Warner Media announced that production is underway on 8-Bit Christmas. This is a new Max Original film from New Line. Michael Dowse will direct. Dowse recently directed 2019’s comedy Stuber.
The film stars Neil Patrick Harris, Winslow Fegley (“Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made,” “Nightbooks,” “Come Play”), June Diane Raphael (“Long Shot,” “Grace and Frankie”) and Steve Zahn (HBO’s “The White Lotus,” “Cowboys,” “Uncle Frank”).
Harris is next starring in The Matrix 4 which will release December 22, 2021. In 8-Bit Christmas, he plays Adult Jake Doyle and narrates. The story centers on ten-year old Jake’s “herculean quest to get the latest and greatest video game system for Christmas.”
Warner Media describes 8-Bit Christmas as a “humorous and heartfelt look back at the adventures of childhood.”
Producers on the project include Tim White, Trevor White and Allan Mandelbaum for Star Thrower Entertainment (Warner Bros.’ “King Richard”), as well as Nick Nantell, and Jonathan Sadowski. Kevin Jakubowski and Whitney Brown are executive producers. Jakubowski also wrote the screenplay based on his debut novel.
