21st Dec2016

Brand new clip from Guillermo del Toro show ‘Trollhunters’

by Phil Wheat

Netflix have released a brand new clip from Guillermo del Toro’s new animated series Trollhunters, a heroic tale that uncoils with ambitious, complex storytelling and stunning visuals that raise the bar for animated series, creating an event series that will thrill the entire family. When ordinary teenager Jim Lake Jr. stumbles upon a mystical amulet […]

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20th Dec2016

Capcom bringing 8-bit ‘Mega Man’ to mobiles!

by Phil Wheat

Capcom have today announced that it will be bringing the six original 8-bit Mega Man games to iOS and Android devices in early January, just missing the Blue Bombers birthday by a few weeks. This is the first time all six of the original 8-bit Mega Man games have been made available on smart devices, […]

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20th Dec2016

‘Curse Words #1’ Skottie Young Variant Revealed

by Phil Wheat

Image Comics  have revealed a special, cheeky, variant cover for Curse Words #1 by Charles Soule and Ryan Browne featuring artwork by I Hate Fairyland’s Skottie Young. Young’s characteristic wit is on display in this cover featuring Curse Words’ main character, Wizord… Erm, expressing his contempt for the stereotypical “wizard” people are familiar with… as […]

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20th Dec2016

Pre-production starts on horror film ‘Darkest Night’

by Phil Wheat

Pre-production has started on the horror film Darkest Night, which is based on writer Michael Sean Erickson’s book of the same name released in late 2016 by Hot Chili Press. The film will begin shooting in Los Angeles, California, shortly. Set to star Bill Oberst Jr. (Stressed to Kill), Robert LaSardo (Anarchy Parlor), Noel Gugliemi […]

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19th Dec2016

Trailer Park: John Wick’s Blade Runner gets into a Fist Fight

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to the latest installment of Trailer Park, our semi-regular look at the latest trailers to hit the interwebs. This weeks line-up features a bevy of the latest movie trailers including John Wick Chapter 2, Blade Runner 2049, Stake Land 2: The Stakelander, Fist Fight and Unforgettable. John Wick Chapter 2 In this next chapter […]

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19th Dec2016

Six new character poster for ‘The LEGO Batman Movie’

by Phil Wheat

To celebrate the upcoming release of The LEGO Batman Movie, Warner Bros. have released a whole host of character posters for the upcoming animated movie, featuring Batman, Robin, Joker, Batgirl and more… The film sees Will Arnett reprises his starring role from The LEGO Movie as the voice of LEGO Batman, aka Bruce Wayne; Zach […]

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19th Dec2016

First look at ‘The Mighty Captain Marvel #1’

by Kat Wheat

Here’s you first look at the highly-anticipated The Mighty Captain Marvel #1, the explosive new series coming this January, which sees novelist and New York Times bestseller Margaret Stohl (Beautiful Creatures, Black Widow: Forever Red) teams with artist Ramon Rosanas (The Astonishing Ant-Man) to bring Carol Danvers into the stratosphere and beyond. She’s been to […]

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19th Dec2016

New UK trailer for Steven C. Miller’s ‘Marauders’

by Phil Wheat

Exploding into cinemas on Boxing Day, Marauders delivers a knock-out combination of an exhilarating, high-octane thriller that keeps you guessing at every turn. Featuring an all-star cast of Bruce Willis, Christopher Meloni, Dave Bautista and Adrian Grenier, the film comes from Steven C. Miller, the director behind The Aggression Scale, Under the Bed and Silent […]

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19th Dec2016

New Midwestern film festival celebrates weird cinema

by Phil Wheat

Dr. Dean Bertram, the founder and director of Australia’s two leading genre film festivals: A Night of Horror International Film Festival and Fantastic Planet, Sydney Sci-Fi and Fantasy Film Festival is expanding his reach to the US with the announcement of the founding of a new film festival in Eau Claire, Wisconsin… the MidWest WeirdFest. The […]

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16th Dec2016

New international trailer for ‘Ghost in the Shell’

by Phil Wheat

Based on the famous Kodansha Comics manga series of the same name, written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow, Ghost in the Shell follows the Major, a special ops, one-of-a-kind human-cyborg hybrid, who leads the elite task force Section 9. Devoted to stopping the most dangerous criminals and extremists, Section 9 is faced with an enemy […]

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16th Dec2016

First look at Marvel’s Civil War II: The Oath

by Phil Wheat

Here’s your first look inside Civil War II: The Oath, the epilogue to the blockbuster event from scribe Nick Spencer (Captain America: Steve Rogers, Captain America: Sam Wilson) and artist Rod Reis (C.O.W.L.)  – in a story that picks up the pieces left behind after Iron Man and Captain Marvel’s epic clash! As the Marvel […]

