Legendary TV To Adapt ‘Seveneves’ Sci-Fi Novel For Small Screen; Allison Friedman To Executive Produce

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TV / STREAMING

Legendary TV To Adapt ‘Seveneves’ Sci-Fi Novel For Small Screen; Allison Friedman To Executive Produce

That Nerd Show Web Editor August 2, 2024

Legendary Television has acquired the television rights to adapt Seveneves by Hugo Award winner Neal Stephenson. Former Color Force executive Allison Friedman (The Mortuary Collection) will executive produce. Seveneves follows how the best scientific...

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GAMING

STAR WARS™: Bounty Hunter™ Returns Today on PC & Consoles

That Nerd Show Web Editor August 2, 2024

The classic action-adventure game is back on modern platforms with revamped controls, visual enhancements, a new Boba Fett skin and more! AUSTIN, Texas — Aug. 1, 2024 — Bring in your bounty, dead or alive! Aspyr is thrilled...

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TV / STREAMING

‘Battlestar Galactica’ Reboot No Longer In Development At Peacock, Will Be Shopped

That Nerd Show Web Editor August 1, 2024

The long-gestating reboot of the popular sci-fi franchise Battlestar Galactica, from Sam Esmail‘s Esmail Corp., is no longer set up at Peacock. First announced as being in development at the NBCUniversal streamer in 2019,...

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MOVIES

Christopher Lloyd To Return For Universal & 87North’s Action Sequel ‘Nobody 2’

That Nerd Show Web Editor July 31, 2024

Fresh off his Emmy nomination for Hacks, Christopher Lloyd has been set to return for Universal Pictures and 87North’s action sequel Nobody 2. The Back to the Future legend joins Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, and Sharon...

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SCIENCE

Complex Life on Earth May Be 1.5 Billion Years Older Than We Thought

That Nerd Show Web Editor July 31, 2024

There’s still some scientific debate over when exactly complex life formsappeared on Earth, and the latest research suggests previous estimates need to be revised – by about 1.5 billion years, in fact. That’s based...

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SCIENCE

Shape-Shifting ‘Transformer Bots’ Inspired by Origami

That Nerd Show Web Editor July 30, 2024

Inspired by the paper-folding art of origami, North Carolina State University engineers have discovered a way to make a single plastic cubed structure transform into more than 1,000 configurations using only three active motors....

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GAMING

The Hit Procedural Storytelling RPG, Wildermyth, Comes to Console

That Nerd Show Web Editor July 30, 2024

The critically acclaimed turn-based RPG launches on the 22ndof October 2024. Auroch Digital has announced today that it will be publishing Worldwalker Games’ critically acclaimed Wildermyth on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox...

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SCIENCE

Boeing’s Starliner tests thrusters at ISS as NASA reviews options for astronauts’ return to Earth

That Nerd Show Web Editor July 29, 2024

Crew Flight Test and its NASA astronauts have spent more than 50 days in space ISS after helium leaks and thruster issues. The first Boeing Starliner to fly astronauts to space performed a crucial...

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GAMING

WARNER BROS. GAMES ANNOUNCES MORTAL KOMBAT 1: KHAOS REIGNS

That Nerd Show Web Editor July 29, 2024

All-New Story Expansion Continues the Mortal Kombat 1 Sagawith the Return of Playable Characters – Noob Saibot, Cyrax, and Sektor Ghostface, T-1000 Terminator, and Conan the Barbarian Revealed as Upcoming Guest Fighters Fan-Favorite Animality...

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COMICS

ACCLAIMED NO/ONE COMIC BOOK SERIES AND AUDIO DRAMA PODCAST TO BE ADAPTED INTO FEATURE FILM, PRODUCED BY LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL’S STEVEN SCHNEIDER

That Nerd Show Web Editor July 29, 2024

NO/ONE creators Kyle Higgins and Brian Buccellato team up with Schneider for the true-crime found-footage film, both adapting and continuing the multi-narrative superhero story, unfolding within the comic book series and star-studded podcast Creative-collective...

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MOVIES

Ryan Reynolds Pays Tribute To ‘Deadpool’ Fox Movies Amid ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Box Office Records

That Nerd Show Web Editor July 29, 2024

Ryan Reynolds is paying tribute to Fox’s “weird” and “risky” Marvel universe, with gratitude to the studio where Deadpool got its start. “This isn’t just Deadpool saying ‘Oh, Hello’ to the MCU. It’s Deadpool...

