EXCLUSIVE: Roxy Sophie Sorkin will make her function directorial debut with Hot Year, an indie coming-of-age revenge thriller that she additionally wrote. Kathryn Newton, Storm Reid, Dove Cameron, J. Smith Cameron, and Owen Painter have been set to star, with manufacturing to start in Oklahoma in May.
“Hot Year is an exploration into brutal honesty and boiling, seething, grotesque womanhood,” Sorkin stated. “It’s a movie I wish I had held dear when I was 18. It’s a forehead kiss and a spit in the face. Be prepared to wear fairy wings and bring Fireball.”
Set in opposition to the eerie backdrop of a small Pacific Northwest city throughout a relentless heatwave, Hot Year
follows two childhood greatest mates whose bond is pushed to the brink after a revenge plan in opposition to an ex-boyfriend spirals right into a violent incident they’ll’t take again. Over the course of 1 feverish night time, the pair should navigate the implications of their actions as buried trauma, loyalty and identification collide.
Wagner Entertainment’s Jordan Wagner and Killer Films’ Christine Vachon will produce alongside Evan
Silverberg and Dylan Conklin for Entertainment 360 and Ilya Stewart for Hype Studios. Ryan Hamilton will govt produce for Wagner Entertainment, with Amanda Larney serving as co-producer and George Bicknell affiliate producer. Newton will exec produce.
“Roxy has a really distinct and exciting voice as a filmmaker,” stated Wagner. “It’s a bold script, emotional, but also fun and unpredictable in a way that feels fresh. Hot Year taps into something very real about friendship and identity at that age, and I think audiences are going to really connect with it. We couldn’t have asked for a better cast to bring this to life, and I’m really looking forward to seeing Roxy
bring this world to the screen alongside an incredible group of artists.”
Aleksandr Fomin will govt produce on behalf of Hype Studios, with Pavel Burian govt producing for Mosaic Films. Talia Bella and Randy Wayne of Rebellium Films will function co-producers and are dealing with manufacturing companies in Oklahoma.
“Roxy is exactly the kind of filmmaker we’re always drawn to,” stated Vachon. “She has a real point of view and isn’t afraid to take risks with tone or character. Hot Year lives in a space that feels both specific and unsettling, which is very exciting to us. We had such a great experience working with Jordan and Wagner Entertainment on Pretty Babies, and I look forward to continuing that collaboration on Hot Year.”
The movie marks Sorkin’s function directing debut after directing a number of shorts which have screened at Sundance, Tribeca and Beyond Fest. Sorkin is repped by Entertainment 360, UTA and Ziffren.
Newton can presently be seen starring reverse Samara Weaving in Searchlight’s thriller Ready
or Not 2. She beforehand starred in Universal’s horror function Abigail, reverse Paul Rudd in Marvel’s Ant-Man, and reverse Reese Witherspoon in HBO’s Big Little Lies. Next, she stars within the Basquiat biopic Samo Lives and Lionsgate’s Devil’s Mouth. Newton is repped by Entertainment 360, WME, and Hansen Jacobson Teller.
Reid earned her first Emmy for her work as Riley within the HBO Max collection The Last of Us. Next up, Reid will star within the Netflix comedy Roommates penned by SNL alums Jimmy Fowlie and Ceara O’Sullivan and produced by Adam Sandler for Happy Madison. The movie is releasing on the streamer April 17. Reid can be set to star in Teyana Taylor’s directorial debut Get Lite at Paramount, slated for a 2027 launch. Reid is repped by CAA and Granderson Des Rochers.
Most lately, Cameron starred within the collection 56 Days, an erotic, psychological thriller primarily based on
the hit novel. Executive produced by James Wan and Atomic Monster for Prime Video, the collection hit No. 1 globally upon its launch and remained one of many streamer’s prime titles following the discharge.
Smith-Cameron is is greatest identified for her efficiency as Gerri Kellman on HBO’s Succession, for which she was nominated for 2 Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe and a Critics Choice Award, along with successful two SAG Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. She was most lately seen as a particular visitor star on CBS’ Elsbeth and lately joined the forged of FX’s upcoming drama collection Seven Sisters because the matriarch of the Bosco household reverse Elizabeth Olsen and Cristin Milioti. Smith-Cameron is represented by Principal Entertainment LA, Gersh and Schreck Rose Dapello.
Painter might be seen subsequent within the FX and Ryan Murphy collection The Shards. He is repped by Gersh, Industry
Entertainment and Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman.
