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Award-winning film studio NEON has officially announced the digital release of Hell of a Summer, the highly anticipated directorial debut from Billy Bryk and Finn Wolfhard, best known for his breakout role in Stranger Things. The film will be available for digital purchase and rental starting April 22, with a Blu-ray and DVD release following on July 8. Hell of a Summer marks a bold entry into the horror-comedy genre, combining the nostalgic slasher thrills of Friday the 13th with the absurdist humor of Wet Hot American Summer. Set at a seemingly idyllic summer camp, the story follows Jason Hotchberg (Fred Hechinger), a 24-year-old counselor struggling to connect with his teenage co-workers—unaware that a masked killer is stalking the campgrounds and picking them off one by one. In addition to Hechinger (Gladiator 2, The Nickel Boys), the film features a standout ensemble cast of up-and-coming talent including Abby Quinn (Knock at the Cabin), D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai (Reservation Dogs), Pa...

30WEST announced today that Finn Wolfhard (It, Ghostbusters: Afterlife) and Billy Bryk (When You Finish Saving the World) will direct Hell of a Summer, which is based on their original script. Wolfhard, Bryk, and Fred Hechinger (“The White Lotus,” The Woman in the Window) will star in the contemporary horror-comedy, with plot details being kept under wraps.  Hechinger, Aggregate Films’ Jason Bateman, Michael Costigan, and Parts and Labor’s Jay Van Hoy will produce the film, with principal photography beginning this month in Ontario, Canada. 30WEST is fully financing, executive producing the film and co-representing the worldwide rights alongside CAA Media Finance. Wolfhard said: “I am so excited to be co-directing my first feature film. I get the chance to work with an incredible cast and crew, and to work with a company like 30WEST and Aggregate is a real dream.” Wolfhard is best known for his starring roles as Mike Wheeler in the critically acclaimed Netflix Original Series Stran...