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We are delighted to share Nerdist's newest trailer mashup featuring the Tom Hanks classic film Big with the upcoming Warner Bros Pictures' DC Comics film, Shazam. If that picture doesn't say it all, the trailer description sure does: Get ready for the BIGgest superhero movie of the summer! When Billy Batson says the magic word, SHAZAM – he transforms[...]

We'd told you previously about the awesome-sounding Dungeons & Dragons show coming to ALPHA from True Blood and Marvel's Daredevil star Deborah Ann Woll, Geek & Sundry's Relics and Rarities, which finally premieres tonight exclusively on Alpha and on Nerdist. There was an announcement posted by Alpha, where the series will premiere, revealing some additional guest stars for the series like Charlie Cox, Janina[...]

After the accusations leveled against media personality Chris Hardwick, The Nerdist has issued a statement. We were shocked to read the news this morning. Nerdist prides itself on being an inclusive company made up of a positive, diverse community of people who come together to share, celebrate, and discuss the things we love[...]

Credit: Gage Skidmore [CC BY-SA 2.0] Wikimedia CommonsChris Hardwick, the man once known for MTV's Singled Out, Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses, and G4's Web Soup before creating his Nerdist empire, continues expanding his media empire with new scripted comedy series Natural History at NBC Both Hardwick and Futurama's David X Cohen will pen[...]

 If you're curious, the blue color blocked panels are 'programming' and the orange/yellow ones are the Comic Con International Film Festival selections. Hall H will host the 20th Century Fox presentation at 11:30am, the Brigsby Bear cast and filmmaker's panel at 12:45pm, MTV's Teen Wolf at 2pm, Netflix's Bright and Death Note at 3:15pm, and The Nerdist Panel with Chris Hardwick at[...]

I wonder why they could not partner with Nerdist or Amy Poehler's Smart Girls over at PetCo Park, but I digress The real loss here is the Conversations For A Cause, as anyone who is lucky enough to have attended one the last few years can attest, they are an opportunity to let the interview[...]

 Larson had long been rumored to be the frontrunner for the role, beating out other fan favorite casting choices like Vikings star Katheryn Winnick, Battlestar Galactica's Katee Sackhoff, Charlize Theron and Emily Blunt. Today, Vanity Fair and Nerdist ran pieces that contain detailed descriptions of the costume we'll most likely see when Captain Marvel DOES hit screens[...]

Joe Manganiello, who is playing Deathstroke in the upcoming Batman film, also likes to play D&D and is doing so in a new webseries from Geek & Sundry and Nerdist called CelebriD&D We have the first 7 minutes of the 45 minute premiere episode that pits Manganiello against Marisha Ray, Taliesin Jaffe, Dan Casey and[...]

With the live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast hitting theaters this weekend, the Nerdist has put together this parody music video of Migos song Bad and Boujee This version, Belle and Boujee, stars Amber Borzotra as Lumiere, Chasity Samone as Fifi, Jess Taras as Mrs Potts, Freddy Scott as Quavo the Plate, Dane Troy as Gaston and Gerald Grisette[...]

After my then kissing Ray's butt about my being a fan of his and having attended a number of the Nerdist Podcast live shows at SDCC throughout the years, we got down to talking. I began by asking Hodgson why he decided now was the time to bring MST3K back? He said it was already the[...]

On Sunday, the Nerdist podcast released a special video in honor of San Diego Comic-Con In the short comedic piece Comic-Con the Musical, director Andrew Bowser lovingly parodies the convention experience The three-minute video follows actress Whitney Avalon (Princess Rap Battle) as she plays a woman who attends the convention and sings to viewers about her experience[...]

by Jeremy Konrad Saturday morning I had a hole in my schedule so that I could sneak over to Petco Park to check out this years Nerdist-related activities Last year when I checked out it I had a blast, and this year being co-produced by Geek & Sundry and Amy Poehler's Smart Girls I had high[...]

ESET is a cyber security company and have been named "Nerdist's Official Cybersecurity Partner"  for 2015 I don't know if anyone else has an official cybersecurity partner. And they are launching a caption writing contest a to win a trip to San Diego Comic Con – flight, hotel and $500 to spend Which you can probably just do[...]

by Ale Bodden Nerdist Writers Podcast hosts, Ben Blacker and Heath Corson, were joined on NYCC stage by creators Greg Pak (X-Treme X-Men) and G Willow Wilson (Ms Marvel) for a very interesting panel/discussion. Blacker asked them how, as writers, do they decide where to go with a story, Pak answered that the 1st time one can[...]

The Nerdist, the website founded by Talking Dead and @Midnight host Chris Hardwick continues to let their geek flag fly with the help of Seth Green and his wife Clare Grant Joining her in battle are Rileah Vanderbilt and Alison Haislip. They posted the third installment of Star Wars Lightsaber Duels, this one called Revenge Of[...]

The podcast is also not out to just worship the movies, often co-hosts Matt Mira (Nerdist Podcast) and Matt Gourley (Superego Podcast), along with their guests, take a very critical look at Bond. I went into the panel ready with a question for the co-hosts, I wanted to know when Alie and Georgia would be returning[...]

After the book debuted at San Diego Comic Con, orders rose rapidly and wiped out the company's backstock. With a 5000 print run, Archaia are going back to press, but more companies won't be available until the second week of October. The result of a $192,000 Kickstarter against a $55,000 goal, the money went to produce this[...]

He has just drunk the Nerdist Kool-Aid. Finally a channel for nerds! Walking the floors at WonderCon yesterday reminded me, much as MegaCon did in Orlando a month ago, just why I was put on this planet I'm here to absorb and be a part of this very unique world Not only that, but I'm here to[...]

From Jim Henson Company and Nerdist A very modern American Presidential candidate, where it's very clear who is pulling the screens. From Jim Henson Company and Nerdist A very modern American Presidential candidate, where it's very clear who is pulling the screens. From Jim Henson Company and Nerdist A very modern American Presidential candidate, where[...]

It was the talk of NYCC in the bars afterwards – that Scott Snyder and Jeff Lemire had just done an interview with MTV Geek where the interviewer, Chris Hardwick of Nerdist, was under the assumption that they were the founders of Vertigo Comics – an imprint which was actually started at DC Comics when[...]

Bleeding Cool understands that the five-times-a-week mailing list GeekChicDaily has got into bed with Nerdist Industries, the parent company of the popular techblog Nerdist, in some kind of exchange of equity deal. Nerdist Industries already includes the Nerdist.com blog, a comedy/popular culture podcast, a TV show for BBC America, a book, The Nerdist Way, and an[...]