New Girl is moving out of Netflix this April.
After nearly 10 years on the platform, all seven seasons of the Zooey Deschanel-starring Fox comedy are exiting the platform on Sunday.
But fans will soon be able to reunite with Deschanel’s Jess, Nick (Jake Johnson), Schmidt (Max Greenfield), Winston (Lamorne Morris) and more on April 17 when New Girl starts streaming on Hulu and Peacock.
Later in the month, Netflix subscribers will lose access to Alex Gibney’s Julian Assange documentary We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks and Bill Nye: Science Guy, which follows the beloved children’s television host as he takes on the anti-science movement, including those who deny climate change and evolution.
By the end of the month, several movies will leave Netflix, including Leap Year, Road to Perdition and action films Den of Thieves and Empire State.
And Edgar Wright’s 2010 movie version of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World...
After nearly 10 years on the platform, all seven seasons of the Zooey Deschanel-starring Fox comedy are exiting the platform on Sunday.
But fans will soon be able to reunite with Deschanel’s Jess, Nick (Jake Johnson), Schmidt (Max Greenfield), Winston (Lamorne Morris) and more on April 17 when New Girl starts streaming on Hulu and Peacock.
Later in the month, Netflix subscribers will lose access to Alex Gibney’s Julian Assange documentary We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks and Bill Nye: Science Guy, which follows the beloved children’s television host as he takes on the anti-science movement, including those who deny climate change and evolution.
By the end of the month, several movies will leave Netflix, including Leap Year, Road to Perdition and action films Den of Thieves and Empire State.
And Edgar Wright’s 2010 movie version of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World...
- 4/9/2023
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After presenting 100 episodes of Bill Nye the Science Guy, Bill Nye was ready to close that chapter in his life. As the CEO of The Planetary Society (an organization founded by his mentor Carl Sagan), the subject of documentary Bill Nye: Science Guy and presenter of the Netflix show Bill Nye Saves the World, Nye now strives to educate those who deny climate change, evolution and a science-based worldview — primarily adults.
"Our problem now is denial of science at large and especially denial of climate change. We have to solve these problems," he said. "It's the grownups that are doing the...
"Our problem now is denial of science at large and especially denial of climate change. We have to solve these problems," he said. "It's the grownups that are doing the...
- 11/8/2017
- by Courtney Idasetima
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bill Nye the Science Guy (Bill! Bill! Bill!) is on a mission to save the world in his documentary titled -- what else? -- Bill Nye: Science Guy. But first, everybody's favorite scientist-turned-pop culture icon must survive the legions of fans who want to snap a selfie with him.
In this clip, debuting on Et, Nye shows the very efficient way he handles fans' requests, along with some tips for taking a celebrity selfie: "You don't need a countdown, just go for it." "Catch up! How hard can it be? I'm not sprinting." "Reach out, man. You're too close."
"I was asked to talk about 'selfie fatigue,' and I have it," he deadpans. "I'm pretty sure it shortens your life."
Photo: PBS
In their directors' statement, David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg explained why Nye is the dream documentary subject. "He is someone everybody knows of, but no one really knows," they said. "Where...
In this clip, debuting on Et, Nye shows the very efficient way he handles fans' requests, along with some tips for taking a celebrity selfie: "You don't need a countdown, just go for it." "Catch up! How hard can it be? I'm not sprinting." "Reach out, man. You're too close."
"I was asked to talk about 'selfie fatigue,' and I have it," he deadpans. "I'm pretty sure it shortens your life."
Photo: PBS
In their directors' statement, David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg explained why Nye is the dream documentary subject. "He is someone everybody knows of, but no one really knows," they said. "Where...
- 11/6/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
If you’re a member of a certain segment of the American population (yes, okay, Millennials, Gen Y, and the like), it’s likely that any affection you have for science was at least partially spawned by Bill Nye, the self-professed “science guy.” For many years, Nye’s infectious excitement for science was piped into schoolrooms across the country, aiming to make big questions seem fun and relatable and applicable to the everyday.
Read More:‘Bill Nye Saves the World’ Renewed For Season 2, Because Twitter Proves We Need It
A few years on, and Nye is still bent on making people love science, or at least respect and understand it. In the new documentary, “Bill Nye: Science Guy,” everyone’s favorite TV scientist looks to the future, and a bleak one, if more people don’t start listening to what the world is trying to tell them. These days, Nye...
