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 competitive arcade gaming that was directed by Seth Gordon. The film will be released in United States theaters later this month from Monkey Wrench Films.
Check out the exclusive Arcades & Love Songs: The Ballad of Walter Day trailer below (watch more trailers and clips):
What is Arcades & Love Songs: The Ballad of Walter Day about?
The synopsis for the movie reads, “A musical documentary following 74-year-old Walter Day – the father of esports and star of The King of Kong – as he battles a lawsuit threatening his legacy while fulfilling his dream of recording and performing the rock-opera style love songs he has been hearing in his head since having his heart broken at the height of the arcade era.”
Arcades & Love Songs: The Ballad of Walter Day is directed by Ed Cunningham, who also wrote the film with Mike J. Nichols and Paul Leach. Gordon, Jonathan Perkins, and Mike J. Nichols produce the documentary, while Cunningham, Byron Ashley, Scott Jackson, Harrison Kordestani Kerry, Cathy Loveland, and Paul Campoamor serve as executive producers.
Cunningham said in a statement, “The original documentary has changed many people’s lives – for better and worse – so when Billy Mitchell called to tell me Walter Day was being sued based on things that happened in our movie, I began helping make sure he was properly defended. In a lawsuit strategy meeting, I learned that some King of Kongfans were funding Walter to produce and perform the songs he had been hearing in his head since having his heart broken in the ‘80s, a story he shared in the original film. I felt a responsibility to document the conclusion to Walter’s journey, and it was also a great opportunity because I love his music and want to help get it out in the world.”
Arcades & Love Songs: The Ballad of Walter Day will be released in theaters across the country on February 28, 2025.
