“Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie” is a passion project by independent filmmakers James Rolfe and Kevin Finn, based on the popular web series. The film is being produced outside the studio system, entirely funded by fan donations. Principle photography took place in Spring of 2012, in the Los Angeles area, with Jason Brewer as the DP. Additional filming is taking place on the East Coast. Editing is in its early stages.
The film is inspired by the famous Atari video game burial of 1982. Atari produced a game based on the biggest blockbuster movie of that year, E.T., and rushed it to meet the deadline for the Christmas shopping season. It was a commercial failure and millions of unsold game cartridges were buried in a desert landfill in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Coincidentally, it’s not too far from Roswell, the landing site of a different kind of E.T.
The Trailer features music by Bear McCreary (Battlestar Gallactica, The Walking Dead). The track is called “Maverick Regeneration” and can be downloaded as part of the Play for Japan album. All proceeds go to help earthquake victims in Japan.
The final slate says “Coming this lifetime” because we have no idea how long it will take to complete. Any attempt to guess will only prove ourselves wrong. Independent films take a long time to finish. This one is no exception. It’s eventually expected to be released on DVD and/or Blu-ray, and to be available around the world, after showing to some live audiences in theater venues. Digital downloads is also an option. The immediate goal is to finish the film first.







November 10, 2012 at 5:33 pm
im Really looking foward to this
November 10, 2012 at 5:34 pm
Amazing :3
November 10, 2012 at 5:36 pm
Looks like a great time, hope it comes to a theater near me
November 10, 2012 at 5:39 pm
LOOKS FANTASTIC!
November 10, 2012 at 5:39 pm
There’s a second anus where my head used to be.
November 10, 2012 at 5:40 pm
Can. Not. Wait! =P
November 10, 2012 at 5:41 pm
Holy fuck, that looks awesome, what a shame I’m too young to see it in a cinema.. I’ll try to see it some other way though
November 10, 2012 at 5:42 pm
Thank you James. You are totally a great guy and an inspiration to all. There aren’t internet words that can describe how bad-ass you are.
November 10, 2012 at 5:43 pm
Heck Yes must see it, will be seeing it day Zero (Minute one) guaranteed.
November 10, 2012 at 5:43 pm
I’ve been watching avgn and all your videos for at least 5 years now and seeing this has made me incredibly happy. Glad to see you have finally had your chance to make a full length semi-high budget movie. Here’s to many more years of avgn/board james/monster madness/whatever the fuckelse comes to your mind!
November 10, 2012 at 5:45 pm
Oh man, I can’t wait to see this movie!
November 10, 2012 at 5:46 pm
My mind cannot comprehend the awesomeness it was just exposed to. Nice work James, I had really high expectations of what the movie would look like, and this trailer by far surpassed even that.
November 10, 2012 at 5:47 pm
I’ll definitely buy the Blu-Ray (or DVD if there is no Blu-Ray). If it is in a theater near me (western WA) I’ll see it there, too.
November 10, 2012 at 5:48 pm
I was always a little skeptical of how the movie would turn out. Now after watching the trailer I’m not skeptical anymore. It looks awesome! Can’t wait to actually see it!
November 10, 2012 at 5:48 pm
Looks f’ing awesome, James. I’m so proud of the work you and everyone involved are doing.
November 10, 2012 at 5:51 pm
Incredible! Has the quality of a real movie and has all the charm of the AVGN episodes!
November 10, 2012 at 5:52 pm
hahahahaha… what the hell are all these fucking boxes doin out here!!!
November 10, 2012 at 5:54 pm
movie looks awesome!!!! i cant wait til its ready!!!
November 10, 2012 at 5:55 pm
OH.MY.GOSH! This is AMAZING! I’m looking forward yo it!
November 10, 2012 at 5:56 pm
I’m so happy !!!
November 10, 2012 at 5:57 pm
THIS LOOKS AWESOME!!!! I can’t wait to watch it!
“Coming this lifetime” oh, ha ha :’D It’s worth the wait. Don’t rush it and take your time, James, this looks really promising!
November 10, 2012 at 5:58 pm
i cant fekin wait for this ,
he trailer looks really well made
hopefully it will be out sooner rather than later ,
well done james..
November 10, 2012 at 5:59 pm
Just amazing. I’ve been watching the Nerd for six years now and I can’t wait to see the movie. Great work James.
November 10, 2012 at 5:59 pm
This looks freaking AWESOME!! Can’t wait to see it
November 10, 2012 at 5:59 pm
Hahahaha. I can’t wait.
