Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Robotech is a sweeping science-fiction anime epic in which humans use a vast arsenal of transforming robotic mecha to defend the Earth against alien domination. The franchise has captivated fans for over 30 years, and is widely credited with popularizing anime around the world. Now, UDON Entertainment has teamed up …
Read More »Universal Brings ‘Birth of the Dragon’ Home
Two of the most famous martial artists of all time face off in the enthralling, action-packed tale, Birth of the Dragon, arriving on Digital on November 7, 2017 and on Blu-ray, DVD, and On Demand on November 21, 2017, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Featuring remarkable performances from Philip Wan-Lung …
Read More »‘It’ Scares Up Massive $117.2M At Box Office
There is nothing clownish about New Line Cinema and Warner Bros.’ It, which grossed a massive $117.2 million from 4,103 theaters in its North American box-office debut over the weekend. The horror film is also a hit overseas, launching to record $62 million from 46 markets for a global start …
Read More »Sequart Releases Book on Planet of the Apes
With those horrified words, Charlton Heston’s Colonel George Taylor summed up exactly what viewers were thinking in 1968 the first time they saw Planet of the Apes in theaters. Loincloth-clad humans reduced to mute savages, living in cages or in the wild? Xenophobic orangutans, militaristic gorillas, and curious chimpanzees with a rigid …
Read More »Amazon Studios Closes Overall Deal with The Walking Dead Creator Robert Kirkman and First-Look Deal with Skybound Entertainment
Amazon announced it has closed an overall deal with prolific creator Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, Invincible) and a first-look deal with Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment, co-founded by longtime collaborator David Alpert. Kirkman and Skybound—the entities behind television hits The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead and Outcast—will develop television projects …
Read More »‘Fantastic Beasts’ Sequel Starts Production
Principal photography started, Monday, July 3, on an all new adventure set in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World, the second of five films in the series that began with “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” The as-yet-untitled film is being directed by David Yates. Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne (“The Theory …
Read More »‘Transformers’ Hits Franchise Low
Paramount and Michael Bay’s Transformers: The Last Knight grossed $69.1 million from 4,069 theaters in its five-day debut at the North American box office, a franchise low and casting doubt on the future of the series. That figure includes a Friday-Sunday take of $45.3 million. The Last Knight, which Paramount …
Read More »Warner Bros. Pictures’ And Legendary Pictures’ MonsterVerse Kicks into Gear As The Next Godzilla Feature Gets Underway
As Universal’s “Dark Universe” collapses under the failure of “The Mummy”, Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures move forward on their own shared universe of monsters. Following “Godzilla” and this year’s “Kong: Skull Island,” comes the next chapter in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ cinematic MonsterVerse: an epic action adventure …
Read More »Greg Pak To Bring ‘John Wick’ To Comics For The First Time
Award-winning writer Greg Pak (Planet Hulk, Code Monkey Save World), and artist Giovanni Valletta (Dark Horse Presents) have been tapped as the creative team to bring the world of the hit-film franchise John Wick to the pages of comics, thanks to a new partnership between Dynamite Entertainment and Lionsgate Films. …
Read More »Animated DC Universe Original Movie ‘Batman And Harley Quinn’ To Premiere At San Diego Comic-Con
Celebrating a decade of DC Universe Original Movie world premieres in San Diego, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) will once again give fans their first look at an all-new animated feature with the presentation of Batman and Harley Quinn on the Friday night (July 21, 2017) of Comic-Con International. Since …
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