Read More:‘Bill Nye Saves the World’ Renewed For Season 2, Because Twitter Proves We Need It
A few years on, and Nye is still bent on making people love science, or at least respect and understand it. In the new documentary, “Bill Nye: Science Guy,” everyone’s favorite TV scientist looks to the future, and a bleak one, if more people don’t start listening to what the world is trying to tell them. These days, Nye...
- 9/29/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Bill Nye opens up about his past as a hero of children's television and discusses his efforts to promote climate science and rational thinking in the trailer for the new documentary, Bill Nye: Science Guy.
In the first half of the clip, Nye talks about studying under Carl Sagan and how the famed astronomer helped him develop his beloved PBS show, Bill Nye the Science Guy. "He said, 'Kids resonate to science' and I really embraced that." While The Science Guy ended in 1998, Nye remains an influential and recognizable figure,...
In the first half of the clip, Nye talks about studying under Carl Sagan and how the famed astronomer helped him develop his beloved PBS show, Bill Nye the Science Guy. "He said, 'Kids resonate to science' and I really embraced that." While The Science Guy ended in 1998, Nye remains an influential and recognizable figure,...
- 9/28/2017
- Rollingstone.com
PBS has secured the North American distribution rights to the documentary Bill Nye: Science Guy featuring the ubiquitous science advocate and now Netflix star Bill Nye.
After screenings at AFI Docs and the Los Angeles Film Festival, PBS will release Science Guy in theaters across the country later this year. The company has set the film's broadcast premiere for 2018 via their doc series Pov.
The doc, which premiered at SXSW this year, is a behind-the-scenes look at Nye's public advocacy of science education and his willingness to take on people who deny issues such as climate science. The doc features prominent science...
After screenings at AFI Docs and the Los Angeles Film Festival, PBS will release Science Guy in theaters across the country later this year. The company has set the film's broadcast premiere for 2018 via their doc series Pov.
The doc, which premiered at SXSW this year, is a behind-the-scenes look at Nye's public advocacy of science education and his willingness to take on people who deny issues such as climate science. The doc features prominent science...
- 6/14/2017
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: PBS and Bill Nye are adding a new element to their longtime relationship. The pubcaster has acquired North American distribution rights to Bill Nye: Science Guy, the documentary that had its world premiere this year at SXSW. The plan is to give the film a significant theatrical release nationwide. It will have its TV premiere in 2018 on PBS’ long-running docuseries Pov, which kicks off its 30th season later this month. Nye’s long-running Bill Nye The Science Guy…...
- 6/14/2017
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: PBS and Bill Nye are adding a new element to their longtime relationship. The pubcaster has acquired North American distribution rights to Bill Nye: Science Guy, the documentary that had its world premiere this year at SXSW. The plan is to give the film a significant theatrical release nationwide. It will have its TV premiere in 2018 on PBS’ long-running docuseries Pov, which kicks off its 30th season later this month. Nye’s long-running Bill Nye The Science Guy…...
- 6/14/2017
- Deadline
Open up any newspaper on any given day, and each headline will be best described as “here’s another way in which we live in divisive times.” Be it something as global as the rise of jingoism under the guise of “populism” or as specific as the fact that people in Flint, Michigan are still without clean drinking water, human rights are being challenged across the globe on a daily basis. And if politicians won’t speak for those without voices, the Human Rights Watch Film Festival is here to show that filmmakers will pick up the slack.
Back once again for its 2017 series (its 28th year), The Hrwff 2017 begins on June 9 and will run until the 18th, and includes 21 feature documentaries and panel discussions that hope to shine a light on atrocities taking place in countries across the planet.
Opening this year’s festival is Zaradasht Ahmed’s Nowhere To Hide.
Back once again for its 2017 series (its 28th year), The Hrwff 2017 begins on June 9 and will run until the 18th, and includes 21 feature documentaries and panel discussions that hope to shine a light on atrocities taking place in countries across the planet.
Opening this year’s festival is Zaradasht Ahmed’s Nowhere To Hide.
- 6/9/2017
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
Bryan Fogel and Jeff Orlowski explain the appeal of Netflix for doc-makers.
