‘Nerd Court’ Trailer: Get An Exclusive Look At Season 1
Today Skybound is launching their new web seriesNerd Court. The brainchild ofStar Warsspin-off screenwriterGary Whitta(you probably know way too much about this guy after our interview feature last week) which brings two geeks into the courtroom to plead their case in a too-nerdy-for-television argument. I got a chance to visit the set a couple months back, and it is in some ways a send-up of the courtroom reality shows that clog daytime television, but with topics you might actually find amusing. Skybound gave us the exclusiveNerd Courttrailer to premiere, which you may watch after the jump.
Here is a behind the scenes photo I instagramed from the set in early December featuring director Adam Stein (right) and executive producer/creator Gary Whitta (bottom left):
I was on set for a trial involvingStar Trek, which sawJonathan Frakes(William T. Riker himself fromStar Trek: The Next Generation) make a special appearance as a surprise witness. What I saw looked like a lot of fun. My only worry is that some of the scripted bits might overshadow the awesome geekiness of the real arguments.
Nerd Courtis directed byAdam Stein, who you might remember from the Spielberg-producedOn the Lotfilmmaking reality series:
And of course we got a quote fromNerd Courtcreator/executive producerGary Whitta:
“I’ve always felt that fans of science fiction, fantasy, comics, and video games needed their own dedicated specialist legal forum in which to debate and settle the issues that so often divide us, and Nerd Court was created to fill that void. These first episodes were a ton of fun to make and I hope we get to do more. There are potentially limitless cases out there for our crack legal team to help adjudicate once and for all.”
Nerd Court Trailer
The first episode (Batman v Superman) launches today, and can also be streamed below:
