The Newest Pledge In 2010, Brescia went into production on his first feature film,
The Newest Pledge. The film was made on a small budget, was produced by his longtime friends and colleagues Bob Burton, Nate McGarity, and Bryson Pintard, and starred mostly college friends of Brescia. During the production of the film, the producers asked Brescia to write in roles for
Andy Milonakis,
Kevin Nash,
Jason Mewes,
G. W. Bailey, and
Mindy Sterling, to help ensure that the film received distribution. The film premiered at the
New Beverly Cinema on October 30, 2010, and was later screened at the Wet Your Pants Comedy Film Festival in
Indianapolis, Indiana, the
Houston Comedy Film Festival, and Indie Fest USA in
Garden Grove, California. Shortly after a private screening at Cinema Village in New York City, the film was acquired by
Lionsgate for domestic distribution. On August 28, 2012, two years after the film had wrapped production,
The Newest Pledge was released across North America. In 2014 the film was released in
Australia. In January 2015, "The Newest Pledge" began airing on the
Showtime Networks. In May 2014, the film began appearing on the film festival circuit in the US. The film gained acceptances into the
Long Island International Film Expo, Long Beach International Film Festival,
Temecula Valley International Film Festival,
Hoboken International Film Festival, Emerge Film Festival, Laugh or Die Comedy Film Festival, Northeast Film Festival,
Sanford International Film Festival, Paterson Falls Film Festival, Catskill Mountains Film Festival, Maryland International Film Festival, and Central Florida Film Festival. The film had a limited theatrical release in Los Angeles, opening on September 26, 2014 and in
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where the film opened on September 11, 2015. On February 2, 2016
Bridge and Tunnel was released across
video on demand platforms such as
iTunes,
Amazon Video,
Verizon,
Cox,
Google Play, and
AT&T U-verse.
(Romance) In The Digital Age On February 27, 2016, Brescia went into production on his third feature film,
(Romance) In the Digital Age The film tells the story of a once-famous
emo band who reunite at the wedding of one of the band's ex-members. The film stars
Chris Warren Jr.,
LOLO,
Brian Myers, as well as
Bridge and Tunnel co-stars Chris Viemeister and Joe Murphy and is a holiday-musical, featuring original music from members of
Taking Back Sunday,
My Chemical Romance,
Envy On The Coast,
Vendetta Red,
Ozma, and
The Movielife. The movie was filmed exclusively in
Long Beach, New York, and
Amityville, New York, two towns in Brescia's native
Long Island. In June 2017 it was announced by
Deadline that the film had been acquired by
Comedy Dynamics for global distribution. In August 2017 the film premiered at the Long Beach International Film Festival where it received the
Joan Jett Music Award for "Best Music". On November 3, 2017, the film had a screening in
New York City featuring a concert afterwards featuring
John Nolan and LOLO performing songs from the film's soundtrack. The following night in Amityville, Nolan and LOLO performed full sets at soundtrack release show. On November 7, 2017
(Romance) In The Digital Age was released worldwide on
VOD. That night the film also screened in
Los Angeles at the Regal Cinema at
L.A. Live.
Other work In 2008, Brescia directed a music video for the song "Loud" by
Sammy Hagar. Brescia has directed three music videos for
John Nolan: The 2014 music video "Here Comes The Wolf," the 2015 music video for "American Nightclub 1999," and the 2017 music video for "Lost With You." In 2018, Brescia produced the new entrance music "Superkick Party" for the
NJPW and
Ring of Honor tag team,
The Young Bucks. The song premiered at
All In (2018), and has had continued usage by tag team in
AEW. In 2023 the song was featured in the AEW video game
AEW Fight Forever. ==References==