Nerdism Notifier | June 1, 2025 - June 7, 2025
Castings
Emily Hampshire has been cast as the human version of E.D.I.T.H. in “Vision Quest.”
Source: IMDb
Walton Goggins is in talks to star as M. Bison in the “Street Fighter” movie.
Source: IMDb
Mia Goth has been cast as the villain in Shawn Levy’s “Star Wars: Starfighter.”
Source: IMDb
George MacKay, Tom Blyth, Jack O’Connell and Leo Woodall are the finalists to play Clayface in the “Clayface” movie.
Source: IMDb
Cinema
“From the World of John Wick: Ballerina” released this week.
“Predator: Killer of Killers” released this week.
A Phasmophobia movie is in the works at Blumhouse.
Source: Deadline
The “Alien: Romulus” sequel will begin filming this fall.
Source: IMDb
The official trailer for “Black Phone 2” released this week and the film will release in theaters October 17.
The official trailer for “Wicked: For Good” released this week and the film will release in theaters November 21.
Television
“Phineas and Ferb” Season 5 premiered this week.
The live-action “Mass Effect” series is moving forward at Prime Video with Doug Jung as showrunner.
Source: Game Rant
The official trailer for “Alien: Earth” released this week and the series will premiere August 12 on Hulu.
Video Games
Fortnite Battle Royale: Galactic Battle - Death Star Sabotage event happened this week followed by the release of Fortnite Battle Royale: Chapter 6 Season 3 - Super and Fortnite OG: Chapter 1 Season 4.
The Elder Scrolls Online (ESO) Seasons of the Worm Cult Part 1 launched this week for PC/Mac and will release June 18 for Xbox and PlayStation consoles.
The Nintendo Switch 2 released this week.
Splitgate 2 launched this week.
XDefiant officially shut down this week.
Source: Ubisoft
The next game drop for Minecraft is titled Chase the Skies.
PlayStation State of Play was held this week featuring:
The release date for Silent Hill F, which is September 25
The announcement of Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, which releases this year
The announcement of IO Interactive’s James Bond game titled 007 - First Light, which will release in 2026
The announcement of "Marvel: Tokon Fighting Souls, which will release in 2026
And more!
The full livestream for the event can be watched here.
Summer Game Fest 2025 was held this week featuring:
The reveal of Resident Evil Requiem, which releases February 27
The premiere trailer for Deadpool VR starring Neil Patrick Harris as the voice of Deadpool
The premiere trailer of Scott Pilgrim EX, which releases in 2026
The reveal of LEGO Voyagers
The release date for Arc Raiders, which is October 30
The announcement of Atomic Heart 2
The announcement of The Cube, an MMORPG set in the Atomic Heart universe
And more!
The full livestream for the event can be watched here.
Industry
Blumhouse is acquiring the rights to “Saw” with Lionsgate still involved as a partner.
Source: Deadline
Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks has officially relaunched and is making a new action game.
Source: Game Informer
Netflix is launching AI-generated ads by 2026 that are designed to match the show or movie being watched and will appear as midroll ads or during pause breaks.
Source: Nerdist
AMC Theaters plans to show more ads in front of movies.
Source: The New York Times
A bidding war happened this week for the “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” rights with the creatives and companies involved being Jordan Peele/Monkeypaw, Taylor Sheridan/Paramount, Oz Perkins/Neon, Glen Powell/A24 and Netflix.
Source: Deadline
In Remembrance
Jonathan Joss, the voice of John Redcorn in “King of the Hill” was killed at age 59 after being shot in a homophobic attack against him and his partner.
Source: NBC News
That’s all for this week, folks! Tune back in next week for another edition of Nerdism Notifier filled with more entertainment news.