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The enemy of my enemy could be a witch's best friend. We're getting ready for Season 2 of Motherland: Fort Salem on Freeform with a trio of top witches on both sides. Hear our conversation with Amalia Holm (Scylla), Demetria McKinney (Anacostia) and Lyne Renee (General Alder) about what's coming up this season. We'll talk about whether the Army and the Spree can join forces, Anacostia being a bit of a rebel and the walls closing in on Alder. Plus Amalia drops some interesting insight into where the Scylla and Anacostia dynamic goes from here. WATCH MOTHERLAND: FORT SALEM WHEN SEASON 2 PREMIERES TUESDAY, JUNE 22ND ON FREEFORM AND NEXT DAY ON HULU! You didn't think we'd just stop talking about Sweet Tooth though, did you? Aliza Vellani joins the show this week to talk about the story of the Singh family. She talks to us about Adi and Rani's relationship, turning back the clock on the world, working with a amazing team on the series and much more. Plus, is there a Ms. Marvel connection here somewhere? You'll hav

One way or another, we'll get to the bottom of the dirty little secrets.  We're jam packed with great guests this week, including a bit of a True Blood reunion!  Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer join us to talk about their latest project, Flack from Amazon Prime Video.  Anna talks about her character Robyn's addiction issues, how such a serious show is able to work in some humor and how they try to make the story true to life.  Stephen also talks about directing his wife in a couple of episodes this season, how they approach putting this story together and more.  WATCH SEASON 2 OF FLACK NOW STREAMING ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO! We also look for the facts in the second season of the Apple TV+ series, Home Before Dark.  We talk to the on screen father/daughter team of Brooklynn Prince and Jim Sturgess.  They tell us what makes that bond between Hilde and Matt so special, what new challenges they might face this season and more.  We also talk to co-creator Dana Fox about bringing a new mystery to this season, a change

It's time to see if we can survive The Great Crumble.  Sweet Tooth is now streaming on Netflix, and we are celebrating by talking to it's two biggest stars!  Christian Convery (Gus/Sweet Tooth) and Nonso Anozie (Jeppard/Big Man) join us this week to talk about this unlikely pair.  They'll tell us what they might be able to learn about each other, how dangerous the world of Sweet Tooth actually is and so much more.  Plus we toss around some ideas for a team name for them both!  WATCH SWEET TOOTH, NOW STREAMING ON NETFLIX! We're also joined by another guest to talk about a new story from Marvel Press!  New York Times bestselling author Mackenzi Lee joins the show to talk about her new book Gamora & Nebula: Sisters In Arms.  She talks about telling the story of a younger Gamora and Nebula, about their sibling rivalry and this dirty world that they are exploring.  We also talk about those mystery characters and easter eggs!  GAMORA & NEBULA: SISTERS IN ARMS IS NOW AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE BOOKS AND EBOOKS ARE SOLD!

How about a little history on Memorial Day weekend?  We're talking about a lesser known World War II story told in American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally.  We're talking to Meadow Williams (Mildred Gillars) & Swen Temmel (Billy Owen) about a woman who was once the most hated in America.  They talk about what Mildred went through, the perception of her before and after filming and how the movie is a firsthand account from Billy Owen himself.  Plus, they talk about working with the legendary Al Pacino!  AMERICAN TRAITOR: THE TRIAL OF AXIS SALLY IS AVAILABLE NOW IN SELECT THEATERS AND ON DEMAND! It's a VERY busy week for reviews!  We share spoiler free reviews of Cruella, Lucifer Season 5B and Amazon's Panic.  We also discuss Amazon's purchase of MGM, the stunning Star Wars statements from JJ Abrams, some turmoil from The CW upfronts and much more!  It's a show so jam packed with nerdy goodness, we had to supersize it! Sponsored by HelloFresh!  Go to https://hellofresh.com/nerdy12 and use code nerdy12 to ge

Does this voice sound familiar?  If you've watched anything in animation or played any games in the last several years, you've probably heard Jennifer Hale.  The legendary voiceover actress joins us this week to talk about her amazing career and a new initiative that she is a part of.  She talks to us about Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart and some of her other great work.  Plus find out how you can support the voiceover community as part of the What The Vox initiative.  MASS EFFECT: LEGENDARY EDITION IS AVAILABLE NOW!  RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART WILL BE AVAILABLE JUNE 11TH! Speaking of animation, we have a new Batman and a new Superman animated series coming up!  We talk about both of those, what's coming up in the DC animated movie universe, big animation news from Boom! Studios and much more.  Plus, we weigh in on the new Wednesday Addams casting news.  We also review a couple of big new comics and the Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. series from Hulu.  This week's show is packed with anima