Documentary-makers heading to Sheffield Doc/Fest this weekend with Netflix-backed films have said there is “no silver bullet” to quell distribution dilemmas casting a shadow over factual programming.
The distribution landscape for non-fiction docs and series has transformed radically in the past five years due to SVoD entrants flush with cash, leaving many directors with issue-driven projects struggling to identify the best outlets.
Speaking at a Sundance London event last week, directors Bryan Fogel (Icarus) and Jeff Orlowski (Chasing Coral) both said they “laboured over” selling their films to Netflix in lieu of traditional broadcast deals.
“I wanted the film to be truly seen,” said Fogel. “Netflix presses a button and it’s in 190 countries. You know that literally millions of people will see your film.”
Netflix’s reported $5m (£3.85m) deal for Icarus is at the top end of what it will pay for...
Documentary-makers heading to Sheffield Doc/Fest this weekend with Netflix-backed films have said there is “no silver bullet” to quell distribution dilemmas casting a shadow over factual programming.
The distribution landscape for non-fiction docs and series has transformed radically in the past five years due to SVoD entrants flush with cash, leaving many directors with issue-driven projects struggling to identify the best outlets.
Speaking at a Sundance London event last week, directors Bryan Fogel (Icarus) and Jeff Orlowski (Chasing Coral) both said they “laboured over” selling their films to Netflix in lieu of traditional broadcast deals.
“I wanted the film to be truly seen,” said Fogel. “Netflix presses a button and it’s in 190 countries. You know that literally millions of people will see your film.”
Netflix’s reported $5m (£3.85m) deal for Icarus is at the top end of what it will pay for...
- 6/8/2017
- ScreenDaily
Bryan Fogel and Jeff Orlowski explain the appeal of Netflix for doc-makers.
Documentary-makers heading to Sheffield Doc/Fest this weekend with Netflix-backed films have said there is “no silver bullet” to quell distribution dilemmas casting a shadow over factual programming.
The distribution landscape for non-fiction docs and series has transformed radically in the past five years due to SVoD entrants flush with cash, leaving many directors with issue-driven projects struggling to identify the best outlets.
Speaking at a Sundance London event last week, directors Bryan Fogel (Icarus) and Jeff Orlowski (Chasing Coral) both said they “laboured over” selling their films to Netflix in lieu of traditional broadcast deals.
“I wanted the film to be truly seen,” said Fogel. “Netflix presses a button and it’s in 190 countries. You know that literally millions of people will see your film.”
Netflix’s reported $5m (£3.85m) deal for Icarus is at the top end of what it will pay for...
Documentary-makers heading to Sheffield Doc/Fest this weekend with Netflix-backed films have said there is “no silver bullet” to quell distribution dilemmas casting a shadow over factual programming.
The distribution landscape for non-fiction docs and series has transformed radically in the past five years due to SVoD entrants flush with cash, leaving many directors with issue-driven projects struggling to identify the best outlets.
Speaking at a Sundance London event last week, directors Bryan Fogel (Icarus) and Jeff Orlowski (Chasing Coral) both said they “laboured over” selling their films to Netflix in lieu of traditional broadcast deals.
“I wanted the film to be truly seen,” said Fogel. “Netflix presses a button and it’s in 190 countries. You know that literally millions of people will see your film.”
Netflix’s reported $5m (£3.85m) deal for Icarus is at the top end of what it will pay for...
- 6/8/2017
- ScreenDaily
Bill Nye: Science Guy offers an intimate, behind the bow tie look at the eccentric and flawed star of the public television series he co-created with James McKenna and Erren Gottlieb. Directed by David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg, the documentary shows us a man quite literally struggling to come back in an anti-science environment. McKenna and Gottlieb, once burned by Nye’s attempt to launch a pilot with a different set of producers, posit the theory that his fatal flaw is he misses the limelight. Nye at least is working through his insecurities — having left him single and unable to achieve intimacy in his relationships — with a therapist as he transitions, to quote friend Neil deGrasse Tyson, from “Bill Nye: The Science Guy to Bill Nye: Science Statesman.”
It isn’t all doom and gloom as the documentary injects Nye’s humor throughout. He takes on Ken Ham...
It isn’t all doom and gloom as the documentary injects Nye’s humor throughout. He takes on Ken Ham...
- 5/19/2017
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
AFI Docs’ 15th edition will open with Icarus and close with Year Of The Scab.
