Lazer Team

Lazer Team
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMatt Hullum
Screenplay by
Story byBurnie Burns
Produced by
  • Doreen Copeland
  • Burnie Burns
  • Matt Hullum
Starring
CinematographyPhilip Roy
Edited by
  • Chris Demarais
  • Josh Flanagan
  • Aaron Marquis
  • David James Ward
Music byJeff Williams
Production
company
Distributed by
Release dates
  • September 24, 2015 (2015-09-24) (Fantastic Fest)[1]
  • January 27, 2016 (2016-01-27) (United States)
  • February 10, 2016 (2016-02-10) (YouTube Premium)
Running time
102 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.4 million[3]
Box office$1.6 million[3]

Lazer Team is a 2015 American science fiction action comedy film directed, produced, and co-written by Matt Hullum. The first feature film produced by Rooster Teeth, it stars Burnie Burns, Gavin Free, Michael Jones, Colton Dunn, Allie DeBerry, and Alan Ritchson. The film follows the Lazer Team, a group of four who find themselves responsible for the fate of the planet upon discovering an alien crash site containing a battle suit.

The film was produced by Hullum, Burns, and Doreen Copeland. Burns and Hullum also co-wrote the script, alongside Rooster Teeth employees Chris Demarais and Josh Flanagan. Funding for Lazer Team was largely raised through a successful Indiegogo campaign, raising over $2.4 million in a month. Filming began in October 2014, with principal photography taking place in Austin and New Mexico.

Lazer Team premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 24, 2015. Through Amplify and Tugg, the film was theatrically released on January 27, 2016, as a cinema-in-demand model. The film was released onto YouTube Premium a month later,[4] and was added to Rooster Teeth's FIRST streaming service on November 3, 2017.[5] Lazer Team received mixed reviews and grossed $1.6 million on a $2.4 million budget. A sequel, Lazer Team 2, was released on November 13, 2017.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Fantastic Fest was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Lazer Team (15)". British Board of Film Classification. January 15, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
  3. ^ a b Busch, Anita (February 19, 2016). "'Lazer Team' & 'Dragon Ball Z' Marketing And Distribution Models Could Change Game For Indie Filmmakers". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
  4. ^ Calvario, Liz (August 5, 2016). "'Lazer Team' Sequel Coming To YouTube Red in 2017". IndieWire. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference First was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Lazer Team 2 Official Teaser | Rooster Teeth". YouTube. October 12, 2017.