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Earlier this week, HBO Max announced that the New Line comedy 8-Bit Christmas will be coming to their streaming service this holiday season, starring Neil Patrick Harris, Winslow Fegley, June Diane Raphael and Steve Zahn, and directed by Michael Dowse.

The movie, which is based off of the novel by Kevin Jakubowski who also penned the screenplay, is set in 1980s Chicago and follows a ten-year-old boy named Jake Doyle (Fegley) who sets out on a quest to get the latest and greatest video game system for Christmas.

Harris plays Adult Jake Doyle (and also narrates) while Raphael and Zahn play Young Jake’s parents, Kathy and John. HBO describes 8-Bit Christmas as ‘a humorous and heartfelt look back at the adventures of childhood.’

The movie is currently in production. I’ll keep you posted on the release date, but in the meantime you can check out the novel available at Amazon!

Stay merry!