Lore is a new spooky show that will be streaming on Amazon Prime beginning Friday, October 13. Based on the incredibly popular podcast from Aaron Mahnke, the six episode anthology is a unique blend of animation, audio from the podcast, and live action storytelling. The stories told in Lore are true historical stories about the origins of things like werewolves, seances, and vampires. We were stoked to get to chat with the cast and creators of the show at New York Comic Con to learn more about it. Holland Roden,
Pacific Rim is the most bombastic sci-fi live action film I’ve ever seen, and with today’s NYCC panel, Pacific Rim: Uprising looks even better! First time director Steven S. DeKnight will be replacing Guillermo Del Toro at the helm, but I have high hopes. He’s played a part in writing or producing several notable series through the years, including: Smallville, Buffy, Angel, and my personal favorite, Spartacus. It’s safe to say, this movie is in good hands. Uprising takes place ten years after the event of the first movie. In
Rosario Dawson and Andy Weir took the New York Comic Con stage to talk about Andy’s new book, Artemis. The follow up to The Martian, Artemis takes place on the moon and follows Jazz, an aimless twenty-something-year-old born on Artemis, the only city on the moon. Weir describes it as “Ocean’s Eleven, but on the moon”. Of course, it’s a little deeper than that. Weir has made a name for himself as a hardcore sci-fi author, relaying detailed and complex scientific concepts to his audience without being boring, and I
Pop Culturalist is partnering with Annapurna Pictures to give away tickets to a NYC screening of Professor Marston & The Wonder Women. All the details are below and good luck! About the Film In a superhero origin tale unlike any other, the film is the incredible true story of what inspired Harvard psychologist Dr. William Moulton Marston to create the iconic Wonder Woman character in the 1940’s. While Marston’s feminist superhero was criticized by censors for her ‘sexual perversity’, he was keeping a secret that could have destroyed him. Marston’s