Brandon Laatsch also announced that he and Wong would no longer work together on projects, and any short videos or "shorts" would be posted on either NODE (a gaming channel run by Laatsch and Corridor Digital's Niko Pueringer and Sam Gorski) or BrandonJLa. In late 2013, Wong's channel, freddiew was renamed to " Rocketjump", and freddiew2 was renamed to " BrandonJLa".
#KEY AND PEELE YOUTUBE SERIES#
The final episode of the series was released November 17, 2014, on the RocketJump website and YouTube. The series ran for three seasons, with the final season having a crowd funded budget of over $2.4 million. On October 22, 2011, pledging came to a close, with $273,725 raised for the project from 5,661 backers. That amount was quickly pledged in less than 24 hours and continued to climb from there. The team was able to raise funding for the series through Kickstarter, where they set a funding goal for $75,000 to be raised in a 30-day period. The series was based on a concept by Will Campos and Chris Pappavaselio. They began work on the web series Video Game High School, which began releasing episodes on May 11, 2012, achieved over 100 million views across various online platforms. In 2011, along with his partners Matt Arnold and Desmond "Dez" Dolly, Wong formed the production company RocketJump. 2011–17: RocketJump shorts and Video Game High School
#KEY AND PEELE YOUTUBE TV#
In 2011 Wong produced, co-directed, and acted in a TV commercial for Battlefield 3 at the request of Electronic Arts. In 2010, Wong helped Joe Penna, known as MysteryGuitarMan on YouTube, shoot a commercial for McDonald's, and assisted Wong Fu Productions in actions scenes of Agents of Secret Stuff. Wong's videos would sometimes feature celebrity cameos, with Jimmy Kimmel in a bathroom tie battle, Andy Whitfield appearing in a Time Crisis tribute video, Kevin Pollak appearing in a Hypnotism stunt, Shenae Grimes in a romantic gun action scene, Ray William Johnson in a troll infestation video, Eliza Dushku appearing in an action scene, Jon Favreau featuring in his video based on Cowboys & Aliens, the glam metal band Steel Panther appearing in his video based on the Crossfire board game, and Smosh appearing in his video "Huge Guns (with Smosh)". After receiving tutelage from well-known rockers Good Charlotte, Brozevelt performed at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York against Chicago-based Carrie Me Home.
Participating in the program with his newly formed band Hellanor Brozevelt, Wong was part of a country-wide search to find the best Rock Band ensemble. It was around this time that he began uploading videos to YouTube and finding popularity with his comedic or video game-related content.ĭuring MTV's "Gamer's Week" celebration in November 2007, Freddie appeared as a guest on Total Request Live.
He won first prize in the Guitar Hero 2 competition, playing the song "Less Talk More Rokk" by Freezepop. Wong launched a YouTube channel in 2006, initially uploading gameplay footage to wide success, and competed in the World Series of Video Games in Dallas in July 2007. Career 2006–2010: Competitive gaming, YouTube breakthrough Wong met his future collaborator Brandon Laatsch in college.
Wong owns and manages Overcrank Media, a Los Angeles-based media production company specializing in feature film and online video content, having produced an independent film titled Bear. He then attended and graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. Wong attended Lakeside School in Seattle, Washington. He is also known for creating the web series Video Game High School. Wong has participated in at least three YouTube channels with RocketJump, his production company's main channel, sporting over 9 million subscribers BrandonJLa, a channel including behind the scenes videos and other content, which holds over 1.1 million subscribers and Node, a gaming channel with over 3.2 million subscribers. Freddie Wong (born September 13, 1985) is an American Internet celebrity, filmmaker, VFX artist, podcaster, and competitive gamer.
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