Author: Mary Anne Butler

2020 has been absolutely awful, we can all agree on that, right? Perhaps one of the last bastions of joy and hope we had for this year of hell was Halloween, but of course due to the ongoing worldwide pandemic- that ain’t happening. But what about our Spooky Season traditions? What about the figures of Halloween? What about Michael Myers? We’d like to bring your attention to Youtube user Andrew Kasch, and his video showcasing what the heck Michael Myers is doing with himself in Haddonfield now that Halloween is officially cancelled this year. In this very short but very…

Lana. LANA!!!!!! We’re getting a 12th season of FX’s animated spy comedy series “Archer,” and that’s something to celebrate in an otherwise terrible year. Apparently the show has enjoyed some record (for them, at least) ratings highs, and FX wants to keep the train a-rollin’. Season 11 of “Archer” is currently airing on FX on Wednesday nights, and appearing on Hulu the following day.

One of the series premieres we’re looking forward to the most this year is Hulu’s upcoming revival of 90’s animated series “Animaniacs.” The first tease for the show was absolutely perfect, blending the Warner brothers and sister into the world of “Jurassic Park,” and the new trailer is pretty great too. Yes, the original voice cast is back, and so is executive producer Steven Spielberg. They’re back! The Warner brothers, Yakko and Wakko, and the Warner sister Dot, have a great time wreaking havoc and mayhem in the lives of everyone they meet. After returning to their beloved home, the…

We know we keep saying it, but 2020 has been such a weird damn year, and we can’t wait for it to be over. Sure, most of the troubles and problems won’t be going away when January 1st rolls in, but from a purely psychological standpoint, it’ll help. A year without new theatrical film releases has been something we never thought we’d see in our lifetime, and every time a teaser or new trailer rolls out, it reminds us of what we’re missing. That said, sometimes Disney knows we need a little joy in our mornings, so they release something…

The winter holidays have no shortage of annual film and tv traditions- “Frosty the Snowman,” “Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer,” even Adam Sandler’s “8 Crazy Nights”- but some of our perennial favorites won’t be on network television. The catalog of Peanuts holiday classics like “It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown” “Charlie Brown Christmas,” and Thanksgiving specials are not airing on regular tv in 2020. Instead, they’ll all be available through Apple TV+’s subscription service, where the Peanuts gang currently resides. Something nice that Apple TV+ is doing though is that the Charlie Brown specials (like The Great Pumpkin) will be available…

You know that thing in zombie movies where it’s like the genre doesn’t exist within that particular film’s world? Like they don’t know the warning signs of the undead rising, or how to go for the head? It’s kind of like these scientists- who have successfully extracted insect DNA from tree resin. Now where have we heard that idea before?You can read all about the study and subsequent findings on Journal PLOS ONE here (which really is fascinating, no matter how many jokes we make about it), and the contributing authors here. The gist of this particular extraction was to…

Bit of an update, but it would appear that “Crazy Rich Asians” director Jon M. Chu, who was previously announced as directing the upcoming “Willow” series for Disney+ has had to step away from the project.In a tweet posted this am, Chu explains: No comment from Disney on the news yet, or who may be stepping in to take over. This update was posted to our previous article, which you can read below. We are pleased to report the news that Disney+’s upcoming television series based on Ron Howard’s high fantasy film “Willow” is indeed happening! Jon M. Chu, who…

We’re in full-scale “The Mandalorian” obsessive mode over here at Nerdbot, and this brand-new minute-long special look at season 2 of the “Star Wars” spinoff show on Disney+ is just the fix we needed. As you can see, The Mando is getting his band back together in an attempt to return The Child (aka Baby Yoda) to his home planet. You can see the special look at “The Mandalorian” season 2 here.The series returns to Disney+ on October 30th, only on Disney+.

If there’s one iconic film franchise from the 80’s it seems like you readers really love, it’s Robert Zemeckis’s “Back to the Future” starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd. The original film is celebrating a pretty big anniversary this year, the big 3-5! To honor this special milestone, Universal Studios announced this gorgeous 4k release of the trilogy for October 20th, 2020. You can pick up your copy of the “Back to the Future” anniversary trilogy 4k gift set here, or the not-limited 4k trilogy set here.But please, can we NOT have a reboot of this? Let’s just…not. We’ll…

Lionsgate has just announced plans to open two new movie-rollercoasters at Motiongate theme park in Dubai, and we really wish they’d come to the states.”John Wick: Open Contract” will [obviously] be based on the hit Keanu Reeves assassin action movie, and “Now You See Me: High Rolling Casino” will be based on the magician-heist flick. Jenefer Brown, Executive Vice President and Head of Global Live, Interactive and Location-Based Entertainment at Lionsgate said of the news: “You’ll get two different experiences depending on which path through the queue you choose to get on the ride. I think what’s going to be…