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Roxy Sophie Sorkin Sets Feature Debut 'Hot Year' With Kathryn Newton, Storm Reid and Dove Cameron

Filming in Oklahoma in May signals strong backing for the indie thriller.

Overview

  • Roxy Sophie Sorkin will write and direct Hot Year, marking her first feature after festival-screened shorts.
  • Kathryn Newton, Storm Reid, Dove Cameron, J. Smith-Cameron and Owen Painter are set to star, with Newton also serving as an executive producer.
  • Production is scheduled to begin in Oklahoma in May, led by producers Jordan Wagner of Wagner Entertainment and Christine Vachon of Killer Films.
  • Entertainment 360’s Evan Silverberg and Dylan Conklin and Hype Studios’ Ilya Stewart are producing, with Rebellium Films handling production services in Oklahoma.
  • Set in a small Pacific Northwest town during a heatwave, the film follows two best friends whose revenge plan against an ex-boyfriend spirals into a violent night, which Sorkin frames as an exploration of seething, ‘grotesque’ womanhood.