It's the late 80s and a Nintendo video game console is on every kid's Christmas list in HBO Max's upcoming holiday flick starring Neil Patrick Harris.
The network dropped a festive and funny trailer for the comedy that goes heavy on nostalgia as NPH regales his on-screen daughter with a tale about his quest to hunt down the ultimate gift.
'Every kid has that one gift they want more than anything for Christmas, this is the story of mine,' Harris begins in a voice over.
One gift to rule them all: It's the late 80s and a Nintendo video game console is on every kid's Christmas list in a new trailer for HBO Max's upcoming holiday flick starring Neil Patrick Harris, 8-Bit Christmas
'A maze of rubber wiring and electronic intelligence so advanced it was deemed not a video game, but an 8-bit entertainment system,' the actor muses with reverence.
8-Bit Christmas tells the story of 10-year-old Jake Doyle who, along with his friends, fights to find his very own Nintendo gaming system.
Jake fights an uphill holiday battle in the film, first dealing with his parents who refuse to buy him the electronic and, second, actually finding one that hasn't flown off the store shelves.
1980s: The network dropped a festive and funny trailer for the comedy that goes heavy on nostalgia as NPH regales his on-screen daughter with a tale about his quest to hunt down the ultimate gift
'No Nintendo in my house!' actor Steve Zahn says at the dinner table, a notion seconded by June Diane Raphael, who play Jake's parents.
'Every kid has that one gift they want more than anything for Christmas, this is the story of mine,' Harris begins in a voice over
'No Nintendo in my house!' actor Steve Zahn says at the dinner table, a notion seconded by June Diane Raphael, who play Jake's parents.
Jake's disappointment is palpable at the start of the trailer when he gets baseball book ends as a Christmas present.
'Me and my friends would do anything just to play one,' NPH tells his daughter. 'I needed a Christmas miracle. One thing became clear: I needed to get my own.'
Yikes! Jake's disappointment is palpable at the start of the trailer when he gets baseball book ends as a Christmas present.
Must have: 8-Bit Christmas tells the story of 10-year-old Jake Doyle who,