“What the fuck is with all these boxes?!”
Hahah.
November 10, 2012 at 6:03 pm
congrats dude
November 10, 2012 at 6:04 pm
Aww man this is freaking awesome! I can’t wait to see it!
November 10, 2012 at 6:04 pm
This is awesome, totally worth the wait so far. “what the hell are all these fucking boxes doing here” hahaha
November 10, 2012 at 6:07 pm
I’m so happy for you James ! I hope I can get this in Europe.
November 10, 2012 at 6:11 pm
This Wreaks to high Heaven of instant cult classic! Good job!
November 10, 2012 at 6:12 pm
I have been a fan of Cinemassacre and The Nerd for over five years. When the movie was announced I was happy for James; but I never got it…I didn’t see how the concept would lend itself to a full length movie…but now I get it. I sooo GET IT! After this trailer I don’t think i could be any more excited for any film. It looks positively amazing!
Can’t wait to see more, thank you for all of the hard work!
November 10, 2012 at 6:13 pm
After years of watching your films, watching this is what caused me to finally register on your site. You, Mr. James Rolfe, are THE MAN!!! I cannot wait for the film to come out, I doubt you’ll be showing at a theatre here in Kansas City, MO… but I could see myself driving out to the east coast to go to the first showing of this… My expectations were high and this trailer just blew my damn mind!!! Keep up the phenomenal work!
November 10, 2012 at 6:16 pm
Looks great. Can’t wait.
November 10, 2012 at 6:17 pm
This looks so freaking awesome! I can’t wait till it comes out. Definitely a must see in my opinion! I would *walk* to whatever theater would be playing this here on the east coast to see it!!
November 10, 2012 at 6:25 pm
This could easily become the best movie of this decade (and the last….and maybe even since the 90s).
I’m serious.
November 10, 2012 at 6:27 pm
Awesome trailer, congrats James. I noticed the bad tank guy has striking resemblances to Mutiod man from Smash TV. Can’t wait for the release consider me an auto +1 sale.
November 10, 2012 at 6:27 pm
congrats dude! can not wait to see this !!!!!
November 10, 2012 at 6:28 pm
Was that SUPER MECHA DEATH SATAN in the background?
November 10, 2012 at 6:30 pm
Hey James my name is Sebastian, I’m from Argentina.
I’ve been a HUGE fan of your work fow about 3 years now. I love not only the Nerd videos, but also your reviews (thanks to them i got to know lots of movies I actually didn´t know about).
Thanks a lot for all of what you do, and congratulations fot this movie, I can’t wait to see it !!!
Much Love from Argentina
November 10, 2012 at 6:33 pm
Wow James i must say im really impressed
TBH when you said you was making a feature film i was skeptical but watching that trailer blew me away
its so professionally looking and looks like its gonna be hilarious
I really hope it gets picked up by a major distributor and you get to become the next peter jackson
November 10, 2012 at 6:34 pm
easily the best indie film of the year! loved the top gun reference laughed my ass off!!!
November 10, 2012 at 6:35 pm
Like tiggerbox29, I wasn’t sure how a movie-length feature was going to work. But after watching this, I can’t wait!
November 10, 2012 at 6:37 pm
When this comes out I will do anything that it takes to get a copy of this movie.
November 10, 2012 at 6:38 pm
Gold.
November 10, 2012 at 6:38 pm
Awesome trailer man!!
I probably won’t be able to see it on the big screen, because I’m from Germany, but I’ll definitely buy the DVD. I wish you good luck with the movie!
November 10, 2012 at 6:39 pm
My life is now almost complete. I will travel to the ends of the Earth to see the premiere. This is guaranteed to be the defining moment of my life. Third is potentially my wedding and/or the birth of my first born child. The trailer is second.
November 10, 2012 at 6:40 pm
this is totally awesome!! great job! can’t wait to see the finished product!
November 10, 2012 at 6:40 pm
Wow, and I thought I was excited when they released the first Avengers trailer.
November 10, 2012 at 6:40 pm
I’m from NYC and expecting a PA or NY release. I’ve gone to PA for lesser reasons, this is happening.
November 10, 2012 at 6:43 pm
THis is AMAZING!
Can’t wait whole movie, this is next summer blockbuster!
November 10, 2012 at 6:45 pm
Oh man, awesome trailer, can’t wait to see the movie!
November 10, 2012 at 6:45 pm
Terrific job! This piece of work is SO different!
