“Logo Text After Making A Splash at the Oscars With Anora, Neon Is Following It Up with Hell of A Summer, The Teen Comedy-Slasher Film from Co-Directors Finn Wolfhard. Neon Releases Hell of Summer in Theaters April 5 Following It Premiere at Tiff In 2023. The Ensemble Cast Includes Wolfhard and Bryk”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
After Making A SPLASH at the Oscars With AnoraNeon is following it up with Hell of a summerThe Teen Comedy-Slasher Film from Co-Directors Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk.
Neon Releases Hell of Summer in theaters April 5 Following It Premiere at Tiff In 2023. The Ensemble Cast Includes Wolfhard and Bryk Alongside Fred Hechinger, D’Araoh Woon-A-Tai and Abby Quin Quin Counselors at a Summer Camp in the Woods. The Hollywood Reporter Can Share Exclusive First-Look Images Above and Below, Along with A New Clip.
Wolfhard and Bryk, Who Connected While Working as Young Actors on the Set of of Ghostbusters: AfterlifeStarted Working Together on the Script for Hell of a summer Back in 2019. “I loved Slasher and Horror Films Growing Up, But Something Billy and I Really Banded Over Was Our Shared Love of Comedy, and Special Thr. “IT FELT LIKE A Perfect FIRST FEATURE TO WRITE.”
HE Explans That Pair’s Experience As The Youngst People On A Set Wound Remind Them of A Caming Getaway: “We Were Surrounded by a Bunch of Young Actors, and ITs Felt Like Camp. It Just Snowball From There and Inspired this Comedy About a Young Teen Ensemble, But That Was Disguised As A Slasher Film. ”
Abby Quinn (Left), Finn Wolfhard, Krista Nazaire and Fred Hechinger in Hell of A Summer. Courtesy of Neon
The FIRST-TIME FILMMAKERS HAD NO SHORTAGE OF CHALLENges in Making the Indie Flick, Including A Surprise Hurdle Involving the Lighting. “MOST OF OUR MOVIE TAKS PLACE AT NIGHT,” Bryk Says About the Movie that Shot in Canada in the Middle of Summer. “NIGHTS ARE VERY SUMMER. shoot. ”
Wolfhard, Whose Breakout Role on Netflix’s Stranger Things is set to end with the forthComing FIFTH and Final Season, Feels That HE Picked Up Valuable Tips from That Show’s Shoot, Despite The Major Budget Differents Between.
“I Grew up on that set and was really interested in filmmaking and wold Stay every day after I would be dono,“ Wolfhard Shares. “I would do tutoring, i would stay, and i would just watch the Filmmakers Make the Show.
With Hell of a summer About to Hit Theaters, The Pair Have Already Lined Up Their Next Gig, As They Working on the Script for a Planed Reboot of the Horror-Comedy Flick IDLE HANDS that counts Ghostbusters: Afterlife Director Jason Reitman and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Director Gil Kenan As Producers. The Original IDLE HANDS Hit Theaters in 1999 and Stars Devon Sawa, Seth Green and Jessica Alba.
“[Reitman and Kenan] Were Looking to Develop Something with US, and We Were Both Fans of IDLE HANDS Growing up, “Wolfhard Says of HimSelf and Bryk. There’s A Draft, and We Are In the Middle of Just Talking About It and Meeting About It. We’re Really Excited. ”
Adds Bryk About the Project That Was Not A Major Hit in Its Day But Has Remainned a Fan Favorite, “We have a Really Special Take on It. IT’s A MOVIE THAT I LOVE, BUT IS ALSO A MOVIE THAT I Feel Like Is Not Necessarily UNTUCHable. ”
As for what’s Next for the Team, they look for work on a variety of projects, regardless of genre. “My HOPE IS THAT PEOPLE REALLY enjoy this,“ Wolfhard Says. “I Just Want to Kep Making Films.