Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More The Fox TV show Human Target is adding British actress Indira Varma as a female lead for the second season of the series, according to Entertainment Weekly. Varma has been seen as Niobe in HBO’s Rome, as well as Suzie Costello in BBC’s Torchwood and Booth’s UK counterpart in an …
Read More »Dark Horse Teams With TNT On Falling Skies Prequel
TNT is teaming up with publisher Dark Horse Comics to create a comic book and webcomic prequel to FALLING SKIES, the eagerly anticipated new series starring Noah Wyle (ER, TNT’s The Librarian movies) and produced by DreamWorks Television and executive producer Steven Spielberg. The comic book and webcomic are slated to be unveiled at New York …
Read More »Syfy Acquires Randall and Hopkirk(Deceased)
Syfy has acquired the rights to the classic British detective series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) from ITV Studios, Inc. for development as a pilot for a one-hour scripted series to be produced by ITV Studios. Josh Bycel (Scrubs) and Jonathan Fener (American Dad) will write and executive produce. Howard Braunstein of …
Read More »THQ Hero’s Up With Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet
The legendary Marvel Super Hero Squad is back with an even larger team of Super Heroes, as THQ announced Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet, the sequel to its highly popular Marvel Super Hero Squad video game of 2009. An all-new adventure for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii and Nintendo DSi …
Read More »Vandor Introduces 55 New Licensed Products
Vandor is introducing 55 new products as part of its 2010 “Where Legends Live” catalog. High quality products for everyday use include stainless steel water bottles, travel mugs and fun-shaped tin totes. In the stationary category, Vandor is offering sticky notes in novel designs, featuring some of the company’s popular …
Read More »Joss Whedon Confirms He’s Directing the Avengers
Although it doesn’t come to anyone’s surprise, Joss Whedon has confirmed that he will be directing The Avengers film during a panel with JJ Abrams at Comic Con. “It’s not an official thing, I think because Marvel couldn’t afford a press release,” said Whedon. “So can we make that an …
Read More »Del Toro to Make Haunted Mansion for Disney
While making a surprise appearance at the end of the Tron: Legacy panel at Comic Con today, director Guillermo Del Toro announced that he will be bringing Disney’s Haunted Mansion ride to the big screen. In an exclusive interview with the Hollywood Reporter, he went on to say that “It’s …
Read More »Spider-Man Musical to Begin Rehearsals
After a year of complete uncertainty if Broadway would ever see the $50 million musical on stage, word now comes that Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark will start rehearsals on August 16th. Choreography rehearsals that include ariel flying lessons began this past Monday for Reeve Carney, who will be playing …
Read More »Sam Raimi Brings Earp To The Big Screen
Radical Publishing iannounced that director Sam Raimi (Spider-Man, Evil Dead) has signed on to produce and direct the film adaptation of EARP: SAINTS FOR SINNERS, based on Radical Publishing’s miniseries created by Matt Cirulnick and David Manpearl and written by Matt Cirulnick and M. Zachary Sherman. EARP: SAINTS FOR SINNERS will be produced by Mandeville …
Read More »Marvel Animation To Take Over Comic-Con
Following its successful debut of The Super Hero Squad Show, Marvel Anime and a number of other animated treats at last year’s show, Marvel Animation storms, swings, flies, and smashes its way back to San Diego Comic-Con this year for another weekend full of entertaining panels, exclusive signings, and awesome …
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