By Travis Johnson
If you’re scared of social media and new games technology, Nerve is here to confirm all those fears. Playing like a cross between David Fincher’s The Game and app store time sink Ingress, it sees Emma Roberts’ girl next door and Dave Franco’s mysterious stranger get caught up in a kind of crowd-based reality show that sees them performing more and more risque stunts for cash and acclaim. Directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, the brains behind cyber-scam doco franchise Catfish, there’s a good chance it’s smarter than the admittedly brief first trailer demonstrates. We find out on September 22, 2016.