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SCIENCE

Moonquakes Are Much More Common Than Thought, Apollo Data Suggest

That Nerd Show Web Editor July 26, 2024

Understanding how the moon moves and shakes could help us better prepare for trips there A new look at decades-old data from the Apollo missions has uncovered evidence of tens of thousands of previously...

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GAMING TV / STREAMING

BANDAI NAMCO AND LOOK NORTH WORLD PARTNER TO CREATE GUNDAM: REQUIEM FOR VENGEANCE GAME IN UNREAL EDITOR FOR FORTNITE

That Nerd Show Web Editor July 26, 2024

Announced at the 2024 San Diego Comic Convention, Look North World Will Create a Team Deathmatch-style UEFN Island in Fortnite Featuring Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance Mobile Suits Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. and Look...

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SCIENCE

Dark Matter Experiments Get a First Peek at the ‘Neutrino Fog’

That Nerd Show Web Editor July 25, 2024

It’s a new way to observe neutrinos, but points to a future obstacle in dark matter detection The neutrino “fog” is beginning to materialize. Lightweight subatomic particles called neutrinos have begun elbowing their way...

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MOVIES

‘Joker: Folie À Deux’ Director Todd Phillips Explains How Lady Gaga’s Harley Quinn Is Different From Previous Iterations

That Nerd Show Web Editor July 25, 2024

Lady Gaga will play Harley Quinn in Todd Phillips‘s Joker: Folie à Deux, and the filmmaker is explaining how her version of the villain differs from previous iterations. The comic book character has been a...

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SCIENCE

Scientists Assess How Large Dinosaurs Could Really Get

That Nerd Show Web Editor July 24, 2024

A new study published today in the scientific journal Ecology and Evoiution looks at the maximum possible sizes of dinosaurs, using the carnivore, Tyrannosaurus rex, as an example. Using computer modelling, Dr. Jordan Mallon...

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TV / STREAMING

Apple Original Films Wins Auction For ‘The Corsair Code’; Chris Hemsworth To Star & Jonathan Tropper Adapting His Sci-Fi Short Story

That Nerd Show Web Editor July 24, 2024

Apple Original Films has won a spirited auction to land The Corsair Code, an original feature film set to star Chris Hemsworth. The film is based on a short story by Jonathan Tropper, which...

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COMICS

MIKE MIGNOLA AND BEN STENBECK RETURN TO THE HELLBOY UNIVERSE

That Nerd Show Web Editor July 23, 2024

Mike Mignola and Ben Stenbeck Return to the Hellboy Universe with The Serpent in the Garden: Ed Grey and the Last Battle for England Hellboy is dead and the world as we know it...

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GAMING

LIDIA SOBIESKA THE “WARRIOR PRIME MINISTER” RETURNS IN TEKKEN 8 AS DLC, EXPANDING THE ROSTER OF 33 FIGHTERS

That Nerd Show Web Editor July 23, 2024

TEKKEN™ 8 is adding Lidia Sobieska, the next playable DLC character coming to the game since it launched in January. Debuting in TEKKEN 7, Lidia will join the game’s roster on July 25, 2024....

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MOVIES TRAILERS

Joker: Folie À Deux | Official Trailer

That Nerd Show Web Editor July 23, 2024

From acclaimed writer/director/producer Todd Phillips comes “Joker: Folie À Deux,” the much-anticipated follow-up to 2019’s Academy Award-winning “Joker,” which earned more than $1 billion at the global box office and remains the highest-grossing R-rated...

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MOVIES TRAILERS

Rebel Moon — The Director’s Cut | Official Red Band Trailer | Netflix

That Nerd Show Web Editor July 22, 2024

REBEL MOON — THE DIRECTOR’S CUT premieres on Netflix August 2, 2024. Delve further into the mythology and madness of Zack Snyder’s epic sci-fi saga in the viciously sexier, bloodier world of REBEL MOON...

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MOVIES

Brendan Fraser To Star As Dwight D. Eisenhower In D-Day Movie ‘Pressure’ About The Historic Normandy Landings

That Nerd Show Web Editor July 22, 2024

The true story will see All of Us Strangers and Ripley star Scott play Britain’s Chief Meteorological Officer James Stagg, whose job it was to inform Eisenhower of weather conditions that would make or...

That Nerd Show Web Editor

The Death of Star Wars and How the "Acolyte" Destroys the Franchise

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Furiosa & Summer Blockbusters Part 1

Fallout TV, Shogun, and the disaster that is Rebel Moon Part 1 & 2