In suburban Chicago during the late 1980s, ten-year-old Jake Doyle embarks on a herculean quest to get the latest and greatest video game system for Christmas.
11-24-2021
1h 38m
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Main Cast
Movie Details
Production Info
Director:
Michael Dowse
Production:
Star Thrower Entertainment, New Line Cinema
Key Crew
Director of Photography:
Samy Inayeh
Casting:
Rich Delia
Original Music Composer:
Joseph Trapanese
Book:
Kevin Jakubowski
Executive Producer:
Celia Khong
Locations and Languages
Country:
US
Filming:
US
Languages:
en
Main Cast
Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris (born June 15, 1973) is an American actor, singer, writer, producer, and television host. Primarily known for his comedic television roles and dramatic and musical stage roles, he has received multiple accolades throughout his career, including a Tony Award, five Primetime Emmy Awards, and nominations for a Grammy Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.
On television, he is known for playing the title character on the ABC series Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989–1993), for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy, as well as Barney Stinson on the CBS series How I Met Your Mother (2005–2014, for which he was nominated for four Emmy Awards), and Count Olaf on the Netflix series A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017–2019).
Harris is also known for his role as the title character in Joss Whedon's musical Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008) and a fictional version of himself in the Harold & Kumar film series (2004–2011). His other films include Starship Troopers (1997), Beastly (2011), The Smurfs (2011), The Smurfs 2 (2013), A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014), and Gone Girl (2014).
In 2010, Harris won two awards at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards, winning for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his guest appearance on Glee, and Outstanding Special Class Program for hosting the Tony Awards in 2009; he has won the latter award three additional times for hosting the show in 2011, 2012, and 2013. He also hosted the Primetime Emmy Awards in 2009 and 2013, and hosted the 87th Academy Awards in 2015, thus making him the first openly gay man to host the Academy Awards. In 2014, he starred in the title role in Hedwig and the Angry Inch on Broadway, for which he won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical.
Harris was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in 2010. He is married to David Burtka. In 2010, they had twins via surrogacy.
Winslow was born into a family of actors: he is the son of actors Michael Fegley and Merce Tonne, and brother to actors August Fegley and Oakes Fegley.
Winslow developed his skills in 2017 while starring in the stage production of A Billion Nights on Earth, a production he also added creative collaboration to, with avant-garde theatre director Thaddeus Phillips. The show was developed at the Buntport Theatre in Denver, CO, over the summer of 2017, then toured to sold out houses in Philadelphia in September 2017, and was featured as part of the Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in November that year, where it again sold out its run.
In 2018 Winslow landed his first television role, guest-starring on the hilarious TV-Land show Teachers. He then spent the spring filming 8 episodes of the Disney Channel series Fast Layne, as Mel (which debuted in 2019). After wrapping up on the limited series, he went directly into production in the title role of Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made directed by Academy Award-winner Tom McCarthy. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and then debuted in early 2020 as one of the first original features for the Disney+ streaming platform.
In the fall of 2018 Winslow co-starred in the Jacob Chase-helmed horror film Come Play, opposite Azhy Robertson and Gillian Jacobs (released fall 2020).
In 2019, he guest-starred as a preteen Sean in ABC's hit show The Good Doctor.
In the final months of 2020, Winslow returned to work filming Nightbooks, starring as Alex opposite Kristen Ritter and Lydia Jewett. The David Yarovesky-directed picture debuted in the Netflix Top 10 in the fall of 2021.
In the beginning of 2021, Winslow starred as Jake Doyle in what would be the HBO Max 2021 holiday hit 8-Bit Christmas with Neal Patrick Harris, Steve Zahn, and June Diane Raphael.
Steven James Zahn (born November 13, 1967) is an American actor and comedian. His films include Reality Bites (1994), That Thing You Do! (1996), Out of Sight (1998), Happy, Texas (1999), Riding in Cars with Boys (2001), Shattered Glass (2003), Sahara (2005), Rescue Dawn (2007), the first three Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies, Dallas Buyers Club (2013), and War for the Planet of the Apes (2017).
Zahn has done voice acting in Chicken Little (2005), Escape from Planet Earth (2013), and The Good Dinosaur (2015). He has also worked regularly in television, including the recurring role of Davis McAlary on HBO's Treme (2010 to 2013).
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June Diane Raphael is a versatile American actor, comedian, writer and producer known for her captivating performances on screen. Born in California, Raphael embarked on a successful career in entertainment, showcasing her talent and versatility. She gained recognition for her roles in various television series and films, including "Grace and Frankie" alongside Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, "Burning Love" and Adult Swim's "NTSF:SD:SUV::" where her comedic timing and depth as an actor were showcased. June Diane has been a guest on Comedy Bang! Bang! She co-hosts the podcast How Did This Get Made with her husband Paul "Tall John" Scheer and Jason "Heynong Man" Mantzoukas.
Cyrus Arnold (born January 2, 2003) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Kenny Yankovitch in Mr. Harrigan's Phone, Derek Zoolander Jr. in Zoolander 2, BJ Malloy in Sam & Cat, and Josh Jagorski in the New Line Cinema/HBO Max Original 8-Bit Christmas, as well as, as a cast member in the Disney+ original Just Beyond.
David Cross (born April 4, 1964) is an American actor, writer and stand-up comedian perhaps best known for his work on HBO's sketch comedy series Mr. Show and for his role as Tobias Fünke in the Fox sitcom Arrested Development.
Kathryn Greenwood is a Canadian actress and comedian. She appeared on the American version of Whose Line Is It Anyway? numerous times, and played Grace Bailey on the Canadian television drama series Wind at My Back.
Danielle Bourgon is an American-Canadian film and television actress and writer, best known for playing series regular character Dr. Louise Helvi on the television series "Hard Rock Medical".
Kevin Dennis is a Canadian stage, screen and voice actor. He's a graduate of the Citadel/Banff Centre Professional Theatre Program, Banff and Edmonton, Canada.