It's all come down to this!  The final season of Castlevania is now streaming on Netflix and we have the most amazing trio of guests to talk about it!  We start by talking to executive producer Kevin Kolde.  He talks about the show's amazing fans, what new characters we'll be meeting this season, how he feels about Carmilla and so much more.  We're also talking to directors Sam and Adam Deats.  They talk about the amazing visuals that were brought to this final season, the lighthearted moments with Trevor and Sypha, a chance at happy endings and much more.  WATCH CASTLEVANIA SEASON 4 NOW ON NETFLIX! There are also plenty of trailers to talk about this week, including Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Panic and Home Before Dark.  We'll also review the latest DC Animated movie Justice Society: World War II, share some thoughts on the first look at the new Master of the Universe animated series and even drop some news about another Psych movie.  Don't worry, we didn't forget about the comics! Hear even more from us

This week's show is both fire AND legendary!  We start off by talking to Rochelle Neil (Bonfire Annie) and Vinnie Heaven (Nimble) from The Nevers.  Find out what they say about the unique chemistry between their two characters, where their allegiances lie and plenty of teases of what's to come.  Plus you won't want to miss our hilarious talk about who has the best hat game on the show!  WATCH THE NEVERS EVERY SUNDAY AT 9PM ET ON HBO AND HBO MAX! Next we chat with Adam Tsekhman, who plays Gary on DC's Legends of Tomorrow.  When did he find out that Gary was an alien?  We'll ask him that plus he talks about where Gary could fit into Ava and Sarah's wedding, how much we'll find out about his alien past and how the glasses work so well at hiding his identity.  Plus we'll talk about Gary's most famous scene ever (yes, THAT scene!)  WATCH DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT AT 8PM ET ON THE CW AND NEXT DAY ON THE CW APP! We won't stop there, because we still have to review both Star Wars: The Bad Batch an

Big stars and a ton of revenge on the show this week!  We start by hearing from the cast and director of Tom Clancy's Without Remorse.  Hear from Michael B. Jordan, Jodi Turner-Smith, Lauren London, Brett Gelman and director Stefano Sollima about this action packed thriller.  Hear about some of the incredible stunts and great insight into all of the characters.  WATCH TOM CLANCY'S WITHOUT REMORSE, NOW STREAMING ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO! We also dive back into The Nevers with one of the most important women at the Orphanage.  Elizabeth Berrington joins us to talk about playing Lucy Best.  She talks about the shocking events of last week's episode, what we know about Lucy's tragic backstory and her role within the group.  Plus she teases something big for this week's episode as well!  WATCH THE NEVERS EVERY SUNDAY AT 9PM ON HBO AND HBO MAX! There's plenty more where that came from!  Get our SPOILER FILLED review of the Mortal Kombat movie.  We also share thoughts on trailers for Season 4 of Castlevania, Sweet To

If you want to know someone's secrets, we have just the guest for you!  This week we talk to Ella Smith who plays Desirée Blodget on The Nevers.  She talks to us about her character's debut in last week's episode, that crucial scene between Amalia and Inspector Mundi, Desirée's parenting style and much more.  Plus she teases what's going to be coming up in this week's HUGE third episode.  WATCH THE NEVERS EVERY SUNDAY AT 9PM ON HBO AND HBO MAX. We also have a review of the season finale of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier and the first season of Netflix's Shadow And Bone, both spoiler free!  You can also hear our thoughts on the trailers for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.  Plus we talk about Emilia Clark joining the comics world, a new direction for Superman at DC and a lot more. Hear more from us at https://www.downandnerdypodcast.com

This week's show is standing tall with THREE big interviews.  None bigger than the tallest member of the Touched!  Anna Devlin joins the show this week to talk about playing Primrose on The Nevers.  Find out how the effects team made her larger than life, Anna takes us inside the mind of Primrose and the challenges of her turn at her age.  We also talk about what other abilities that she might want to have if she could choose.  WATCH THE NEVERS SUNDAYS AT 9PM ON HBO AND HBO MAX! We also chat with director Dominic Cooke this week about The Courier.  He talks about bringing this virtually unknown Cold War story to the screen, working with Benedict Cumberbatch and Merab Ninidze and the early days of the CIA.  Plus we also talk sequel potential!  WATCH THE COURIER, NOW AVAILABLE VIA PREMIUM ON DEMAND, AND IN THEATERS! Finally, we're joined by the Ghost Brothers themselves, Dalen Spratt and Juwan Mass!  The guys talk about their newest show, Ghost Brothers: Lights Out, which premieres on Discovery+ this Saturday

