warehouse 13 and Eureka, and newcomer Haven, Syfy announced a development slate of seven scripted projects featuring television icons Lee Majors and Kevin Sorbo; theSanctuary creative team of Damian Kindler, Martin Wood and Amanda Tapping; a swashbuckling space opera and an alien version of The …
Read More »TNT Orders New Seasons of The Closer, Rizzoli & Isles and Leverage
TNT has ordered new seasons of three of the network’s hit series. The Closer, which continues to rank as ad-supported cable’s #1 series of all time, will return for its seventh season. Rizzoli & Isles, which currently ranks as cable’s #1 new series for the year-to-date, will return for a …
Read More »Dreams Trump Schmucks
“Inception” held off newcomers “Dinner for Schmucks” and “Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore” to keep the top spot at the box office for the third consecutive week. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, August 1, 2010, are as follows: …
Read More »Sky Pirates Move Full Steam Ahead
Sky Pirates of Valendor recounts the debut adventure of Pirate Captain Tobin Manheim and the rest of the crew of the Rogues Revenge. Set in the fantasy world of Valendor where giant continents float on oceans of sky! A mix of steampunk and high fantasy where magic co-exists with futuristic …
Read More »J.J. Abrams Brings Steampunk Robot To The Big Screen
J.J. Abrams is adapting “Boilerplate: History’s Mechanical Marvel,” to the big screen. The graphic novel-picture book hybrid by Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett, tells the story of the world’s first robot. Boilerplate’s story is told ala Forrest Gump, mixing the images to tell the story of Boilerplate’s adventures in the late …
Read More »Del Toro to Direct At the Mountains of Madness
During his announcement last week that he will be working on a Haunted Mansion film for Disney, Guillermo del Toro hinted that his next directorial effort will be announced very shortly, and will be scary to boot. According to Deadline, he will finally make what some have called his labor …
Read More »Comic-Con No Trouble For Troublemaker
Last week, fourteen-time number-one best-selling author Janet Evanovich’s first-ever graphic novel, Troublemaker, saw a much-anticipated worldwide English-language release. Troublemaker is available everywhere, from department stores to bookstores and comic shops across the U.S., making the title one of the most widely distributed the company has published without any Hollywood tie-ins. Cowritten …
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