Premier Pop C Pop Culture News – Movies, Comics, Television, Books, Toys, Games, and More The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug roared to a strong $73.7 million in its domestic debut to take its place atop the weekend’s box-office mountain. Disney’s Frozen,now in its third week, took in $22.2 million to take the No. 2 spot for the weekend ahead of A Madea Christmas’ $16.16 million debut. The top 12 films …
Read More »Warner Bros.’ “Veronica Mars” Movie Opens on March 14, 2014
Warner Bros. announced a spring release date for the Rob Thomas-written and directed “Veronica Mars” feature film, based on the beloved and acclaimed television series of the same name. The film will open in the U.S. on March 14th in AMC Theatres in select markets across the country. The announcement was …
Read More »Warner Bros. Unveils Licensing Program For The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug
Bilbo Baggins’ journey through Middle-earth resumes onDecember 13, and Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) has teamed up with their roster of global licensees to create an array of offerings inspired by the second film of The Hobbit Trilogy, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, a production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures …
Read More »Warner Bros. Unveils Holiday Merchandise
Warner Bros. Consumer Products has teamed with a wide array of licensees to bring fan-favorites home for the holidays. In partnership with licensees including Mattel, LEGO, Wonder Forge and many more, WBCP is presenting products across a range of categories including toys, publishing, apparel, collectors’ items and seasonal offerings inspired …
Read More »LEGO Sets Off on a New Journey to Create LEGO The Hobbit
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games and The LEGO Group announced LEGO The Hobbit, the latest addition to the popular LEGO videogame series that brings to life the enthralling and legendary stories from Oscar-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit Trilogy. The game will be available in 2014 for the Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 …
Read More »‘Gravity’ Soars over $500 Million Worldwide
Reaching another astronomical milestone, Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Gravity” crossed $500 million at the worldwide box office on Saturday, November 16, 2013. The announcement was made today by Dan Fellman, President of Domestic Distribution, and Veronika Kwan Vandenberg, President of International Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón, “Gravity” has …
Read More »Return To Middle Earth In Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, a next-generation, third-person action game set in Middle-earth that explores an original story of vengeance and redemption. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor is in development for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and Windows PC. In Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, gamers take on the …
Read More »Scribblenauts Invade The DC Universe
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment announced the North American launch of Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure, a new game that melds the boundless creativity of the award–winning video game franchise with thousands of DC Comics characters and objects across the DC Comics universe – all drawn in the classic Scribblenauts art …
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 »Production to Begin on “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.”
Principal photography will begin on September 9 on Warner Bros. Pictures’ “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” The film is the first to be made under filmmaker Guy Ritchie’s and producer Lionel Wigram’s new production shingle, Ritchie/Wigram Productions, which has a first-look deal with Warner Bros. Having successfully re-imagined the classic detective Sherlock Holmes in two hit films, …
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