The Naked Brothers Band

The Naked Brothers Band (band)

Nat & Alex Wolff are an American rock-music duo from New York, New York, consisting of brothers Nat and Alex Wolff. The siblings are known for their work on the Nickelodeon television series The Naked Brothers Band, which was created and produced by their mother, actress Polly Draper...

began their run on Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon (TV channel)

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 with an independent film

Independent film

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, which later was co-opted by the network as a pilot

Television pilot

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 for the later series of the same name

The Naked Brothers Band (TV series)

The Naked Brothers Band is an American television musical comedy created by Polly Draper. The show depicts the daily lives of Draper's sons, who lead a faux rock band from New York City. As a mockumentary, the storyline is a hyperbole of their real lives, and the fictional presence of a camera is...

. Later made-for-TV movies

Television movie

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 were created and aired as the series went on, and currently eight films have aired on Nickelodeon. Often the latter films were either two episodes which aired together or an extended episode (as Nickelodeon usually uses the "movie" definition for hour-long episodes of their series), and usually aired as either part of either a holiday event on the network or on a weekend. Several of the films have also received a DVD

DVD

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 release by the "Nick DVD" division of Paramount Home Entertainment

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Film history

• The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
  The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
  The Naked Brothers Band is an American film written and directed by actress Polly Draper and stars her sons, Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff, who portray members of a fictional rock group. It tells of the boys' struggles with their fame and an internal dispute that causes the band to temporarily break up...
  
   - the first film/later pilot, which saw theater/film festival release on October 25, 2005 before the Nickelodeon series, and premiered on the network on January 27, 2007
• The Naked Brothers Band: Battle of the Bands
  The Naked Brothers Band: Battle of the Bands
  Battle of the Bands is the second documentary/rockumentary/mockumentary musical comedy film and the eleventh and twelfth episode of the Nickelodeon TEENick series The Naked Brothers Band. It was released direct-to-DVD on September 4, 2007 and premiered on television on October 6, 2007.-Plot:The...
  
   - the second film which premiered on Nickelodeon on October 6, 2007
• The Naked Brothers Band: Sidekicks - the third film which premiered on Nickelodeon on January 21, 2008
• The Naked Brothers Band: Polar Bears
  The Naked Brothers Band: Polar Bears
  Polar Bears is a 2008 television movie written and directed by Polly Draper and starring her prodigious sons, Nat Wolff and Alex Wolff, who act as famed versions of themselves. It tells of the siblings' who, along with their bandmates, take a ride on their tour bus to go to New Orleans, Louisiana...
  
   - the fourth film which premiered on Nickelodeon on June 6, 2008
• The Naked Brothers Band: Mystery Girl
  Mystery Girl (TV movie)
  Mystery Girl is a rock-mockumentary musical comedy. It's the first and second The Naked Brothers Band episode of Season 3, and TV movie on Nickelodeon. It has premiered on October 18, 2008...
  
   - the fifth film which premiered on Nickelodeon on October 18, 2008
• The Naked Brothers Band: Operation Mojo
  Operation Mojo (TV movie)
  Operation Mojo is part documentary and part rock-mockumentary musical comedy of the TEENick series The Naked Brothers Band. It's the 6th television movie of Naked Brothers Band. It's the 2nd TV Movie of Season 3...
  
   - the sixth film which premiered on Nickelodeon on November 22, 2008
• The Naked Brothers Band: Naked Idol
  Naked Idol (TV movie)
  Naked Idol is the seventh TV movie on the part documentary and part rock-mockumentary musical comedy series which was created by Polly Draper. Naked Idol is expected to air on March 14, 2009. The premise of Naked Idol is that The Naked Brothers Band have a Naked Idol contest for a new bassist...
  
   - the seventh film which premiered on Nickelodeon on March 14, 2009
• The Naked Brothers Band: The Premiere
  The Premiere (TV movie)
  "The Premiere" is the eighth TV movie on the part documentary and part rock-mockumentary musical comedy series The Naked Brothers Band, which was created by Polly Draper. The Premiere aired on Saturday, April 11, 2009...
  
  - the eighth film which premiered on Nickelodeon on April 11, 2009