Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More Jon Favreau has confirmed via his Twitter account that Harrison Ford has joined the cast of Favreau’s next film, Cowboys and Aliens. Yesterday, Favreau tweeted that ““Some very cool Cowboys & Aliens casting news coming soon…”. that tweet coincided with the Latino Review reporting that Ford would co-star in the …
Read More »TRON: Legacy Gets Sequel
Disney is so convinced that TRON: Legacy will be a hit when it is released on December 17th, it has just announced there will be a sequel. According to The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog, TRON: Legacy writers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz have been hired to write the sequel. …
Read More »Paul Greengrass in Talks to Direct Fantastic Voyage
Director Paul Greengrass is now in talks with James Cameron’s production company Lightstorm Entertainment to helm the 3D remake of Fantastic Voyage, according to Variety. Twentieth Century Fox is backing the film and it will likely be shot using the same 3D technology developed for Avatar. Shane Salermo (the Alien …
Read More »Paul WS Anderson to Direct Buck Rogers in 3D
According to news coming from Deadline Hollywood, Paul WS Anderson has signed on to direct a Buck Rogers film. He’ll be working from a script by Art Marcum and Matt Holloway (Iron Man). Anderson has said “Buck has already been such a huge influence on action-adventure franchises like Star Wars …
Read More »Spielberg May Helm Robopocalypse
With filming completed on The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, speculation is running wild to what Steven Spielberg’s next directorial effort will be since he has recently passed on the remake of Harvey with Robert Downey Jr, and Matt Helm starring Jon Hamm. So far, he is …
Read More »New Who Arrives on BBC America 4/17/10
BBC America has announced that the 5th season of Doctor who will debut on April 17th, only two weeks after it begins its run in the UK. Season 5 has Matt Smith as the 11th incarnation of the Doctor, taking over the role from fan favorite David Tennant, and is …
Read More »Third Riddick Film Now Confirmed
After years of David Twohy and Vin Diesel promising to bring back Riddick, Universal has finally confirmed that a third film for the franchise is now in the works, and it will simply be called Riddick, according to Variety. Universal had been balking at another film for a while, considering …
Read More »Chase Palmer Tapped for Dune Script
As announced here earlier this year, the Dune remake is on, with Pierre Morel (Taken) replacing Peter Berg as director. Morel has tapped screenwriter Chase Palmer to write the screenplay, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Morel has brought in Palmer personally to rework the original script that Josh Zetumer (Bourne …
Read More »13 Goes Wilde for Cowboys and Aliens
Olivia Wilde is in negotiations to co-star alongside Daniel Craig in Jon Favreau’s Cowboys and Aliens. Daniel Craig is now confirmed as Zeke Jackson in the film, and was signed after Robert Downey Jr. had to opt out due to scheduling conflicts. Wilde is best known for her role as …
Read More »Skins Star Hoult Joins Cast For Fury Road
Nicholas Hoult, star of the BBC series Skins, will be playing Nux in the 4th Mad Max film Fury Road. Although little is known about his character, it has been revealed that his name is Nux. Hoult will star alongside Tom Hardy (Star Trek: Nemesis) who will be taking over …
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