Ben Mekler
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Los Angeles, CA, United States
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What Do STRANGER THINGS’ New Characters Mean for Season 2?
Netflix is finally taking us back to Hawkins, Indiana next year with Stranger Things season two, and since "next year" is just a couple months away, production → Read More
A Super In-Depth LOGAN Trailer Breakdown
So here we are, folks. After a nearly two-decade run as our favorite Canucklehead, Hugh Jackman is hanging up the adamantium claws for good with one final → Read More
6 Things You Missed in the DOCTOR STRANGE Trailer!
How many badass superhero movie trailers did Comic-Con bless us with this year? Enough that three days later, we’re only just now getting around to breaking → Read More
8 Things You Might’ve Missed from STAR WARS Celebration!
The force was strong in the UK over the weekend, as fans from around the globe flocked to England for Star Wars Celebration 2016! By now, we’ve all heard the → Read More
Did Marvel Comics Just Silently Kill the X-MEN?
The year: 1991. The X-Men ruled the Marvel Universe. So much so that they made the company nearly 7 million bucks with a single issue, X-Men Vol. 2 #1, which → Read More
Will POWER RANGERS Be the Next DARK KNIGHT?
A couple days ago everyone's favorite Malcolm-dad, Bryan Cranston, told Huffington Post that the upcoming Power Rangers: The Movie reboot (in which he’ll be → Read More
Will the Rock Join Other Stars as the Monster Avengers?
Disney has Marvel. Warner Bros. has DC. Fox has the X-Men. Paramount’s got Transformers. And Sony has...uh, MIB 23? Oh right, and Spider-Man. But poor, ol' → Read More
This New STAR WARS Augmented Reality is Jaw-Dropping
The mysterious augmented reality wizards at Magic Leap have done it again! After announcing a partnership with Industrial Light and Magic’s ILMXLAB, the studio → Read More
BATMAN V SUPERMAN: ULTIMATE CUT Trailer Breakdown!
It's now been several months since Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice descended upon the world, and while many people’s chief complaint was that the movie was a → Read More
Does the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 Villain Reveal Star-Lord’s Dad?
Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 has been shooting for a while now down in Atlanta, and yet we know basically nothing about the movie’s plot. We know it’ll focus → Read More
All the X-Men: Apocalypse Easter Eggs You Can Handle!
X-Men: Apocalypse is finally here and it’s...fine? The movie didn’t wind up blowing our minds, but we’ll give it this: it's packed to the gills with fun Easter → Read More
THE FLASH/SUPERGIRL Crossover Secrets Revealed (with Italia Ricci)!
A few weeks ago, we learned that two of our favorite small-screen heroes are finally gonna meet up despite living on different networks. That's right -- Barry → Read More
All the Easter Eggs You Missed from the Super Bowl Trailers
Did you catch all the Super Bowl trailers yesterday? Did you catch all the crazy Easter Eggs for this Summer's biggest movies? Well good news, friend-o: Nerdist → Read More
How Much JUSTICE LEAGUE Will We See in BATMAN V SUPERMAN?
We are just over a month away from seeing the holy trinity together on the big screen for the first time—and by that we mean Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, → Read More
Marvel/Netflix’s LUKE CAGE Will Tackle the Issues
When you think Marvel, you think cinematic universes, colorful action, and quips galore! But starting with their first Netflix show, Daredevil—and continuing → Read More
DC v Marvel: Who Will Win 2016?
As 2015 winds to a close and we all head to the theater to watch Star Wars: The Force Awakens for the 24th time, we see, in trailer form, the ultimate big-screen battle of 2016. Captain America: Civil War and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice are jockeying for fan attention at most cinema showings of Episode VII and it's got us wondering: when it comes to wham-bang superhero cinema, who will… → Read More
THE HUNGER GAMES Will Live On in Prequel Movies
Big news for all the Tributes, Peetaphiles, Hungry Hippos, or whatever fans of the Hunger Games series are calling themselves these days! The Hunger Games: → Read More
THE WALKING DEAD: Did That Really Happen?!
SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT! Okay, are we safe? Great. GLENN WHY?! WHY GLENN WHYYYYYY?! Last night's Walking Dead was nothing short of brutal, and it truly seems that everyone's favorite runner, Glenn, has gone to that great, flesh-eating beyond. But is he really dead? Are we being tomfooled?! Join Dan Casey and Kyle Hill on today's Nerdist News as they break down every single… → Read More
7 New Clues in the STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Poster
Can you feel it? An awakening? In our Star Wars hype?! We are mere hours away from a brand new trailer for Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens and it's → Read More
Marvel’s PHASE 3 Plans Change, PHASE 4 Plans Begin
Big news for the far-off future of the MCU this morning, as Marvel shook up its Phase 3 line-up to plant a surprise Ant-Man sequel called Ant-Man and the Wasp → Read More