17th Oct2016

Razor Reel Flanders Film Festival reveals full line-up

by Phil Wheat

Celebrating its ninth consecutive edition, the Razor Reel Flanders Film Festival has revealed a full slate of high-caliber movies. True to its roots as a fantastic film festival while unafraid to cover some new ground, the Flemish fest still takes place in the historic city center of Bruges, in the Cinema Liberty; from 10th – […]

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17th Oct2016

High Octane Pictures acquire Hiroshi Katagiri’s ‘Gehenna’

by Phil Wheat

Highly-anticipated creature-feature Gehenna: Where Death Lives, directed, produced, and co-written by makeup and special effects master Hiroshi Katagiri, has been acquired by High Octane Pictures. Newly-founded by industry vet and CAA Alum Galen Christy, High Octane Pictures has acquired the international sales rights for the film, which boasts high-end sets and spectacular effects work from […]

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14th Oct2016

Flogging a dead[pool] horse? Introducing Deadpool the Duck!

by Phil Wheat

What do you get when you take one cynical anthropomorphic duck (named Howard) and cross it with the smelliest (and most annoying) mercenary in the Marvel Universe? Deadpool the Duck! Launching this coming Janurary, its high-stakes avian antics as two of Marvel’s most beloved, and crass, heroes merge for an all-new series brought to you […]

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14th Oct2016

‘The Mummy #1’ gets a Graham Humphreys cover!

by Phil Wheat

Following on from the original announcement, Titan Comics have revealed the their first Hammer Horror comic, The Mummy #1, is set to get an extra Jetpack Comics / Forbidden Planet retailer variant cover by the legendary artist Graham Humphreys (Evil Dead, Nightmare on Elm Street) The Mummy #1 starts Titan’s new line which sees the […]

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13th Oct2016

Awesome new trailer & poster for ‘Rogue One’

by Phil Wheat

From Lucasfilm comes the first of the Star Wars standalone films, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, an all-new epic adventure directed by Gareth Edwards and starring Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Riz Ahmed, with Jiang Wen and Forest Whitaker. In a time of conflict, a group of […]

13th Oct2016

Network announce 2nd volume of ‘Terrahawks’ on Blu-ray

by Phil Wheat

From the iconic creator of Thunderbirds, the second volume of the classic British children’s sci-fi series Terrahawks is to be released on Blu-ray and DVD, courtesy of Network Distributing. Gerry Anderson, the hugely influential creator of Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet, made a spectacular return to puppet animation in the early 1980s with an exciting new […]

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13th Oct2016

Del Toro’s ‘Trollhunters’ – Trailer, art & launch date revealed

by Phil Wheat

DreamWorks Trollhunters, all-new epic animated series will launch globally December 23rd 2016 on Netflix. From the limitless imagination of master storyteller Guillermo del Toro comes a tale of two worlds set to collide… A heroic tale that uncoils with ambitious, complex storytelling and stunning visuals that raise the bar for animated series. When ordinary teenager […]

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13th Oct2016

Exclusive clip from ‘The Last King’

by Phil Wheat

To celebrate the UK DVD release of The Last King, starring Kristofer Hivju and Jakob Oftebro, we have an exclusive clip from the film to share – check it out below: Full of lies, betrayal and adrenaline-pounding Viking combat, The Last King is an unrelenting battle through the icy world of Norway, to secure the future of the […]

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10th Oct2016

First look at art from Titan’s new ‘Robotech’ comic

by Phil Wheat

Titan have today released online the first piece of art from Robotech, a brand-new series based on the legendary and groundbreaking 80s animation by Harmony Gold, which is set to debut in 2017. First airing in the USA in 1985, Robotech captured audience’s imaginations with its epic generational storylines involving war, romance, and, of course, […]

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10th Oct2016

First Look: Foolkiller #1

by Phil Wheat

Greg Salinger was your typical merc for hire – the Foolkiller – putting an end to those he deemed “foolish”. But that life is behind him now. It’s time to turn over a new leaf this November in Foolkiller #1, the new ongoing series from writer/musician Max Bemis (X-Men: Worst X-Man Ever) and artist Dalibor […]

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09th Oct2016

Trailer & poster for British sci-fi horror ‘The Darkest Dawn’

by Phil Wheat

Premiering at MCM London Comic Con on 30th October, British sci-Fi horror The Darkest Dawn is a sequel to director Drew Casson’s cult hit Hungerford (reviewed here) and the first film to release under Wildseed Movies, the latest platform from award winning Wildseed Studios, established to produce and distribute ‘micro buster’ genre feature films for […]