November 10, 2012 at 6:46 pm
This looks FUCKING AWESOME!
cant wait to get the dvd or VHS bluray…tape i dont give a crap aslong as i have the movie ill be fine
November 10, 2012 at 6:46 pm
I laughed out loud so many times! This movie promises to be epic. It looks and feels extremely professional. James and his crew outdid themselves just with this trailer alone!
November 10, 2012 at 6:46 pm
When I began watching James on Youtube, he had only 5 or 6 episodes up and I remember being so inspired by him. Even once he started to become extremely popular, I never expected to see a feature length film of this magnitude. Watching the trailer was of course hilarious but surreal at the same time. I’m so proud to say I have been here from the start and I have literally enjoyed every episode he has produced. I think this film will be the start of something even better for James and I am so excited to watch all the films he’ll be producing in the future. It’s been amazing to watch the series grow and watch you fulfill your dreams right here on the Internet. You have fans now that will support you in anything you do. We’re ready for this one James!
November 10, 2012 at 6:47 pm
Congrats on your first big movie James! Hope it does well and if it ends up in theaters and in one near me, I will definitely be going to see it.
My 2 cents on the trailer though, the movie seemed less about the nerd himself and more about James (you) playing the nerd role, its as if the nerd is self aware that he is just a character and not a real person and that he has fans that want to see him. In a sense it seems more like a James as the nerd movie, rather than an AVGN movie. Not saying its necessarily a bad thing, but I was expecting just the nerd being angry and going on an adventure. In either case, I’m looking forward to seeing it and hope for the best, good luck James!
November 10, 2012 at 6:49 pm
I can’t wait to see the movie!
November 10, 2012 at 6:49 pm
James, apparently you are perfect in the movie, and all those allusions to avgn episodes like topgun seem also fantastic; but these other characters seem to be a bit strange…. well anyway; congratulation man, I’m sure it will be an excellent movie and I’m looking forward to see it
November 10, 2012 at 6:50 pm
This is going to be fucking epic! I’ve never been more excited in my life! Long live the Angy Video Game Nerd, James Rolfe! Can’t wait to see it! We love you man.
November 10, 2012 at 6:51 pm
Awesome job james! I cant wait until the movie is released. I recently bought all of youre dvd’s . I;ve been a long time fan and appreciate all the hard work you put into everythin and im looking forward to some more great videso! Well thank you for everything and keep you the great work. thank you again my man!
November 10, 2012 at 6:52 pm
Out of all the excitement I mispelled “Angry”, but you get the point.
November 10, 2012 at 6:55 pm
1:56 BEST part. follow the red!
November 10, 2012 at 7:00 pm
I spotted the ‘Wilhelm scream’ in there.
Well done James. Every movie HAS to contain the Wilhelm scream. It’s the law.
November 10, 2012 at 7:02 pm
This is amazing I cant wait till it comes out! looks great !
November 10, 2012 at 7:08 pm
So fucking pumped for this!!!
November 10, 2012 at 7:08 pm
YAY hope the second trailer has game review in it plz make a release date
November 10, 2012 at 7:10 pm
I have watch this trailer 28-29 times and i can still not belive it this is going to be f@#%ing awsome (:
November 10, 2012 at 7:11 pm
This….is…..FUCKING AWESOME!!!!
I will be paying money to go see this!!! Hope it is in a theater near me!!
November 10, 2012 at 7:15 pm
Uoooooo
November 10, 2012 at 7:17 pm
I came.
November 10, 2012 at 7:26 pm
it looks corny awesome cant wait to see it
November 10, 2012 at 7:36 pm
This blew my mind! I hope you make a Godzillion dollars of it so you can go on and make a bunch of sequels, then prequels, and then hopefully sell the rights to Disney. No just kidding, but seriously, I didn’t realy know what to expect, but now that I see it I realise how big of a departure this is from making home videos. After seeing the trailer, for the first time I’m realising, you’ve actually made a fucking movie man!
November 10, 2012 at 7:41 pm
Looks great! Looking forward to it.
November 10, 2012 at 7:44 pm
Holy fucking shit, I got a boner. Looks amazing, I can’t wait to see the movie.
This is going to be the longest game review ever made.
November 10, 2012 at 7:45 pm
aaand by the way there are two Satans, one is called Succubus and the other one is called Incubus, good luck with the scripting. of course keep that to Heaven.
