Senior Film and Media Reporter
Finn's Wolfhard's directorial debut, Hell of a Summer, will have its world premiere at #TIFF23
Neon has acquired U.S. rights to Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk's "Hell of a Summer," a horror comedy set to premiere at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival.
Wolfhard, star of Netflix's "Stranger Things," and Bryk, who appeared in the indie drama "When You Finish Saving the World," direct the film in their feature directorial debut. They also star in the film opposite Fred Hechinger ("Thelma," "Gladiator 2"). A specific date has not yet been announced, but Neon has the film scheduled for a theatrical release in 2025.
“Hell of a Summer” follows counselors preparing Camp Pineway the night before campers arrive, when a masked killer begins slaughtering the staff. Wolfhard and Bryk have said they wrote the film with the goal of subverting stereotypes of Gen Z.