The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced the full slate of films for AFI Docs 2017.
Spotlight screenings include Peter Bratt’s Dolores, Su Rynard’s Mosquito, and Whitney: “Can I Be Me” from Nick Broomfield.
Feature film selections include Bill Nye: Science Guy from David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg, Sundance grand jury prize-winner Dina from Antonio Santini and Daniel Sickles, and Cine Sao Paulo from Ricardo Martensen and Felipe Tomazelli.
The festival will also feature nine virtual reality films including After Solitary by Cassandra Herrman and Lauren Mucciolo.
AFI Docs will showcase 103 films representing 28 countries in the festival set to run from June 14-18 in Washington, DC, and Silver Spring, Maryland.
As previously announced, the fetival will open with Icarus and close with Year Of The Scab.
Additonal highlights are the AFI Docs Forum open to festival-goers, and the Impact...
The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced the full slate of films for AFI Docs 2017.
Spotlight screenings include Peter Bratt’s Dolores, Su Rynard’s Mosquito, and Whitney: “Can I Be Me” from Nick Broomfield.
Feature film selections include Bill Nye: Science Guy from David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg, Sundance grand jury prize-winner Dina from Antonio Santini and Daniel Sickles, and Cine Sao Paulo from Ricardo Martensen and Felipe Tomazelli.
The festival will also feature nine virtual reality films including After Solitary by Cassandra Herrman and Lauren Mucciolo.
AFI Docs will showcase 103 films representing 28 countries in the festival set to run from June 14-18 in Washington, DC, and Silver Spring, Maryland.
As previously announced, the fetival will open with Icarus and close with Year Of The Scab.
Additonal highlights are the AFI Docs Forum open to festival-goers, and the Impact...
- 5/12/2017
- ScreenDaily
Bill Nye has an admirable mission but an unenviable task: to combat scientific illiteracy in an era that doesn’t value expertise and reason. The title of his new Netflix TV series “Bill Nye Saves the World” isn’t hyperbole at all. It’s his hope to get viewers psyched up enough about science that they’re not just curious; they want to create a change for the better.
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With that in mind, most of the topics driving each episode are ones that people find highly divisive, even politicized, such as vaccinations and another topic dear to his low-carbon-footprint heart. “Did you think I’d get a new TV show and not talk about climate change?” he asks rhetorically in one episode.
Although Nye built his television career hosting a science show for children,...
Read More: ‘Bill Nye: Science Guy’ Review: Biographical Doc Searches for the Beloved TV Host’s New Place in the Universe
With that in mind, most of the topics driving each episode are ones that people find highly divisive, even politicized, such as vaccinations and another topic dear to his low-carbon-footprint heart. “Did you think I’d get a new TV show and not talk about climate change?” he asks rhetorically in one episode.
Although Nye built his television career hosting a science show for children,...
- 4/21/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
Recently, scientist and television host Bill Nye took some time to chat with us about his two upcoming projects. First is Netflix series Bill Nye Saves The World, premiering April 21. The educational program will tackle topics such as climate change, video games, and alternative medicine. He is also at the center of a new documentary, Bill Nye: Science Guy. The documentary follows Nye as he attempts to change the world through science education and advocacy. In the clip above, Nye offers us some insight into both.
- 4/19/2017
- by Baraka Kaseko
- avclub.com
On the first weekend of the 2017 Sf International Film Festival, Pixar co-founder and Disney president Edwin Catmull was supposed to be talking about the history of creativity at his company. Early on, however, he deviated from that to discuss the Advanced Research Projects Agency, which was founded in the Eisenhower era to enhance science and technology research beyond military purposes. “They decided to get smarter and try to fund smart people in schools around the United States,” Catmull said. “It was enlightened, because today, there are many political leaders who did not learn the lessons of the era.”
He stopped himself. “Sorry,” he said. “I didn’t mean to get political.”
However, at a moment of radical change in the American political landscape, people working in arts and sciences often can’t help but politicize everything. With both the Environment Protection Agency and the National Endowment for the Arts endangered...
He stopped himself. “Sorry,” he said. “I didn’t mean to get political.”
However, at a moment of radical change in the American political landscape, people working in arts and sciences often can’t help but politicize everything. With both the Environment Protection Agency and the National Endowment for the Arts endangered...
