The YELLOWJACKETS Characters as Fairy Tale Archetypes – Television – Nerdist

Yellowjackets as fairy tale archetypes feature image - Lottie, Coach Scott, and Taissa

Shared from nerdist.com On Yellowjackets, the question of the supernatural is central. Is it magic or madness? The show asks repeatedly. And, the answer is hard to parse. The introduction’s profane feeling combined with the […]

Tom Holland Goes Full Action Star in UNCHARTED’s Final Trailer – Movies – Nerdist

Shared from nerdist.com Movies based on video games, even the most popular games, don’t have the best track record. But if you’re hoping to be one of the rare breakthrough adaptations that scores on the […]

Live-Action MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE Movie Finds Its He-Man – Movies – Nerdist

Kyle Allen will be He-Man in new live-action Masters of the Universe movie

Shared from nerdist.com The past is back, baby. Everything we loved from the golden decades of yore is getting rebooted, recast, and wonderfully returning to our screens. The latest addition? Netflix and Mattel Films are […]

18 Funniest Quotes From GARTH MARENGHI’S DARKPLACE – Television – Nerdist

The cast, most holding guns, in a promo photo for Garth Marenghi's Darkplace

Shared from nerdist.com I will use any reason I can to write about Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace. The parody series—created, written, and starring Richard Ayoade and Matthew Holness—debuted January 29, 2004 on Channel 4 in the […]

Sleep Is Extinct in Benedict Cumberbatch, Laura Dern’s Movie MORNING – Movies – Nerdist

Side by sides of Laura Dern and Benedict Cumberbatch - they will star in a new movie, Morning

Shared from nerdist.com Imagine a world where we didn’t actually need to sleep anymore. We’d finally have the time to do that creative side project. That one friend from college might actually train for the […]

The HALO TV Show Debuts Sweeping Trailer and Premiere Date – Television – Nerdist

Shared from nerdist.com  2022 is shaping up to be a pretty big year for blockbuster video game adaptations, with the Uncharted hitting the big screen and The Last of Us and Halo TV series launching […]

AFTER YANG Trailer Offers a Moving Meditation on Being Human – Movies – Nerdist

Shared from nerdist.com Hollywood has a long history with sci-fi films that explore artificial intelligence and what it means to be human. Starting with 1927’s Metropolis, classics like 2001: A Space Odyssey and Blade Runner, to […]

These KEY & PEELE Sketches Are Inherently and Hilariously Black – Television – Nerdist

Shared from nerdist.com When Key & Peele hit TV  on January 31, 2012, it brought sketch comedy that was both universal and specific. There was something that everyone could laugh or relate to, but there […]

Black TV Shows, Films, Comics, and Novels to Support in 2022 – Movies – Nerdist

split photo of a black person in afrofuturist film, nope jordan peele poster with cloud, and black woman

Shared from nerdist.com Black creativity and content is a glorious and continuously flowing well. Contrary to some social media complainers’ beliefs that there just isn’t enough TV shows, films, and other entertainment with Black people […]

WAYNE’S WORLD Director Penelope Spheeris Is Joyful and Wants You to Be Too – Movies – Nerdist

A still from Wayne's World shows Mike Myers as Wayne holding a white electric guitar standing next to Tia Carrere as Cassandra in a guitar shop

Shared from nerdist.com Penelope Spheeris is happy. The accomplished director and radical documentarian is on the phone talking about the movie that threw her into the world of Hollywood age 45, Wayne’s World. The movie […]

THE WOMAN KING Makes Viola Davis a Powerful African General – Movies – Nerdist

Viola Davis in The Woman King first look photo

Shared from nerdist.com A new historical film is on the way this year. And, unlike many others that revisit the same figures over and over again, this one is delivering something novel and quite epic. […]

GREASE: RISE OF THE PINK LADIES Prequel Sets Cast as Production Starts – Television – Nerdist

Pink Ladies in Grease

Shared from nerdist.com It was only a matter of time before Grease got another revival. This time, it’s not a remake of the Broadway musical, it’s a prequel series. Via The Hollywood Reporter, we now […]

FOUNDATION Announces New Season 2 Cast and Shares First Look – Television – Nerdist

Apple TV+ Foundation Season Two First Look and Casting news featuring Lee Pace and Jared Harris

Shared from nerdist.com If you haven’t watched Foundation‘s first season, it’s time to catch up. Because now we have our first look official look at season two, alongside a slew of new Foundation casting news. This futuristic […]

Joseph Gordon-Levitt to Play Infamous Cult Leader Jim Jones – Movies – Nerdist

A side-by-side of Chloe Grace Moretz and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Shared from nerdist.com In general, we have a morbid fascination with cult leaders. There’s something about a charismatic individual who indoctrinates their followers into a particular way of life or mission, often with catastrophic results. […]

THE AFTERPARTY Hilariously Pays Tribute to Its Popstar Murder Victim – Television – Nerdist

Shared from nerdist.com One of the best new shows of 2022 is, without a doubt, the Apple TV+ comedy The Afterparty. The murder mystery series is a whodunit told through several genres. At the center of The […]