James Rolfe / James D. Rolfe / Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN) / Rex Viper and Cinemassacre / Screenwave - Now with not much grieving about a 41-year old man still making videos on YouTube. We're the balls on the dick.

[Mullti Port RDRAM]

I've heard horror movie pitches and this is definitely one of them. It has that Stephen King kind of feel but I am sure James wants to do it with a definitive B-movie spirit. I wish that Screenwave gave him the resources to do more of this, I would like to see it. I doubt it would be good, but that's not why he wants to make it.

 

[PeriodicTrouble]

James narrates the first act of his indefinitely postponed horror movie:

No time to make a movie.

 

[BrunoMattei]

James narrates the first act of his indefinitely postponed horror movie:

If he's putting out a video like this then I presume he'll setup a Kickstarter for the project.

 

[northstar747]

What the fuck is he doing?

Why does he talk about this shit.

Cant he write a script get some professional editing. Then be a producer, hire a director.

He needs to shut up about his family cause it comes off as passive aggressive

Also where the fuck is rex vipper?

 

[RollerGator]

So sick of his "No Time" excuse.

The Polonia Brothers made a huge amount of horror, scifi, and monster movies with no money and they got distribution across the country in video stores. You don't need a million dollar budget. James has no dayjob. Real independent filmmakers do. James has lots of resources that micro budget film makers couldn't dream of. Fans who would send him money, volunteer actors, volunteer special effects, VFX artists ECT.

It's not that James has no time, he has no balls!

 

[BrunoMattei]

So sick of his "No Time" excuse.

The Polonia Brothers made a huge amount of horror, scifi, and monster movies with no money and they got distribution across the country in video stores. You don't need a million dollar budget. James has no dayjob. Real independent filmmakers do. James has lots of resources that micro budget film makers couldn't dream of. Fans who would send him money, volunteer actors, volunteer special effects, VFX artists ECT.

It's not that James has no time, he has no balls!

I think he's wary of spending the amount of time and money and mental energy required for another project. He's made schlock like the Polonia's before, but they were short films and deliberately tongue in cheek. My impression is that he wants to make a legit film this time. And I can almost guarantee you that he lost a good chunk of his ass when making the AVGN movie. Sure, he got 325 grand from Indiegogo but how much of that went into the movie after fees and paying for bullshit like T-shirts and autographs? Let's say 300K. Then he made the mistake of shooting in L.A. which is INSANELY expensive and it was a union film because he had SAG actors in it. Then he paid for the premier at Grauman's Chinese Theater in L.A. to host the premier and that alone would cost 50-100K easily. For example, if you want to show something at the IFC theater in Manhattan (pre-COVID) they will only show the film if you spend 40K in advertising.

TLDR: I guarantee he lost a good chunk of money making the AVGN movie.

 

[Least Concern]

James has no dayjob.

I thought I read somewhere (maybe on this thread) that he does do freelance editing and such on other peoples' video as a "day job." Was that just speculation?

 

[Doctor of Autism]

Honestly his pitch video really highlights the best consistent content from James nowadays is when he just talks about things as himself.

 

[RollerGator]

I think he's wary of spending the amount of time and money and mental energy required for another project. He's made schlock like the Polonia's before, but they were short films and deliberately tongue in cheek. My impression is that he wants to make a legit film this time. And I can almost guarantee you that he lost a good chunk of his ass when making the AVGN movie. Sure, he got 325 grand from Indiegogo but how much of that went into the movie after fees and paying for bullshit like T-shirts and autographs? Let's say 300K. Then he made the mistake of shooting in L.A. which is INSANELY expensive and it was a union film because he had SAG actors in it. Then he paid for the premier at Grauman's Chinese Theater in L.A. to host the premier and that alone would cost 50-100K easily. For example, if you want to show something at the IFC theater in Manhattan (pre-COVID) they will only show the film if you spend 40K in advertising.

TLDR: I guarantee he lost a good chunk of money making the AVGN movie.

He's better off sticking to Troma style shock. When people think AVGN they don't think Hollywood filmmaker, they think "Oh the guy who got shat on by bugs bunny"

 

[BullDogsLipBrandClamjuice]

James narrates the first act of his indefinitely postponed horror movie:

sounds a whole lot better than the nerd movie.
If only the guy made a handful of low budget horror flicks instead of that mess

 

[Clark_Ashton]

Cant he write a script get some professional editing. Then be a producer, hire a director.

Apparently he already received some help from one of Pennsylvania's most celebrated writer/producers: https://twitter.com/JustySilverman/status/1403094472385347589

Justin Silverman: "I helped him with several drafts of the script too"

 

[Jan Ciągwa]

Justin borrowed his back for James to tatoo the whole script on.

 

[deeman]

LOL! "I've been focusing on AVGN"... sure you have, James, sure you have.

 

[José Mourinho]

I thought I read somewhere (maybe on this thread) that he does do freelance editing and such on other peoples' video as a "day job." Was that just speculation?

afaik still unknown, but afaik James' job is just his YT channel which is kinda depressing when you think about it. If anyone can manage to look more into it it'd be appreciated.

He needs to shut up about his family cause it comes off as passive aggressive

5:40, muting the movie and just reading the subtitles because of his wife, etc., you can see it's getting really getting worse and worse.

 

[Jan Ciągwa]

Every artist needs a Yoko Ono at some point in his life.

 

[José Mourinho]

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[Clark_Ashton]

Least Concern said:
I thought I read somewhere (maybe on this thread) that he does do freelance editing and such on other peoples' video as a "day job." Was that just speculation?

afaik still unknown, but afaik James' job is just his YT channel which is kinda depressing when you think about it. If anyone can manage to look more into it it'd be appreciated.

I believe the freelance editing job was what he was doing prior to the AVGN becoming profitable.

Based on these answers from the Justin Silverman AMA, I'm pretty sure he doesn't have a day job at the present time:

 

[Friendly Primarina]

I think he's wary of spending the amount of time and money and mental energy required for another project. He's made schlock like the Polonia's before, but they were short films and deliberately tongue in cheek. My impression is that he wants to make a legit film this time. And I can almost guarantee you that he lost a good chunk of his ass when making the AVGN movie. Sure, he got 325 grand from Indiegogo but how much of that went into the movie after fees and paying for bullshit like T-shirts and autographs? Let's say 300K. Then he made the mistake of shooting in L.A. which is INSANELY expensive and it was a union film because he had SAG actors in it. Then he paid for the premier at Grauman's Chinese Theater in L.A. to host the premier and that alone would cost 50-100K easily. For example, if you want to show something at the IFC theater in Manhattan (pre-COVID) they will only show the film if you spend 40K in advertising.

TLDR: I guarantee he lost a good chunk of money making the AVGN movie.

My nerdlore is rusty, but didn't he buy a new house around this time?

 

[Blamo]

James narrates the first act of his indefinitely postponed horror movie:

I always wished he could transition from YouTuber to indie film maker. That would have been really nice. While horror is not my cup of tea, it is certainly a genre where you can work with lower budgets and have a dedicated audience.

 

[Jan Ciągwa]

Lol he just fucks around like he's in Valve, watching movies and calling it work.