- 4/14/2017
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Over the last seven years, The San Francisco Film Society (now known simply at Sffilm) has become one the largest nonprofit supporters of independent and documentary film having doled out over $800,000 to individual films in 2016. With targeted and flexible filmmaking grants the SFFilm Maker program has been able to give individual films a significant financial boost when they need it most – ranging from before the script is written all the way to the sound mix.
Read More: San Francisco’s Master Plan to Keep Film Relevant In the 21st Century — Sf International Film Festival
Having played a critical role in successful films like “Short Term 12,” “Beasts of the Southern Wild” and “Fruitvale Station” getting made, Sffs’s support has also come to signal to the rest of the film world that a project is worth tracking.
However, the film society’s mission goes beyond being a key cog in...
Read More: San Francisco’s Master Plan to Keep Film Relevant In the 21st Century — Sf International Film Festival
Having played a critical role in successful films like “Short Term 12,” “Beasts of the Southern Wild” and “Fruitvale Station” getting made, Sffs’s support has also come to signal to the rest of the film world that a project is worth tracking.
However, the film society’s mission goes beyond being a key cog in...
- 4/6/2017
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
The A.V. Club met up with Bill Nye recently to talk about his new documentary, Bill Nye: Science Guy. Directed by David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg, the film follows Nye as he attempts to change the world through science education and advocacy. In our interview with him, he took some time to talk about Carl Sagan, a man who left an impact on his life and the lives of many others.
- 4/6/2017
- by Baraka Kaseko
- avclub.com
Montclair Film has announced the full program for its sixth annual festival and, once again, longtime supporter Stephen Colbert's conversations with big names are among the highlights of the lineup. The Night Of star John Turturro will sit down for a chat with Colbert on April 30. And on May 6, Colbert will conduct a post-screening discussion with Bill Nye after the presentation of his new film, Bill Nye: Science Guy.
Nye's film will be screening out of competition as will Oren Moverman's The Dinner, making the festival rounds, and the following films with high-profile directors Abacus: Small Enough to...
Nye's film will be screening out of competition as will Oren Moverman's The Dinner, making the festival rounds, and the following films with high-profile directors Abacus: Small Enough to...
- 4/3/2017
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival announced the full lineup for the 24th edition on Tuesday, unveiling a final list of 230 titles from 58 countries. Nearly half of the films included in this year’s lineup (48 percent) come from female filmmakers. The festival received 2,906 total submissions.
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Lana Šlezić’s “Bee Nation” will screen as the opening night world premiere. The film centers on students in Saskatchewan who compete in the first province-wide First Nations Spelling Bee. Other films in the Special Presentations program include “Pre-Crime,” about forecasting software and algorithms that predict future crimes; “Step,” the directorial debut for Tony Award–winning producer Amanda Lipitz about three high school seniors in inner-city Baltimore and their step dance team, and “Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of Isis,” a...
Read More: Film Festival Roundup: Hot Docs Announces Forum Titles, Wisconsin Film Festival Unveils Lineup and More
Lana Šlezić’s “Bee Nation” will screen as the opening night world premiere. The film centers on students in Saskatchewan who compete in the first province-wide First Nations Spelling Bee. Other films in the Special Presentations program include “Pre-Crime,” about forecasting software and algorithms that predict future crimes; “Step,” the directorial debut for Tony Award–winning producer Amanda Lipitz about three high school seniors in inner-city Baltimore and their step dance team, and “Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of Isis,” a...
- 3/21/2017
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
No more Mr. Nice Science Guy?
With his beloved PBS series having officially wrapped back in 1998 (although still playing in perpetuity on TV and classrooms everywhere), Bill Nye finds himself at a career crossroads.
While his trademark bow tie is still very much intact, his struggle to be taken seriously as a passionate advocate for the environment, facing off against dismissive climate change deniers and the anti-science movement, is intimately chronicled in the documentary Bill Nye: Science Guy, which had its world premiere at South by Southwest.
Wherever he travels, Nye, now 61, is greeted by a barrage of...
With his beloved PBS series having officially wrapped back in 1998 (although still playing in perpetuity on TV and classrooms everywhere), Bill Nye finds himself at a career crossroads.