November 10, 2012 at 7:53 pm
I’m so psyched Can not wait to see this. I just can’t… it kills me! And by the way, isn’t that Pat the NES Punk in the green shirt yelling “Nerd! Nerd! Nerd!”?
November 10, 2012 at 7:55 pm
great movie trailer james. Hurry up and finish filming / editing so we can see the movie. CANT WAIT
November 10, 2012 at 7:55 pm
Love it! Can’t wait. NOW I know why you didn’t review ET even though everyone requested it.
I also love the small references to the AVGN past reviews.
November 10, 2012 at 7:58 pm
James, congratulations man, the movie looks great! can’t wait to see it! cheers.
November 10, 2012 at 7:59 pm
Looking awesome! I felt a slight bit of nerve to begin with but settled very quickly and found it simply awesome! SO FUNNY! I love the puns and links back to the episodes and the Wilhelm scream!!!
Keep it up, I can’t wait for the whole thing! I live in the UK and I hope it makes it to some cinema venues- if not them all ’cause it should be!!! Not that I can help much there, but it’s worth a try!
November 10, 2012 at 7:59 pm
This looks great! I’m super excited to see it. I had an ear to ear smile during the whole trailer!
November 10, 2012 at 8:00 pm
At first I didn’t notice, but after being pushed in that spacecraft watch Cooper just fall off the mountain. That was fantastic!
But I am genuinely excited about this movie, it looks great. Finish it quick, but more importantly finish it right!
November 10, 2012 at 8:04 pm
I have truly not been this excited for a movie since The Power Rangers Movie.
November 10, 2012 at 8:05 pm
I can’t wait for the movie to come out on dvd this is so amazing I just can’t wait to buy it I love James.
November 10, 2012 at 8:07 pm
james the movie look cool
November 10, 2012 at 8:08 pm
I laughed my ass off at the line “Where are all these fucking boxes coming from?”
November 10, 2012 at 8:34 pm
Great fucking trailer, James! Didn’t care for the puking part, but I loved the rest. Now hurry up and get going on the rest of the movie so we can see it in all its wondrous glory. The quality looked awesome and definitely deserves a spot at the Cannes Film Festival and many others. Would love to see it at the SXSW festival next year or 2014 too. : )
November 10, 2012 at 8:35 pm
Where’s Mike?
The girl, black sidekick and old soldier seems like they’re added to be a likable character just because they fill a void, not to add to the story
November 10, 2012 at 8:35 pm
It’s like I can see through everything
November 10, 2012 at 8:41 pm
I can’t wait for the movie! I’ve been wanting to see just a bit of it, and now I finally got to. Looks a lot better than what I was expecting, and it will probably be the best movie of this year. I hope it comes out soon, and good luck editing it. Good job James.
November 10, 2012 at 8:43 pm
@Aarmed: You really should visit every day cause you obviously missed the part where Mike said he doesn’t want to be an actor and doesn’t want to be in this movie.
November 10, 2012 at 8:44 pm
I expected the movie to be good. But the trailer exceeds expectations. It looks really good. I can’t wait for the movie.
November 10, 2012 at 8:46 pm
Brilliant! Can’t wait to see it. I will be pre-ordering this immediately when it comes available as I won’t be able to see it in a theatre as i live in the UK.
also I heard the Wilhelm Scream in there somewhere.
James, great job!
November 10, 2012 at 8:51 pm
Wow. That looks like a real movie. Congratulations, you made a real fuckin’ movie. You are probably the first internet celebrity whot has made a real movie that isn’t a bunch of bullocks.
November 10, 2012 at 9:03 pm
When can I give you all my money?
James, this looks fucking AMAZING.
November 10, 2012 at 9:04 pm
SPEED UP – SPEED DOWN! 4 LIFE!
November 10, 2012 at 9:06 pm
So that general guy looked like a pretty awesome character
November 10, 2012 at 9:07 pm
If you are going to try and do a national tour, you should look into having the movie played at Baxter Avenue Theaters in Louisville KY. They play a lot of independent films there. I promise that my girlfriend, my friends and I will go and see the living fuck out of it.
November 10, 2012 at 9:27 pm
YAAAY the trailer is out !!! I was so happy when I saw this
November 10, 2012 at 9:29 pm
and also I played about 20 NES games online some weren’t bad such as contra and super mario .. but, I know where your coming from when say these games are fucking horrible!!!! (long passwords, bad music, bad controls, bad weapons, etc.) hahaa
November 10, 2012 at 9:31 pm
No idea what the joke is with that guy’s arm missing but I can’t wait to find out because I couldn’t stop laughing every time he appeared!
