Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Marvel and Electric Shepherd Productions are proud to announce that the graphic fiction adaptation of Electric Ant, Philip K Dick’s seminal science fiction short story, arrives in comic shops this April with Philip K Dick’s Electric Ant #1! Acclaimed creators David Mack (Daredevil, Kabuki) and Pascal Alixe (Ultimate X-Men), along with cover artist Paul Pope …
Read More »Imagine Entertainment Produces Gene Roddenberry’s ‘The Questor Tapes’
Roddenberry Productions has entered into a deal with Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Television to develop the Gene Roddenberry pilot “The Questor Tapes.” The announcement was made at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame induction ceremony where Rod Roddenberry accepted the posthumous honor, presented by …
Read More »TNT Explodes With New Series
As part of a continuing strategy to expand its slate of original programming, TNT has given the greenlight to three new original series: a bold alien-invasion series from DreamWorks Television and Steven Spielberg that stars Noah Wyle (ER, TNT’s The Librarian movies); DELTA BLUES (working title), an offbeat series starring …
Read More »Dr Horrible Takes On Penguins of Madagascar (sort of)
Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private face off against the malevolent dolphin, Dr. Blowhole, in The Penguins of Madagascar’s first Nickelodeon special, “Dr. Blowhole’s Revenge.” Neil Patrick Harris (Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog, How I Met Your Mother) guest stars in the half-hour special as the penguins’ long-time nemesis out for revenge …
Read More »The Goon Returns
Fans and critics alike rejoiced in 2008, when creator Eric Powell took his redneck zombie noir, The Goon, monthly for an entire calendar year. Following the release of the landmark graphic novel Chinatown and the Mystery of Mr. Wicker, Powell laid out his most complex story line to date, spanning …
Read More »Pirates 4 to Shoot in Hawaii This Summer
Hawaii governor, Linda Lingle, has issued a press release confirming that Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the fourth installment of the Pirates franchise will be shooting on the islands of Kaua’i and O’ahu. The production is expected to generate an estimated $85 million dollars for the state’s economy …
Read More »Martha Kent Returns to Smallville
Annette O’Toole is reprising her role as Martha Kent on the CW show Smallville, according to Michael Ausiello of Entertainment Weekly. Producers are still hammering out all the details of her return, so there is no word on the exact timing of her reappearance on the show, but it will …
Read More »Webb directs Web-Slinger
One week after director Sam Raimi and Sony parted ways, Sony confirmed that Marc Webb will direct the re-boot of the Spider-Man franchise. “This is a dream come true and I couldn’t be more aware of the challenge, responsibility, or opportunity. Sam Raimi’s virtuoso rendering of Spider-Man is a humbling …
Read More »H.R. Giger Introduces Call Of Cthulhu
H.P. Lovecraft has not only been one of America’s most revered horror writers, he has virtually created a genre within fantastical horror. There have been numerous adaptations of his work but Swiss writer and artist, Michael Zigerlig, wanted to take a different approach. He narrates his graphic novel with the …
Read More »Joss Whedon & Neil Patrick Harris are Full of Glee
Glee has taken over the hearts and minds of many. It just won the Golden Globe for Best TV Series- Comedy or Musical. Glee just started airing in the UK to raves, sending their version of Journey’s ‘Don’t Stop Believing’ 94 places in one week to number 5 on the …
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