While his trademark bow tie is still very much intact, his struggle to be taken seriously as a passionate advocate for the environment, facing off against dismissive climate change deniers and the anti-science movement, is intimately chronicled in the documentary Bill Nye: Science Guy, which had its world premiere at South by Southwest.
Wherever he travels, Nye, now 61, is greeted by a barrage of...
- 3/16/2017
- by Michael Rechtshaffen
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
For the legions of elementary and middle school students who spent hours in science labs or living rooms watching “Bill Nye the Science Guy,” the goofy, bow-tied host at the show’s center might as well be a superhero. With his labcoat and legendary “inertia is a property of matter” earworm, he even has a cape and his own theme song. Two decades after the show left the airwaves, the state of the national scientific discourse has been Nye’s bat-signal, luring him back into the public eye.
As a result, “Bill Nye: Science Guy,” the latest from “The Immortalists” duo David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg, isn’t as much about the man himself as it is the world that he feels still needs him. The main thrust of Alvarado and Sussberg’s documentary centers on the grey area of the current scientific landscape that Nye currently occupies. Verging on...
As a result, “Bill Nye: Science Guy,” the latest from “The Immortalists” duo David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg, isn’t as much about the man himself as it is the world that he feels still needs him. The main thrust of Alvarado and Sussberg’s documentary centers on the grey area of the current scientific landscape that Nye currently occupies. Verging on...
- 3/13/2017
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
The San Francisco Film Society has announced today that the 60th San Francisco International Film Festival’s anticipated Centerpiece event will be “Patti Cake$,” from first-time feature director Geremy Jasper. The film bowed at Sundance in January, featuring a star-making turn from Danielle Macdonald as the eponymous rapper Patricia “Patti Cake$” Dombrowski.
The film was purchased at the festival by Fox Searchlight, who paid a healthy $9.5 million for the feature. “Patti Cake$” was a Spring 2014 Sf Film Society / Krf Filmmaking Grant winner.
“We are thrilled that Patti Cake$,’ a film we supported in partnership with Kenneth Rainin Foundation, will be the Festival’s Centerpiece,” said Noah Cowan, Executive Director of the San Francisco Film Society. “The film is not only hugely entertaining, with great music and spectacular performances, but also deftly addresses issues of great importance in our current political climate, from the harsh social conditions faced by working-class families...
The film was purchased at the festival by Fox Searchlight, who paid a healthy $9.5 million for the feature. “Patti Cake$” was a Spring 2014 Sf Film Society / Krf Filmmaking Grant winner.
“We are thrilled that Patti Cake$,’ a film we supported in partnership with Kenneth Rainin Foundation, will be the Festival’s Centerpiece,” said Noah Cowan, Executive Director of the San Francisco Film Society. “The film is not only hugely entertaining, with great music and spectacular performances, but also deftly addresses issues of great importance in our current political climate, from the harsh social conditions faced by working-class families...
- 3/1/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
‘Bill Nye Saves the World’ Gets Netflix Release Date, as The Science Guy Returns — Watch the Trailer
Netflix has now given Bill Nye a firm premiere date to start saving the world.
“Bill Nye Saves the World” is set to premiere its first season on April 21. The show comes hot off Nye’s appearance on Super Bowl Sunday as one of the stars of a commercial, directed by Elizabeth Banks, for Persil ProClean detergent.
Read More: ‘Bill Nye Saves The World’ To Give Netflix a New Take on Talk Shows
In his new series, Nye aims to tackle various topics from a scientific point of view – including artificial intelligence, alternative medicine and climate change. Netflix promises that Nye will dispel myths and refute anti-scientific claims while bringing in special guests, conducting experiments and demonstrations, “and ultimately letting the facts lead the argument.”
Nye, of course, was famously known as “Bill Nye the Science Guy” throughout the 1990s as the star of his own PBS and syndicated TV series.
“Bill Nye Saves the World” is set to premiere its first season on April 21. The show comes hot off Nye’s appearance on Super Bowl Sunday as one of the stars of a commercial, directed by Elizabeth Banks, for Persil ProClean detergent.
Read More: ‘Bill Nye Saves The World’ To Give Netflix a New Take on Talk Shows
In his new series, Nye aims to tackle various topics from a scientific point of view – including artificial intelligence, alternative medicine and climate change. Netflix promises that Nye will dispel myths and refute anti-scientific claims while bringing in special guests, conducting experiments and demonstrations, “and ultimately letting the facts lead the argument.”
