Deadline.com reports that Patrick Stewart has signed on for Charlie’s Angels, the reboot of the female crime-fighting franchise being directed by Elizabeth Banks in the works at Sony’s Columbia Pictures. Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska have already been set as the “woke” trio of elite detectives. Banks had already been set to play Bosley, who in the original TV series was the intermediary between the women and Charlie, the group’s elusive employer and head of The Townsend Agency, who appeared via speakerphone only in the original 1970s TV series and was voiced by John Forsythe. The new Charlie’s Angels centers on a new generation…
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Loryn Stone has dedicated her life to the written Word of the Nerd. Her writing has also been published on other pop culture websites such as Cracked, LoadScreen, PopLurker, and Temple of Geek. Her debut young-adult novel "My Starlight" (a contemporary love letter to fandom, friendship, anime, cosplaying, love, and loss) is out now by Affinity Rainbow Publications. When she's not writing, Loryn's other interests include collecting robots (Megazords, specifically), playing bass, and blasting metal.
Hot on the heels of Netflix’s The Dragon Prince, from Avatar: The Last Airbender head writer Aaron Ehasz, the studio has just stealthily announced that Avatar is coming back in an all-new, live-action series, as io9 and Gizmodo report. Along with the first piece of concept art from the upcoming reboot, Netflix announced that The Last Airbender’s co-creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko are both signed on to oversee the show, something they’ve been planning on for ages. In a public statement, DiMartino and Konietzko expressed their excitement about the upcoming show and made a point of stating that this incarnation of the Aang’s story will star characters of…
We’ve all been waiting to see the Clown Prince of Crime on Fox’s Batman origin television series, Gotham. CBR reports that producers of the show told viewers that, throughout the series, there would get many possible Jokers, equating the character’s origin story to Batman: The Killing Joke‘s idea of a multiple choice answer. But Gotham struck gold with the addition of Cameron Monaghan’s Jerome/Jeremiah Valeska, twin characters most fans accepted to be the series’ true version of the Joker. Now, five years later, Monaghan is still a part of the show, and more Joker than ever before. An image on Instagram teases that Monaghan will…
Those who are kind enough to follow my writing know that I’m no stranger to eating bizarre food combinations. What started as a sandwich column on Cracked.com was followed up by another gross food from TV piece. Shortly after, I teamed up with my friends from the video game site LoadScreen, and alas, disgusting video game foods were created and shoved into my poor mouth. It’s definitely time for Nerdbot to take one for the team. Today, I present you with 7 strange foods from TV shows, taste tested! Let’s rock. Red Dwarf: The Sugar Puff Sandwich Ingredients: Golden Puffs Bread The Sugar Puff Sandwich…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1BCujX3pw8 After crash-landing to Earth (right into a Blockbuster!), Captain Marvel has no recollection of her time on Earth. She runs into Nick Fury, and the threat of war and intergalactic conflict looms over. There’s glimpses of her new interstellar life, but also snippets of her past as a regular human. It’s a past she can’t remember just yet, though right now, she’s something more than that. “I’m not what you think I am,” Captain Marvel says, before the trailer cuts to her fully powering up in her red, blue and gold suit. You saw the dude with the pager,…
Breaking news from the Hollywood Reporter shows that Director Todd Phillips on Sunday shared the first look of star Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker in the as-yet-untitled origin film about the iconic Batman supervillain. The photo, shared by Phillips on Instagram, features Phoenix in a green jacket and shirt with a scruffy hairdo and the hint of a smirk on his face. Absent are the character’s iconic clown makeup and green locks. “Arthur,” Phillips captioned the picture, seemingly confirming rumors that the character’s real name will be Arthur Fleck. The stand-alone film will follow the origin of Batman’s most notorious foe as he…
A report from CBR.com shows that with Henry Cavill possibly out as Superman, other actors are lobbying to take on the part of Big Blue. Some include those who have donned the blue tights and red cape before, like Dean Cain. Cain, who played the role of Clark Kent/Superman on the ABC romantic comedy Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman in the ’90s, tweeted a photo of himself sitting at a restaurant. He captioned the tweet, “I have been on a long-needed vacation. My son is now 18. I hear they’re looking for a new #Superman. Is there an age qualification?”…
Nerdist.com reports that last year, the folks at Marvel announced a new initiative called Marvel Rising, which would focus not on the well worn (and mostly male and white) heroes that fans have come to know so well, but instead, would focus on a diverse group of rising super heroes such as Spider-Gwen, Squirrel Girl, Ms. Marvel, Quake, Inferno, America Chavez, Patriot, Exile, and future movie star Captain Marvel. The Marvel Rising: Initiation shorts can be currently seen on Disney XD and Marvel HQ on YouTube, and the feature-length film Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors is set to premiere on Disney Channel and Disney XD on September 30. Now, the…
Kristen Stewart, who headlines the in-the-works big screen reboot of late ‘70s television series Charlie’s Angels, says the re-imagining will be “woke,” or more socially aware and politically progressive. “Watch. I’m gonna say all this, and then you’re gonna be like, ‘You guys didn’t do that at all,” Stewart joked when talking to Variety. “God, it’s so funny. I know if I say this a certain way, I know that this will be written down. But it’s not such a bad thing. It’s kind of like a ‘woke’ version.” The former Twilight star said the newest iteration of the franchise “is still gonna be…
A report from Comicbook.com shows that the Venom hype train continues to role on as we get closer to the release date, with a brand new poster being released today by star Tom Hardy. The Eddie Brock actor unveiled the new IMAX poster on Instagram, showing an awesome look at the terrifying symbiote. Take a look below: Fans were disappointed by news earlier this week that said the movie would be rated PG-13, as many expected the violent Spider-Man villain to warrant an R-rating. But it looks like there’s a possibility for an unrated version down the line according to director Ruben Fleischer. “I wouldn’t rule anything out.…