Could you be one of the Touched?  Enter the world of HBO's newest sci-fi, fantasy series The Nevers with us this week!  We're talking to Kiran Sonia Sawar about playing Harriet, who is one of the Touched in the series.  We talk to her about all of the threats in the series, what her character thinks of Amalia True and living with her fellow Orphans.  Plus she gives us an amazing tease of what's to come!  WATCH THE NEVERS EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT ON HBO AND AGAIN ON HBO MAX! We also have the amazing Bevin Bru on the show this week to talk about playing Angelique on Batwoman.  After the last shocking episode, is this it for Ryan and Angelique?  We ask her about that, we look back on some of her best episodes and we even look at what the future might look like for her on the show.  Bevin also teases a somewhat familiar storyline that she would love to see and you won't want to miss it.  WATCH BATWOMAN EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT ON THE CW! Speaking of The CW, we also have a spoiler filled review of the Kung Fu reboot series.

This week's show is noisy, and that's a good thing!  We're talking to Patrick Ness, author of The Knife Of Never Letting Go and screenwriter for Chaos Walking.  He talks about finally being able to bring the book to life on screen, what Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley bring to Todd and Viola, how he came up with the "Noise" and so much more!  SEE CHAOS WALKING IN THEATERS NOW AND ON DIGITAL! We're not done talking about Invincible either.  Along with our quick review, you'll also hear from Zazie Beetz (Amber) and Gillian Jacobs (Atom Eve) about their characters on the show.  Hear their first impressions of Mark and what it was like to be teenage girls again.  WATCH INVINCIBLE EVERY FRIDAY ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO! It's also a big review week with our thoughts on Godzilla vs. Kong and the premiere of Supergirl's final season.  We also have a bit of a shadow theme with our comic book reviews this week.  Speaking of comics we'll talk about the New Gods movie not moving forward, Bart Allen coming to The Flash, The Su

It's another SUPER week for interviews!  We start off with the cast of the new Amazon Prime Video series, Invincible.  Hear us talk to J.K. Simmons (Omni-Man), Steven Yeun (Mark Grayson/Invincible) and co-creator Robert Kirkman about this exciting new animated series adaptation.  Find out why the casts says these characters were so relatable, what was so exciting about bringing them to life on screen and Robert's reason why Steven was the perfect Mark Grayson.  Plus Robert Kirkman talks about bringing the Invincible creative team back together to work on the animated series.  WATCH INVINCIBLE EVERY FRIDAY ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO! We also got a calling this week!  Matt Long (Zeke) stopped by to tease the Season 3 premiere of Manifest.  He talks about Zeke surviving last season, how his character will be different this season and the special connections that he has.  Plus he gives us some MAJOR Season 3 teases that you won't want to miss!  Maybe even a SPOILER WARNING or two!  SEASON 3 OF MANIFEST PREMIERES THUR

Maybe one of our biggest and most jam packed shows EVER!  First we have our SPOILER FREE reviews of both Zack Snyder's Justice League AND The Falcon And The Winter Soldier!  We'll tell you why it will be a big weekend of streaming for you on both HBO Max and Disney+, and you'll get our opinion on both. That leads into another TRIPLE interview week!  We'll start off talking Resident Alien with Sara Tomko (Asta) and Chris Sheridan (EP/Showrunner).  After that critical 8th episode, they'll talk about what is coming up for the rest of this season as we lead into the upcoming finale.  Plus, find out who they say is the key to saving the world.  WATCH RESIDENT ALIEN EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON SYFY! We're not done talking about SAS: Red Notice either.  We'll talk to the man who literally wrote the book on it, Andy McNab.  He's a former SAS agent himself, and best selling author of amazing stories like Red Notice.  He talks about bringing authenticity to the set and the future of Tom Buckingham on screen.  WATCH SAS:

If you love our interviews, you'll love this week's show.  We have FOUR big interviews, starting with the stars of SAS: Red Notice.  First we'll hear from Ruby Rose about what it was like to play the ruthless Grace.  We go inside her mind and some of the big stunt scenes.  Plus you won't believe what Ruby tells us what almost happened with Sam Heughan in one of those scenes.  We'll also talk to Tom Hopper about playing Tom's best friend Declan.  Is he the good soldier or something more sinister?  Where are his loyalties?  We'll ask him!  WATCH SAS: RED NOTICE IN THEATERS AND ON DIGITALHD ON MARCH 16TH! Next up we chat with Aadila Dosani about bringing Amanda Bobbsey to the Nancy Drew series on The CW.  She talks about changing the image of the character, making history bringing these two stories together and some great teases about what's to come.  Plus, you won't believe what DC character she wants to play!  WATCH NANCY DREW WEDNESDAYS AT 9PM ON THE CW! Finally we talk to CJ Perry, AKA Lana from the WWE, a

