Author: Loryn Stone

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.

This is a “Nerd Voices” contributing piece by Nerdbot reader Johnnie Nieto. Check him out on Nerdbot Media’s Live Horror Show Flatline TV! The Warner Bros. Hollywood Studio Horror Made Here Event continues to reinvent itself year after year not just contributing to Los Angeles Halloween Haunts; but helping reinvent them. Los Angeles Haunts have a wide range of Haunt attractions from Theme parks to House Haunts with decades of experience to first timers. But what happens when a Studio throws its hat and company owned property in to the mix. In its 3rd year WB studio uses some…

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New DRAGON BALL Manga Spin-Off And The Final BLEACH Manga Box Set Are Available This November VIZ Media has announced the release of DRAGON BALL: THAT TIME I GOT REINCARNATED AS YAMCHA! and BLEACH BOX SET 3 in early November. A hilarious manga spin-off based on famed creator Akira Toriyama’s original series, DRAGON BALL: THAT TIME I GOT REINCARNATED AS YAMCHA! will debut in print and digital editions on November 6th. Shonen Jump fans can also enjoy the exclusive print release of the final manga box set for the bestselling supernatural action adventure series BLEACH. DRAGON BALL: THAT TIME I GOT REINCARNATED AS…

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Want to have a Harry Potter inspired Halloween? It might be easier than you think! And we at Nerdbot are ready to help you. So whip out your wands and roll up your wizard sleeve, because we’re counting down our favorite (and easiest) Harry Potter costumes! 1) The Snuggie ‘House Robe’ Generously provided to us by Fun.com (and modeled by the irresistible Scuba Steph) these Harry Potter Snuggie-style robes is the easiest way to represent your favorite house in absolute comfort. While Steph is wearing the Gryffindor variety, every house is available. So while the back of your robe may be suggestively open, you…

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Lebron James is taking the production route! Having already attached himself to produce the hotly anticipated sequel to Space Jam, the active NBA superstar-turned-producer is heading to Camp Crystal Lake. In an exclusive article from Bloody Disgusting, that James and his Spring Hill Entertainment production company is currently in talks with Vertigo Entertainment to produce a reboot of Friday the 13th. While it seems like we might be getting punked at first, the match up is actually quite a good one. James is said to be a huge horror fan and, if you recall, James slayed last year’s Halloween with his legendary Pennywise costume and even released Friday the 13th-themed…

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Screenrant reports that a recently surfaced BTS image from Avengers 4 seemingly confirmed Gwyneth Paltrow will suit up as Rescue. Thanks to the incredible secrecy that surrounds Marvel Studios’ followup to Avengers: Infinity War, there hasn’t been nearly as many leaks as some of their other productions. However, one of the characters to receive some attention through BTS looks is Pepper Potts. Paltrow put the CEO of Stark Industries at the forefront of several theories when she posted an image during filming that featured her in a mo-cap suit. The result of this tease by Paltrow led many to believe that she would be…

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Originally set to premiere on Nov. 1, 2019, Wonder Woman 1984 is now delayed to June 5, 2020. Leading star, Gal Gadot, shared the news Monday in a tweet that reads: “Super excited to announce that, thanks to the changing landscape, we are able to put Wonder Woman back to its rightful home. June 5, 2020. Be there or be square!!!” According to THR,  Warners president of domestic distribution said in a statement shortly after Gadot’s tweet that, “We had tremendous success releasing the first Wonder Woman film during the summer so when we saw an opportunity to take advantage of the changing competitive landscape, we did. This move…

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Ahead of this Wednesday’s Halloween episode of “The Goldbergs,” wherein Robert Englund stars as Freddy Krueger, Englund appeared on Access Live this afternoon, and he was naturally asked if he’d ever be up for playing Freddy one more time in another Nightmare on Elm Street film. Englund has been asked this same question multiple times over the years, but his answer this time was a little bit different. It seems he may not be fully retired after all. “I think they want to reboot the franchise, but they’re gonna need a new actor,” Englund told the show’s hosts. “They’re gonna need a new actor…

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WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns announced to a stunned Monday Night Raw audience that he’s been battling leukemia for 11 years, and that due to the cancer’s return he will be relinquishing his belt, effective immediately: https://twitter.com/WWE/status/1054527508320739329 Reigns, whose real name is Leati Joseph Anoa’i, said he was 22 years old when he received the diagnosis. Anoa’i began wrestling with WWE two years later, in 2010, and tonight he thanked the wrestling promotion for giving him a chance when he was at a low point following a battle to get his leukemia into remission. A press release from WWE says Anoa’i decided to make…

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With the Disney/Fox merger expected to begin being finalized in early 2019, there’s a real possibility that one of the first films released after Disney’s acquisition of Fox assets will be X-Men: Dark Phoenix. A new report from the Hollywood Reporter examines the recent reshuffling of release dates from Fox and Disney, pointing toward a possible time frame when the acquisition could be finalized if regulators happen to approve the deal without any major snags. That report indicates that Dark Phoenix was moved to a date where there are no other Disney movies to compete with, much like many other Fox films that had upcoming…

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If you’ve been an anime fan for even a minute, you know his voice. A twenty-year veteran in the voice acting field, Sonny Strait has had an extensive and impressive career. Most notably, Sonny Strait has voiced Krillin from Dragon Ball Z for two decades. He’s also the man behind Usopp from One Piece as well as Maes Hughes from Full Metal Alchemist. And with the Dragon Ball Z Double Feature that’s about to hit theaters on November 3rd and 5th, 2018 through Fathom Events and Toei Animation in the US and Fathom Events and Cineplex in Canada on November 3rd quickly on its way,…

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