Author: Mary Anne Butler

Mary Anne Butler (Mab) has been part of the fast-paced world of journalism since she was 15, getting her start in album reviews and live concert coverage for a nationally published (print) music magazine. She eventually transitioned to online media, writing for such sites as UGO/IGN, ComicsOnline, Geek Magazine, Ace of Geeks, Aggressive Comix (where she is still Editor-in-Chief), Bleeding Cool (where she was News Editor), and now Nerdbot as Editor-In-Chief. Over the past 10 years, she’s built a reputation at conventions across the globe as a cosplayer (occasionally), photographer (constantly), panelist and moderator (mostly), and reporter (always). Interviews, reviews, observations, breaking news, and objective reporting are the name of the game for the founder of Harkonnen Knife Fight, a Dune-themed band with an international presence. Though she be but little, she is fierce.

We are SO DELIGHTED to tell you about this newest clip from Amazon Prime Video’s upcoming “Wheel of Time” tv series! Fans of the epic sprawling fantasy will no doubt jump with glee at this clip, as short as it is.It teases Thom Merrilin, Gleeman and important part of the story. He’ll be played by Alexandre Willaume, and we seriously need to see his cloak RIGHT NOW. Check out the tease: Fans of the series will notice that this instrument is NOT one of Thom’s usual tools of the trade. This of course is a big departure from his flute…

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We have to say, for the most part in this particular situation, we completely agree with Tom Cruise and the way he handled things. Sure, there’s been lots of filmmakers and movie set regulars coming out of the woodwork across the internet to condemn the movie star for his profanity laced rant saying that “yelling is unprofessional,” but we have to say, this really seems like the right time to get pissed off enough to yell at people making stupid mistakes. If you’ll recall, audio from a day on “Mission: Impossible 7” set features what is described as a rant…

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We are very pleased to share with you the second chapter from the upcoming “Star Wars: The High Republic” novel by Charles Soule- “Star Wars: Light of the Jedi.” If you’ll recall, this book is part of a full “The High Republic” publishing campaign announced by Disney and LucasFilm earlier this year. It’ll kick off with “Light of the Jedi,” and continue with other titles across novels, comics, and more. Thanks to Del Ray Publishing, we’ll be treated to the first 7 chapters before the novel’s official publishing date the first week of January. Here is chapter 2 as posted…

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After the first stills of comedy sequel “Coming 2 America” hit last week, we are very pleased to share with you the official teaser trailer from Amazon Prime Video! Reuniting Arsenio Hall and Eddie Murphy as their characters from the original film, “Coming 2 America” looks like it’ll be a romp. Directed by Craig BrewerScreenplay by Kenya Barris, Barry W. Blaustein, and David SheffieldStory by Barry W. Blaustein, David Sheffield, and Justin KanewBased on characters created by Eddie MurphyProduced by Kevin Misher and Eddie MurphyCostumes by Ruth E. CarterExecutive Producers Brian Oliver, Bradley Fischer, Valerii An, Kenya Barris, Charisse Hewitt-Webster, Michele Imperato Stabile, and Andy BermanStarring: Eddie Murphy, Arsenio…

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We totally forgot that Mr. Middle Earth Peter Jackson has been hard at work on a special project recently that just happens to be about The Beatles. The filmmaker was provided with 56 hours of previously unreleased footage of the Fab Four (including 140 hours of audio), during the recording sessions for “Let It Be.” Using the same process created for “They Shall Not Grow Old,” Jackson has restored and remastered the footage and audio for a brand-new project for Disney+ titled “The Beatles: Get Back.” Sir Ringo Starr said in a release about the project: “There were hours and hours…

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Sure feels like everything today is “Star Wars” and Boba Fett related, and we’re totally ok with that! Hot on the heels of the big Disney+ confirmation of the next spinoff series, Hasbro just brought back one of their classic vehicles- Boba Fett’s ship, the GORGEOUS Slave I. And, if you missed the news about “The Book of Boba Fett” Disney+ series, read about that here (but also be warned there are spoilers if you haven’t seen the season 2 finale of “The Mandalorian”). It was on the Slave I that Boba Fett transported a carbonite-frozen Han Solo to the vile gangster…

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You guys know how much we’ve been enjoying Josh Gad’s quarantine YouTube series “Reunited Apart,” right? Some amazing gatherings of actors and important filmmakers from some of our favorite movies and tv shows have used Zoom to have awesome reunions with Gad hosting. The most recent episode will interest any fans of qunitenstial 80s film “The Karate Kid,” and Netflix’s (but started on YouTube red) continuation series “Cobra Kai.” Sweep the leg of 2020 and kick your way into a New Year with the cast of The Karate Kid films and the hit Netflix Series Cobra Kai in support of…

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If you haven’t finished watching the season 2 finale of Disney+’s live-action “Star Wars” spinoff series “The Mandalorian,” there will probably be spoilers contained within this piece. We say that because, well- there was a post credits scene in the episode that announced another television series coming to the House of Mouse’s streaming service.Again, if you haven’t watched the episode and DON’T WANT SPOILERS, do not continue reading. Following the finale of the highly emotional season 2 finale of “The Mandalorian,” we got a hellova stinger. It begins on a pretty well known location in the “Star Wars” universe. On…

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We’re racking our brains trying to think of who we’d want to see play the 46th President of the United States, former Vice President Joe Biden on the coming seasons of “Saturday Night Live.” We say this because Jim Carrey, who joined the “SNL” cast as Biden when season 46 kicked off, has decided he’s not returning to the impression. Carrey was not, of course, the first person to portray the no malarky President Elect for the long-running NBC sketch comedy show. There was former cast member Jason Sudeikis, Woody Harrelson, and even “SNL” alum Kevin Nealon way back in…

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