We’ve had a recent rise of great child actors with the cast of Stranger Things, IT, and Ghostbusters: Afterlife, but Searchlight Pictures is set to tell the story of actual child actors with the upcoming movie Theater Camp.
Just in, we have our first trailer, and it stars Ben Platt, Molly Gordon, and Jimmy Tatro. Watch this:
Here’s the synopsis:
Tony Award winner Ben Platt and Molly Gordon star in the original comedy THEATER CAMP as Amos and Rebecca-Diane – lifelong best friends and drama instructors at a rundown camp in upstate New York. When clueless tech-bro Troy (Jimmy Tatro) arrives to run the property (into the ground), Amos, Rebecca-Diane and production manager Glenn (Noah Galvin) band together with the staff and students, staging a masterpiece to keep their beloved summer camp afloat.
Other cast members of the film include Patti Harrison, Nathan Lee Graham, Ayo Edebiri, Owen Theiele, and Amy Sedaris.
The cast may not be as star-studded as other indie projects, but I think that just helps the film shine a bit more. After all, I think the main focus of the movie is going to be the kids in the camp just trying to do all the kinds of performances they can.
It feels like a fun indie twist on the camp movie genre, and it looks like a lot of fun. Though these films are usually just for kids to play around, it’s going to be interesting to see them being watched over by adults who feel like they’re taking the camp too seriously.
Watch out for Theater Camp when it comes to cinemas on Aug. 25.