Nye, of course, was famously known as “Bill Nye the Science Guy” throughout the 1990s as the star of his own PBS and syndicated TV series.
- 2/8/2017
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
It’s been a couple months since the last edition of What’s Up Doc? placed Michael Moore’s surprise world premiere of Where To Invade Next at the top of this list and in the meantime much shuffling has taken place and much time has been spent on various new endeavors (namely my Buffalo-based film series, Cultivate Cinema Circle). Finally taking its rightful place at the top, D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hagedus’ Unlocking the Cage is in the midst of being scored by composer James Lavino, according to Lavino’s own personal site. Though the project has been taking shape at its own leisurely pace, I’d expect to see the film making its festival debut in early 2016.
Right behind, the American direct cinema masters is a Texan soon to make his non-fiction debut with Voyage of Time. Just two weeks ago indieWIRE reported that Ennio Morricone, who scored...
Right behind, the American direct cinema masters is a Texan soon to make his non-fiction debut with Voyage of Time. Just two weeks ago indieWIRE reported that Ennio Morricone, who scored...
- 11/5/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Read More: The Beloved Science Guy Returns to the Screen as the Subject of 'The Bill Nye Film' On the morning of August 10, 2015 the documentary (and former Indiewire Project of the Day), "The Bill Nye Film," became the most-funded documentary in Kickstarter's history. The previous title holder was "For The Love of Spock" a documentary about the legendary actor, Leonard Nimoy (which raised over $660,000). It appears that Bill Nye's bubbly and enthusiastic approach to teaching science paid off. Two long time fans and filmmakers, David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg, teamed up for this documentary, which will track Nye's recent work outside of the classroom. With the addition of the award-winning producer Seth Gordon to the team and the official confirmation that Nye is on board, the filmmakers were nearly ready to go. They needed one more push and the support of Kickstarter supporters gave them a shove.
- 8/13/2015
- by Conor Soules
- Indiewire
The fall festival rush is upon us. Locarno is currently ramping up. Venice has released their line-up and Thom Powers and the Toronto International Film Festival team have dropped a bomb with a previously unannounced new feature from powerhouse docu-provocateur Michael Moore. It is truly a miracle that the production of a film such as Moore’s upcoming Where To Invade Next (see still above) managed to go completely undetected by the filmmaking community until it was literally announced to world premiere at one of the largest film festivals in the world. Programmed as a one of the key films in the Special Presentations section at Tiff, the film sees Moore telling “the Pentagon to ‘stand down’ — he will do the invading for America from now on.” Also announced to premiere at Tiff was Avi Lewis’ This Changes Everything, which has slowly been rising up this list, as well as...
- 8/7/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Bill Nye the Science Guy may be beloved by millennials and bow-tie aficionados, but, believe it or not, there are people out there who do not like him. (Mostly people who don't like science.) To promote his movie, a documentary called, aptly, The Bill Nye Film, which is currently accruing funds on Kickstarter, Nye read #MeanTweets about himself. Riffing on Jimmy Kimmel’s popular segment, Nye sifted through the Twitterverse, finding the sharpest barbs.Nye posted the video on his Facebook Friday afternoon. The tweets range from nonsensical (“Listening to tfios because bill nye sucks butthole,” and Nye tries to read “tfios” phonetically) to the suggestion that he is "trippy as fuck." The only meanness that seemed to agitate Nye came from climate-change deniers, one of whom called Al Gore “Algore,” which sounds like a character from Lord of the Rings.
- 8/1/2015
- by Greg Cwik
- Vulture
The winning filmmaker will become a candidate for the July Project of the Month. That winner will be in the running for Project of the Year. The four projects up for this week's Project of the Week are listed below (with descriptions courtesy of the filmmakers). You can vote at the bottom of the page. The Bill Nye Film: Bill Nye is on a journey to change the world! Once the host of a popular kid’s show, today he is the CEO of The Planetary Society where he’s leading a mission to launch a solar-powered satellite into the cosmos and advocating for the importance of science. Linden Tar: Our movie assures that the brave and pure at heart will overcome any obstacles, even if they are as big as a palm and made of plush. The Sensitives: Families struggle to reclaim their lives from the isolation of...
- 7/17/2015
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
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