Nick news: Catching up

You can preorder Unholy now from Amazon.com! The long-awaited movie will be released Sept. 7.

If you can't wait that long and you'll be in the New York area Aug. 15, you can check out a preview of Unholy. The event is scheduled for 6:30 p.m., at the Pioneer Theater, at 155 E. Third St. The Aug. 13 showing is sold out.

Other things to note:

Strand in the Closet: If you weren't able to see Nicholas in Strand in the Closet at the Blank Theatre's Young Playwrights Festival, you can check out pictures from the festival at the event's Web site.

The Portal: Nicholas recently finished filming The Portal, a movie co-starring Michael Muhney and Stacey Keach, among others. You can find a photo of Nicholas and Michael on the set at MichaelMuhney.com.

The official plot description for The Portal, from IMDb:

Investigators pursuing a bizarre hemorrhagic illness are lead to a strange black painting that they discover is a portal to another dimension.