Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Dark Horse Comics announced that it would continue telling the epic tale of Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Cimmerian with the return of legendary writer Roy Thomas. Thomas introduced the comic-reading public to Conan in 1970, when he began the highly successful Conan the Barbarian for Marvel Comics, a title …
Read More »Dark Tower: The Gunslinger – The Journey Begins Launches This May
The Man in Black has laid ruin everything Roland Deschain holds dear and this May, the Lone Gunslinger embarks on an all-new quest to avenge his fallen gunslingers in Dark Tower: The Gunslinger – The Journey Begins #1. Now’s your chance to jump onboard the acclaimed Dark Tower series with this new blockbuster series! …
Read More »Breck Eisner to Helm Escape From New York Remake
Breck Eisner, the director behind the remake of George Romero’s The Crazies, is in negotiations to bring Snake Plissken back to theater screens. According to the Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog, New Line has set its sights on Eisner to direct a remake of John Carpenter’s cult classic, Escape From …
Read More »Pixar’s Monsters, Inc. 2 and Brave Both Coming to Theaters in 2012
With Shrek coming to theaters shortly in his fourth (and probably last) film, it’s about time another big monster got a sequel, this time a big, blue, furry one, along with his giant green eyeball of a friend. At a press briefing yesterday, Disney’s Pixar division announced a sequel is …
Read More »Vampires and Zombies Return for Additional Episodes of ‘Ugly Americans’
Comedy Central ordered additional episodes of the animated comedy series “Ugly Americans,” it was announced today by Kent Alterman, head of original programming and development, Comedy Central. The 7 additional episodes of “Ugly Americans” will premiere this October. “Ugly Americans” premiered on March 17 with 2.1 million total viewers and has …
Read More »Singer & McQuarrie Reunite for Jack the Giant Killer
Bryan Singer has re-teamed with screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie, who previously worked with Singer on The Usual Suspects and Valkyrie, to write a new draft of his latest film, Jack the Giant Killer. According to the Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog, McQuarrie is working diligently to update the script, which has …
Read More »Teresa Palmer is Number Six in I Am Number Four
DreamWorks has signed Australian Teresa Palmer (Bedtime Stories and the upcoming The Sorcerer’s Apprentice) in D.J. Caruso’s I Am Number Four, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog. The film is based on the upcoming series of young adult science fiction books by James Frey and Jobie Hughes. It …
Read More »The Last Issue Of Buck Rogers Lifts Off In May
All good things must come to an end. Dynamite Entertainment’s adventures of Buck Rogers reaches its conclusion in May with issue #12! In the concluding chapter of “Moonfall,” written by Scott Beatty and drawn by Carlos Rafael, Buck and his allies discover that the greatest threat to Earth is neither aliens …
Read More »Looney Tunes, Young Justice, and Mad Join The Cartoon Network Lineup
Cartoon Network unveiled a substantial new line-up of content at its annual Advertising Upfront presentation at New York’s Time Warner Center. Delivering on its promise to launch a diverse slate of programming that young audiences cannot find anywhere else, new Cartoon Network shows will incorporate a number of genres and …
Read More »Smith and Jones are Back For Men in Black 3D
Barry Sonnenfeld has confirmed to Roger Friedman of Showbiz 411 that both stars of the original Men in Black films, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, will be reprising their roles as Agents J and K in the Men in Black 3D. Etan Coen (Tropic Thunder) is in the process …
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