Pop Culture Roundup 37 / The Superslice

Do you realize the English bard William Shakespeare wrote 37 plays? The more you know. It’s the 37th edition of the Pop Culture Roundup, Fam.

You have been living under a rock or been dealing with more urgent life matters, such as surviving a hurricane, if you haven’t heard Disney acquired Lucasfilm for $4 billion. The announcement was made on Tuesday and, as expected, the responses were mixed within the fanboy/fangirl community. Hey, I’m optimistic, if they can pull off The Avengers, I trust the Disney/Pixar brain trust can put something together that is better than George Lucas is capable of doing. Star Wars: Episode 7 is slated for 2015. Straight from the horse’s mouth, head geek Lucas and the new president of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy, discuss the future of Star Wars franchise, at the header.

UPDATE: George Lucas has pledged to use the majority of the $4 Billion to fund education. Wow. From this day forward, we are not allowed to talk shit about the Star Wars prequels anymore. This is great…

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TRAILERS and TEASERS

Skyfall, a videoblog detailing the Turkish locations used in the film and two television spots.

James Bond 007: Movie Deathmatch, all 6 Bond actors duke it out in a battle to the death. How does your favorite 007 fare?

New images from Django Unchained

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the second television spot, in theaters December 14th.

John Dies at the End, it’s all about the Soy Sauce, a drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit. Users drift across time and dimensions. But some who come back are no longer human. Suddenly a silent otherworldly invasion is underway, and mankind needs a hero. What it gets instead is John (Rob Mayes) and David (Chase Williamson), a pair of college dropouts who can barely hold down jobs. Can these two stop the oncoming horror in time to save humanity? No. No, they can’t.

Room 237, A subjective documentary that explores the numerous theories about the hidden meanings within Stanley Kubrick‘s film The Shining. The film may be over 30 years old but it continues to inspire debate, speculation, and mystery. Five very different points of view are illuminated through voice over, film clips, animation and dramatic reenactments. Together they’ll draw the audience into a new maze, one with endless detours and dead ends, many ways in, but no way out.

Sylvester Stallone stars as a New Orleans hitman who forms an alliance with a New York City cop to bring down the killer of their respective partners in the action thriller, Bullet to the Head, from veteran director Walter Hill.

G.I. Joe 2: Retaliation International Trailer, The G.I. Joes are not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence. (movie site)

The Wolverine, Hugh Jackman and Director James Mangold Reveal Tons of New Details

The first look at Arnold Schwarzenegger in David Ayer‘s new movie Ten, members of an elite DEA task force find themselves being taken down one by one after they rob a drug cartel safe house.

Robocop (2013), Just Jared has a plethora of set photos:

The official Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 live action trailer, directed by Guy Ritchie, takes you into the high-speed world of near-future weaponry. Check out the cameos by Robert Downey Jr. and viral YouTube superstar FPS Russia.

Watch the official Halo 4 Launch Trailer, Scanned. Master Chief’s mind is violated by a powerful new enemy, who in searching for Chief’s weaknesses, finds the source of his strength.