ComingSoon can exclusively reveal the trailer for Arcades & Love Songs: The Ballad of Walter Day.
Arcades & Love Songs: The Ballad of Walter Day is the sequel to The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, a 2007 documentary about aggressive arcade gaming that was directed by Seth Gordon. The movie can be launched in United States theaters later this month from Monkey Wrench Movies.
Try the unique Arcades & Love Songs: The Ballad of Walter Day trailer beneath (watch more trailers and clips):
What’s Arcades & Love Songs: The Ballad of Walter Day about?
The synopsis for the film reads, “A musical documentary following 74-year-old Walter Day – the daddy of esports and star of The King of Kong – as he battles a lawsuit threatening his legacy whereas fulfilling his dream of recording and performing the rock-opera type love songs he has been listening to in his head since having his coronary heart damaged on the top of the arcade period.”
Arcades & Love Songs: The Ballad of Walter Day is directed by Ed Cunningham, who additionally wrote the movie with Mike J. Nichols and Paul Leach. Gordon, Jonathan Perkins, and Mike J. Nichols produce the documentary, whereas Cunningham, Byron Ashley, Scott Jackson, Harrison Kordestani Kerry, Cathy Loveland, and Paul Campoamor function govt producers.
Cunningham stated in an announcement, “The unique documentary has modified many individuals’s lives – for higher and worse – so when Billy Mitchell known as to inform me Walter Day was being sued primarily based on issues that occurred in our film, I started serving to ensure that he was correctly defended. In a lawsuit technique assembly, I realized that some King of Kongfans have been funding Walter to provide and carry out the songs he had been listening to in his head since having his coronary heart damaged within the ‘80s, a narrative he shared within the authentic movie. I felt a accountability to doc the conclusion to Walter’s journey, and it was additionally a terrific alternative as a result of I really like his music and need to assist get it out on the earth.”
Arcades & Love Songs: The Ballad of Walter Day can be launched in theaters throughout the nation on February 28, 2025.