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15th Dec2016

First trailer & images from the ‘Taken’ TV show

by Phil Wheat

The Liam Neeson movie franchise Taken is headed to television! Set to debut on February 27th 2017, at least in the US, Taken: The Series follows in the footsteps of that other Luc Besson franchise The Transporter, moving the action to television with a recast of its hero… This version, set to air on NBC, […]

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15th Dec2016

‘Teen Witch’ comes to Blu-ray?!

by Phil Wheat

We don’t normally do Blu-ray release announcements here on Nerdly, but when one of my favourite 80s teen movies (I mean that sincerely, despite how much the film is derided) is set for feature-packed release, I can’t help but shout it from the rooftops! What film could possibly get me this excited you might ask? […]

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15th Dec2016

Japanese Evil Dead – ‘Bloody Muscle Builder in Hell’, comes to the UK!

by Phil Wheat

Asian horror distributor Terror Cotta have announced their next (somewhat unexpected) release, director  Shinichi Fukazawa’s Japanese splatter comedy Bloody Muscle Builder in Hell (aka The Japanese Evil Dead), which comes to the UK next year! From the land famous for cursed VHS tapes, comes a ‘forgotten video nasty’. Unleashed from a mysterious Tokyo cellar and […]

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14th Dec2016

New poster for ‘xXx: The Return of Xander Cage’

by Phil Wheat

It’s been a whopping fourteen years since Vin Diesel exploded onto the action movie scene as Xander Cage in xXx; and eleven(!) years since the Ice Cube starring sequel… However despite the huge passing of time it seems Universal thinks audiences are ready and willing to see a third chapter in the franchise and so […]

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14th Dec2016

Brand new clip from ‘Underworld: Blood Wars’

by Phil Wheat

Directed by Anna Foerster (Criminal Minds, Outlander), Underworld: Blood Wars – whose trailer got me a little more than excited for this latest installment in the franchise – stars Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Lara Pulver, Tobias Menzies, Bradley James, James Faulkner and Charles Dance. Official synopsis: The next installment in the blockbuster franchise follows Vampire […]

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14th Dec2016

5 new character posters for ‘Resident Evil: The Final Chapter’

by Phil Wheat

Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter continues the long-running story of Alice (Milla Jovovich), the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity’s final stand against the undead. Now, she must return to where the nightmare began – The Hive in Raccoon City, where the […]

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13th Dec2016

Horror Channel announces 7 premieres this January!

by Phil Wheat

Horror Channel are set to kick off 2017 in horrific style, with seven fearful film premieres in January alone! Premieres that include the UK TV premiere of Ted Geoghegan’s terrifyingly taut ghost story We Are Still Here, starring horror icon Barbara Crampton. There are also network premieres for Roman Polanski’s supernatural biblical puzzler The Ninth […]

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13th Dec2016

‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ movie poster revealed

by Phil Wheat

Following the trailer debut last week, the official Facebook for the Transformers movies has revealed the movie poster for the latest installment in the franchise, Transformers: The Last Knight. The poster features the same purple-eyed Optimus Prime from the trailer, who appears to be standing over the arm(?) of a defeated Bumblebee. And what is […]

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13th Dec2016

Final trailer & clip from ‘Assassin’s Creed’

by Phil Wheat

Check out this brand new tariler and accompanying clip featuring Michael Fassbender as Callum Lynch/Aguilar – the hero of the film daptation of Ubisoft’s long-running video game franchise Assassin’s Creed, which is directed by Justin Kurzel (Snowtown, Macbeth). Starring alongside Fassbender are Marion Cotillard (The Dark Knight Rises), Michael Kenneth Williams (12 Years a Slave), […]

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13th Dec2016

Submissions now open for 2nd Annual Brooklyn Horror Film Festival

by Phil Wheat

The Brooklyn Horror Film Festival is excited to announce that submissions are now open for the second edition of the festival. The first deadline to submit horror features and shorts is January 15th, and the final deadline to submit for programming consideration is August 15th. In its first year, the festival sold out the majority […]

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13th Dec2016

The Asgard-Shi’Ar War begins in ‘The Mighty Thor #15’

by Phil Wheat

Here’s your first look at The Mighty Thor #15, the first chapter of the “Asgard/Shi’ar War” from creators Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman – who team to bring you a brand-new story arc that’s sure to bring the thunder! Lately Thor has been busy trying to stop Malekith’s ongoing assault on the various Ten Realms, […]

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