We're celebrating 7 years of the Down And Nerdy Podcast with the mastermind of Batman's gadgets.  Simon Manyonda joins us this week to talk about playing Lucius Fox on Pennyworth.  Hear him talk about the legacy of the character, what to expect when he meets Thomas and Alfred, how he's dealing with the war in London and much more.  Plus, you won't believe the insight he has into the character!  WATCH THE PENNYWORTH SEASON 2 MIDSEASON PREMIERE SUNDAY, MARCH 7TH ON EPIX! Since it's a big show, we got big this week with a TRIPLE review!  We give our spoiler free thoughts on the WandaVision finale, drop some spoilers in our review of The Flash Season 7 premiere and share our thoughts on the Hulu movie, Boss Level.  We also discuss Comic-Con going virtual once again this year, a new DC Comics story we're excited about and much more. Thank you for all of your support over 7 years of the podcast!  We can't wit to share more with you.  You can look back at past episodes any time at https://www.downandnerdypodcast.c

It's a super-sized edition of the show this week with MULTIPLE guests! This week we're featuring the new NBC sci-fi series Debris with members of the cast Scroobius Pip (Anson Ash) and Norbert Leo Butz (Maddox). We'll talk to them about who the good guys are in the series, about the secrets being kept on the show, what this alien debris is capable of and so much more. Plus, you can hear the rivalry brewing between the two sides in our chat! WATCH DEBRIS BEGINNING MONDAY, MARCH 1ST AT 10PM ON NBC! Along with our review of Amazon's Tell Me Your Secrets, you can also hear our chat with Chiara Aurelia (Rose) and Ashley Madekwe (Lisa). They'll talk about the impacts their characters have on the series and tease some of the twists. Just in case you need another reason to watch Tell Me Your Secrets on Amazon Prime Video. Finally we're joined by the new narrator of the Unsolved Mysteries podcast, Steve French! He talks about the huge responsibility following in the footsteps of the great Robert Stack, what he enjoys

The secret is out!  The new Amazon series Tell Me Your Secrets is here and we're helping you unravel the mystery with the cast and creator of the show.  Hear us talk to Harriet Warner (creator), Amy Brenneman (Mary), Hamish Linklater (John) and Elliot Fletcher (Jake) as they take you inside this mysterious and thrilling new story.  There  might even be a few teases of what you could expect from a possible second season!  WATCH TELL ME YOUR SECRETS NOW ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO! We have a couple of very exciting reviews this week!  Hear a spoiler free review of the Superman & Lois premiere before it airs on The CW, as well as a review of the Season 2 premiere of For All Mankind from Apple TV+.  We also break down the Mortal Kombat and Cruella trailers, talk about the upcoming Wednesday series, some Aquaman controversy and so much more. There's so much more where that came from!  Hear our past episodes and more at https://www.downandnerdypodcast.com

Ready for the sights and sounds of Wakanda?  Serial Box takes us there with Marvel's Black Panther: Sins of the King, and this week, we take a deep dive with writers Tananarive Due and Steve Barnes.  The husband and wife duo talk to us about what the character means to Black culture, being able to explore a bit more of Wakanda in their story, framing action sequences without art and so much more.  Plus, Serial Box even provided us with a clip from one of the episodes, narrated by William Jackson Harper!  MARVEL'S BLACK PANTHER: SINS OF THE KING IS NOW AVAILABLE TO READ OR LISTEN TO ON SERIAL BOX! It was also a BIG nerd news week!  We talk about who will lead the new HBO adaptation of The Last of Us, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier trailer, some big animation projects and Amazon landing a big deal with Michael B. Jordan.  We also have TWO reviews this week, with the Black Lightning Season 4 premiere and the debut of Marvel's Behind The Mask on Disney+.  We even sneak in some comics talk, too! Hear even mor

This week we're saving the world AND simulating it all in one show!  First, hear our interview with the director and writer of the Amazon Original Movie, Bliss, Mike Cahill!  He'll talk about how he came up with the idea, how simulation theory is his jam, putting Salma Hayek and Owen Wilson in a movie together for the first time and so much more.  Plus, find out if he thinks the Brain Box should exist in the real world.  WATCH BLISS NOW ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO! Then it's time to save the world...poorly.  Craig McCracken joins us to talk about his latest animated creation, Kid Cosmic, for Netflix!  He talks about his imperfect childhood hero, forming his team in a small town, his unique alien villains and the overall fun of the show.  We also ask him if this is something adults would enjoy too.  ALL EPISODES OF KID COSMIC ARE NOW STREAMING ON NETFLIX! We also talk about Ryan Coogler inking an exclusive deal with Disney, The Nevers and Justice Society: World War II trailers, The CW renewing almost everything an