Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More While Marvel Studios still searches for the right actor to fill Captain America’s costume, it seems that they might have snatched the perfect guy to play his arch nemesis. According to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision Blog, Hugo Weaving is allegedly very close to closing the deal to play the …
Read More »Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Chaos Rising Launches
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Chaos Rising, the first standalone expansion to 2009’s Real-Time Strategy (RTS) Game of the Year*, Dawn of War II, has shipped for Windows PC. Chaos Rising delivers an immersive single player experience, a level cap increase from 20 to 30, more powerful war-gear …
Read More »Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest Goes Into Motion
The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest videogame will launch on the PlayStation 3 with full support for PlayStation’s upcoming motion controller technology at the controller’s launch. This family-friendly action-adventure game, based on the films and literature of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, will ship in fall 2010 for …
Read More »Warner Bros. Gets Spliced
Warner Bros. Pictures will release director Vincenzo Natali’s startlingly original sci-fi thriller “Splice,” recently acquired by Joel Silver’s Dark Castle Entertainment. “Splice” debuted to critical and audience acclaim at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival with its story of two ambitious young biologists who risk their careers—and their lives—by pushing the …
Read More »SXSW 2010… Have a Kick-Ass Time!
SXSW 2010 starts today in Austin, Texas. Here’s just a peek into what films will be shown there over the 10 days of the festival. Two big films will have screenings on Friday night alone, with Matthew Vaughn showing his adaptation of Mark Millar’s comic Kick-Ass and Robert Rodriguez will …
Read More »Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space Hits Wii
Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space has shipped to retailers in North America. Fans can play this videogame sitcom as their favorite canine and rabbit detective duo on Wii(TM) and PC. The critically acclaimed franchise’s second season features five full episodes of the unhinged humor, vexing mysteries, and exotic …
Read More »Jewel Staite And Sean Maher Guest On Warehouse 13
Warehouse 13, has cast Jewel Staite (Stargate Atlantis) and Sean Maher (Party of Five), of the acclaimed series, Firefly, as guest stars in an upcoming episode titled “Mild Mannered.” The hour-long episode is scheduled to premiere July 2010. Warehouse 13 stars Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek and Allison Scagliotti, …
Read More »Disney’s D23 Celebrates Disneyland’s 55th Anniversary
It’s a milestone year for the Disneyland® Resort, and D23: The Official Community for Disney Fans is celebrating with the premiere of DESTINATION D, a brand-new, two-day event exclusively for D23 Members that illuminates Disney’s fascinating history. D23 announced its latest members-only event on its first anniversary – capping a …
Read More »Wood Drops Out of Web
Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark has hit another stumbling block. Evan Rachel Wood (Across the Universe, The Wrestler), who was to play Peter Parker’s love interest Mary Jane Watson, has dropped out of the long delayed production due to scheduling conflicts. The producers of the show have stated …
Read More »Mattel Unveils Mad Men Barbie Line
In a move of what can be called interesting licensing, Mattel has unveiled limited edition Barbie’s based on the AMC television series Mad Men. The four dolls will be versions of Joan Holloway, Roger Sterling, and Don and Betty Draper. Mattel is using the classic early 60’s Barbie face for …
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