Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More SGN, the fast-growing independent Los Angeles mobile gaming company led by MySpace cofounder and former CEO Chris DeWolfe, announced today that it has acquired TinyCo, the Andreessen Horowitz-backed San Francisco studio behind the Marvel Avengers Academy and Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff games. Its third acquisition since receiving a $130 million investment from South Korea’s Netmarble Games …
Read More »Netflix And The CW Network Announce New Agreement
Netflix and The CW Network announced a new multi-year content licensing relationship that allows Netflix [Nasdaq: NFLX] to remain the exclusive U.S. subscription television service for previous seasons of scripted series broadcast on The CW. The new relationship spans all current CW series, as well as all future programs produced …
Read More »‘Inferno’ To Be Released Worldwide In IMAX Theatres
Sony Pictures Entertainment, IMAX Corporation, and Imagine Entertainment announced that Inferno, the latest film in the Dan Brown (Da Vinci Code) franchise, will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX format. The film, starring Tom Hanks as Dr. Robert Langdon and directed by Ron Howard, will be released into IMAX theatres worldwide coinciding with the film’s general …
Read More »Bethesda Softworks and Dark Horse to Publish ‘The Art of Dishonored 2’
Dark Horse announced The Art of Dishonored 2, the newest video game art book in its long line of best-selling, award-winning titles in partnership with Bethesda Softworks. Chronicling the development of Dishonored 2 and featuring hundreds of pieces and exclusive, never-before-seen concept art from the game’s distinctive world design, The Art of Dishonored 2 is …
Read More »Heinlein Graphic Novel Underway
Have Space Suit – Will Travel, the book by renowned science fiction author, Robert A. Heinlein, will be the second of Heinlein’s written works to be published as a graphic novel, the Heinlein Prize Trust announced. A KickStarter campaign was launched in May and quickly exceeded its goal, raising more than $10,000 in pledges to support illustration, production …
Read More »LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens Launches
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games, The LEGO Group and Lucasfilm announced the launch of LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens, an all new Star Wars adventure that immerses players in the blockbuster film like never before. Developed by TT Games and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens is …
Read More »Art Of Atari To Be Published In Deluxe Edition
As the buzz around Dynamite Entertainment’s upcoming release of ART OF ATARI® continues to grow, the publisher announces the highly limited Deluxe Edition of perhaps the most important retrospective in the history of gaming! Perfect for lifelong Atari fans, collectors, and those that appreciate its grand history, the ART OF ATARI Deluxe Edition recaptures …
Read More »Warner Bros. Consumer Products Rolls Out Licensing Plans
Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) unveiled a slate of franchises and fan-favorite properties to drive its global licensing, merchandising and retail businesses in 2016 and beyond. WBCP will be presenting an incredible array of opportunities from the DC portfolio, including Wonder Woman, DC Super Hero Girls, and The LEGO Batman Movie; the highly anticipated Fantastic …
Read More »Dynamite To Release The Best Of Vampirella Magazine Art Edition
Following the widely celebrated release of Jose Gonzalez’s Vampirella Art Edition, Dynamite Entertainment is proud to announce the next treasure trove of classic horror: The Best of Vampirella Magazine Art Edition. Terror aficionados, prepare to be bewitched and bedeviled! The Best of Vampirella Magazine is a glorious hardcover treasury of actual storyboard artwork from …
Read More »‘Dory’ Finds Box Office Success
Independence Day: Resurgence failed to ignite big fireworks at the North American office over the weekend, where it came in behind expectations with an estimated $41.6 million from 4,068 theaters. The long-awaited sequel to the 1996 blockbuster will need to do sizeable business overseas to land in the black for Fox. …
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