Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Fox’s Logan sliced a major chunk from the North American box office over the weekend with $85.3 million from 4,071 theaters, the biggest opening of the year so far and one of the top showings of all time for an R-rated film or for a March release. Logan was also huge overseas, debuting to …
Read More »Hugh Jackman to Star in Live-Action Peter Pan
Hugh Jackman (The Wolverine”) has been set to star in Warner Bros. Pictures’ upcoming live-action Peter Pan feature for director Joe Wright (“Atonement,” “Pride & Prejudice”). The announcement was made today by Greg Silverman, President, Creative Development and Worldwide Production, and Sue Kroll, President, Worldwide Marketing and International Distribution, Warner …
Read More »Jackman and Gyllenhaal Take Box Office Prisoner
Fueled by older adults and strong reviews, Denis Villeneuve‘s dark crime thriller Prisoners — starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal — topped the North American box office with a solid $21.4 million opening as the industry slows down from the summer blockbusters. The top 12 films of the weekend, as of Sunday, September 22, are as follows: RANK …
Read More »‘Reel Steel’ Becomes Real Deal At Box Office
“Real Steel” easily topped the box office chart with a $27.3 million opening. The Hugh Jackman starrer tells the story of a father and son reunited through the world of robot boxing. The top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data collected as of Sunday, October 9, 2011 are as …
Read More »Wolverine 2 to Start Filming in January
Reports are coming in that Wolverine 2 will begin filming next January, according The Hollywood Reporter’s Showbiz 411 blog. Screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects) has just handed in the new script, which is based on the Frank Miller/Chris Claremont 80’s mini-series, set in Japan. A source involved with the …
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