Mumbai: Geek it out with Vivian and her girls as Lionsgate Play brings to you another laughter riot. An homage to the classic girls versus boys trope, 1UP follows high-school gamer Vivian, essayed by Paris Berelc as she battles it out on the esports frontline to secure a scholarship at her dream college. When Vivian’s future is threatened by Dustin and his team of video game geeks, she enlists a group of outcast girls and her college professor to settle the score once and for all. Starring Ruby Rose, Taylor Zakhar Perez and Hari Nef in titular roles, 1UP is set to stream exclusively in India on Lionsgate Play this 7 July. So grab your controllers and get up to speed for this intense showdown.

Talking about his inspiration behind the film, director Kyle Newman said, “I grew up as part of the Nintendo generation, and video games (and gaming culture at large) have remained ever-present in my life. When my older siblings exposed me to the magic of Atari, ColecoVision, and coin-operated arcades at a young age, I became obsessed. The Legend of Zelda, FIFA Soccer, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Double Dragon, Goldeneye 007, The Secret of Monkey Island, Baldur’s Gate, Call of Duty, my tastes run deep! Now, my own children have become fanatical Nintendo Switch devotees (defeating nearly every iteration of Super Mario since the early ’80s), exposing me to a generation of new titles from Undertale and Cuphead to Friday Night Funkin’. Gaming has been a tremendous way to bond with my boys, and, in many ways, I made this film for them!”