Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Academy Award-winning actor Eddie Redmayne has been cast as Newt Scamander in Warner Bros. Pictures’ much-anticipated wizarding world adventure “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” The announcement was made by Greg Silverman, President of Creative Development and Worldwide Production, Warner Bros. Pictures. Redmayne will play J.K. Rowling’s creation Newt …
Read More »Warner Bros. Announces Expanded Creative Partnership with J.K. Rowling
Warner Bros. Entertainment announced an expanded creative partnership with world-renowned, best-selling author J.K. Rowling. At the center of the partnership is a new film series from Rowling’s world of witches and wizards, inspired by Harry Potter’s Hogwarts textbook “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” and the adventures of the …
Read More »Harry Potter: The Exhibition Returns To New York
Harry Potter fans in New York City can rejoice, as they will soon have the chance to step inside the famous wizard’s magical world with Harry Potter: The Exhibition,which returns to Discovery Times Square this holiday season. Since its hugely successful run in New York City in 2011, Harry Potter: The Exhibition has been significantly updated with artifacts from …
Read More »Warner Bros. Interactive Brings the Wizarding World to Life with Harry Potter for Kinect
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Eurocom will cast a spell among Harry Potter fans of all ages this fall with theHarry Potter for Kinect videogame exclusively on Kinect for the Xbox 360. Based on all eight Harry Potter films, Harry Potter for Kinect allows players to join Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione …
Read More »The Magic is at Your Fingertips As LEGO Harry Potter Returns
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and TT Games bring the final books and films about the Boy Who Lived to life to iPhone, iPad and iPod touch with the new LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 App, available now on the App Store. The game takes fans on a journey to the epic finale of the …
Read More »‘Hunger Games’ Crushes The Box Ofice
Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games opened to an astounding $155 million at the domestic box office, the third-best debut of all time and the best for any film opening outside of summer. Hunger Games — the big-screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins’best-selling young-adult novel starring Jennifer Lawrence,Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth — also reeled in the biggest opening for a non sequel. …
Read More »Hugo and Harry Potter Lead Saturn Nominations
Hugo and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 each received 10 nominations as the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films today announced nominations for the 38th Annual Saturn Awards, which will be presented on Wednesday, June 20. Other leading titles in the Academy’s film category were Super 8 (eight nominations); Marvel’s Captain …
Read More »Warner Bros. Pictures Group Has Record-Breaking Year
The Warner Bros. Pictures Group enjoyed another hugely successful year, with a combined worldwide box office gross of more than $4.7 billion, led by 2011’s top-grossing film, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.” The announcement was made today by Jeff Robinov, President, Warner Bros. Pictures Group. Warner …
Read More »‘Harry Potter’ Director Takes On ‘Doctor Who’
Doctor Who, one of the longest-running television showsin British history, is being developed by Harry Potter director David Yatesas a movie franchise, with a search for writers underway. Doctor Who centers on The Doctor, an eccentric alien time lord who travels space and time. Various actors have played the Doctor over the show’s run, …
Read More »Warner Bros. Interactive Launches LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and TT Games are transporting fans through the final books and films about the Boy Who Lived with LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7, for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, the Wii, Games for Windows PC, as well as the Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS and PSP (PlayStation Portable). The game …
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