November 10, 2012 at 9:49 pm
So want to watch this movie badly!
November 10, 2012 at 10:00 pm
Nerd, You’ve done it!!! i watched it for like 5 times and wonder what all the monsters are, it’s pretty mysterious and epic and so little spoilers!! great!!!
November 10, 2012 at 10:05 pm
FUCK YES THIS MOVIE IS GONNA BE SO KICK ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 10, 2012 at 10:06 pm
I don’t think I’ve ever been this excited about a movie, evar! And yes I spelled it “evar” because that’s how the internets goes. I’m glad I already went to the bathroom because I would have probably shyt my pants out of excitement after seeing this. That’s disgusting I know, but I said that in honor of all the Nerd’s jokes involving crap.
November 10, 2012 at 10:08 pm
I don’t know about this.. Your videos sometimes make me glue my hand to my face as it is with your trying to be funny too hard.. I mean, I like your reviews, and even the weird profanity, but when you bring another person into it, it gets ruined.. I cant watch your bugs bunny reviews or your game glitches videos because it literally causes me physical and mental pain to see a grown man making that big of an ass out of himself.. and Motherfucker Mike is the most disgusting human being Ive ever seen, does he not feel embarrassed about how fucking gay he is? His reviews aren’t bad, I’ll give him that, but keep him out of a fuckin costume.. I cant even watch these with my friends anymore, every time one of your “guests” shows up, everybody tells me to turn it off because they cant take how lame he is… don’t even get me started on the joker…. 4 words for that… SHUT THE FUCK UP!
anyways I’ll watch it, hell I’ll even pay to see it, but the second one of your friends shows up to make me feel like i’m watching a bad kids show I’m out… seriously dude, please don’t alienate the rest of us who aren’t 15….
November 10, 2012 at 10:10 pm
Seeing this trailer makes me smile. It’s amazing that you have Bear on board as well. How did that come about?
I hope to see it at the theater here, I dunno what release plans you have though. I will purchase this however day one
November 10, 2012 at 10:17 pm
Ho .. lee .. shit. I must see this.
Best Nerd video evah!
November 10, 2012 at 10:22 pm
Can’t wait to see this beast. Lets all get ready to get our minds blow to bits.
November 10, 2012 at 10:28 pm
….. looks awesome…. cant wait …. sweet baby jebus.
November 10, 2012 at 10:31 pm
WP nerd, this will be an artistic milestone for sure. Looks like it’s got just the right amount of terribleness to be brilliant, of course I’d expect no less.
November 10, 2012 at 10:33 pm
Well that was epic. Now I really want to see the movie.
November 10, 2012 at 10:53 pm
I’ve watched this like 10 times. Seriously James, I’ve seen every single video from Monkey Cheez to Death Puppy to Deader the Better….and this is what it was all building up to. In a time where legendary B movies are non-existent you massacre cinema and make a film with love. I raise a Rolling Rock to your future as a legendary film maker. It’s so inspiring to be a fan whose seen you grow from the beginning and blossom into a true artist.
November 10, 2012 at 10:58 pm
I think i just craped in my pants.
November 10, 2012 at 11:06 pm
THAT WAS AWESOME! I don’t have much to say as I am practically speechless… This is the most excited I’ve been about a movie since the first Transformers! Trailer looks great and it seems things are silly as ever. Just like good ole AVGN we are used to.
I wonder if the cartridges were really buried in the desert?
November 10, 2012 at 11:09 pm
Okay, that exceeded all of my expectations. This looks freaking great!
Can hardly wait!
November 10, 2012 at 11:13 pm
WHOO-HOO! Go Nerd!
November 10, 2012 at 11:19 pm
btw, the first thing I thought about that military guy (although I’m probably wrong) was the first boss from Smash T.V.
November 10, 2012 at 11:22 pm
good stuff james and co. looks like a big batch of troma-esque goodness. happy for all you guys.
“don’t dream it,…. be it. ” -Dr.Frankfeurter
November 10, 2012 at 11:22 pm
Please show this in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area!
November 10, 2012 at 11:29 pm
“don’t dream it ,…….be it” -Dr.Frank N Furter.-
whoops,fucking auto correct.
November 10, 2012 at 11:32 pm
Cant wait to get my hand on this! Its gonna be so awesome
November 10, 2012 at 11:33 pm
Bring the Film to Denver as well. You can come have legal marijuana.
November 10, 2012 at 11:33 pm
@Plumb