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09th Oct2016

Trailer Park: NYCC 2016 Edition

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 TV and movie trailers that debuted during this weekends New York Comic Con – including Iron Fist, Power Rangers, John Wick Chapter 2, The Great Wall, Class […]

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07th Oct2016

Titan to publish new ‘Tekken’ comics

by Phil Wheat

Titan Comics have announced they are teaming up with Bandai Namco Entertainment to publish brand-new comics based on the best-selling, knockout fighting video game series, Tekken. Which will launch to coincide with the debut of Tekken 7 in 2017. The King of the Iron Fist tournament awaits! First appearing in TEKKEN for arcades in 1994, […]

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07th Oct2016

NYCC 2016: DreamWorks & Netflix announce season 2 of Voltron

by Phil Wheat

Following the first season cliffhanger, season 2 of DreamWorks Voltron Legendary Defender sees the paladins scattered throughout the universe in wake of a tough battle with Zarkon, Haggar and the Galra Empire. Through 13 epsiodes the team will face new challenges as they bring mighty Voltron back together and plot to take down Zarkon once […]

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07th Oct2016

Netflix Update #1: Haters, Iron Fist, Mascots & more!

by Phil Wheat

Welcome to the first of (hopefully) many new regular features here on Nerdly – the Netflix Update – where we bring you the highlights in the world of Netflix’s original programming. This first edition brings news on Mascots, Iron Fist, Haters Back Off! and the TV adaptation of Lemony Snicket… MASCOTS Mascots is a new […]

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29th Sep2016

First look at Titan Comics’ new Hammer adaptation: ‘The Mummy’

by Phil Wheat

Titan Comics have revealed new artwork for The Mummy #1, a brand-new mini-series that reanimates the character, as imagined by legendary Horror studio, Hammer. This series is written by the comics scribe Peter Milligan (Justice League: Dark) and illustrated beautifully by Ronilson Freire (The Green Hornet). For 2000 years the Sect of Anubis have prolonged their […]

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29th Sep2016

Trailer & poster for Netflix comedy ‘True Memoirs Of An International Assassin’

by Phil Wheat

True Memoirs Of An International Assassin is the latest Netflix original movie – an action comedy stars Kevin James as Sam Larson, a mild-mannered would-be author who gets mistaken for a killer-for-hire when his fictional novel about an international assassin is published as a true story. When the book is a huge success, he is […]

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12th Jun2016

2016 Brooklyn Film Festival – Report

by Catherina Gioino

With filmmaking and digital technology being so ubiquitous today, it becomes almost difficult to decide the difference between amateur stuff and real aspiring artists. Those budding filmmakers need not look further than the Brooklyn Film Festival, a festival founded in 1998 as a way to bring independent and ambitious filmmakers into the limelight. With the […]

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10th Jun2016

New one-sheet poster for ‘Ghostbusters’

by Phil Wheat

Here’s a brand new one-sheet poster for director Paul Feig’s redux of the 80s classic Ghostbusters. Thirty years after the beloved original franchise took the world by storm, director Paul Feig brings his fresh take to the supernatural comedy, joined by some of the funniest actors working today – Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, […]

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07th Jun2016

East London Film Festival: European Premiere of British sci-fi ‘Native’

by Stuart Wright

Following February’s successful World Premiere at the Boston Sci-Fi Film Festival, Native, starring Rupert Graves (DI Lestrade in BBC’s Sherlock TV series) and Ellie Kendrick (Game Of Thrones and iFeatures backed ‘The Levelling’), gets its European Premiere at the East London Film Festival. Native is the debut feature film for Liverpool born director and co-writer […]

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02nd Jun2016

First trailer for ‘Monster Trucks’… Literally!

by Phil Wheat

How’s this for taking a title to its literal extreme. Monster Trucks not only features monster trucks but also monsters powering trucks! Literally MONSTER TRUCKS!! Directed by Chris Wedge, thr man behind the animated features Ice Age, Robots and Epic, Monster Trucks stars Lucas Till, Jane Levy, Barry Pepper, Amy Ryan, Rob Lowe, Danny Glover, […]

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01st Jun2016

Exclusive clip from ‘Eric Bischoff: Sports-Entertainment’s Most Controversial Figure’

by Phil Wheat

Set for release on June 13th, Eric Bischoff: Sports-Entertainment’s Most Controversial Figure is an in-depth documentary and collection of greatest moments from the career of one of the most polarising and influential figures in the history of sports-entertainment. And we have an exclusive clip to share with you! Eric Bischoff: Sports-Entertainment’s Most Controversial Figure includes […]

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