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Updated with Nerdist statement: Chris Hardwick, the Nerdist founder and host of NBC’s game show The Wall, AMC’s Talking Dead aftershow and a regular emcee in Hall H at Comic-Con, has been scrubbed from the Nerdist website he founded after being accused of sexual abuse and “long-term abuse” by his former girlfriend…

Nerdist and the Upright Citizens Brigade have teamed on a new original comedy series for premiere on Legendary Digital Networks’ interactive streaming platform Alpha. The untitled hour-long show will air weekly with a 10-episode run for the first season. The project is designed to showcase undiscovered comedic talent…

The market of subscription video streaming services is about to become a little more crowded: Legendary Entertainment says today that it will launch a platform, called Alpha, “later in 2016” using content from its pop culture production services Nerdist and Geek & Sundry. Pricing is still being set, but could go as…

EXCLUSIVE: Chris Hardwick’s Nerdist Industries is making the jump to movie distribution. The company has acquired The Hive, a sci-fi horror flick from rookie feature director Dave Yarovesky. The film, which premiered at last year’s Fantastic Fest, stars Gabriel Basso as a counselor at Camp Yellow Jacket. The place has…

2ND UPDATE 11:15 AM: Legendary just sent out the announcement that it has finalized an agreement to purchase Nerdist Industries. EXCLUSIVE… UPDATE 9:30 AM: Legendary Entertainment heading into Comic-Con has set a new deal with multiplatform fanboy outfit Nerdist. My sources say huge comic book fan Thomas Tull will…