Summer Camp (2024 film)

Summer Camp is a 2024 American comedy film written and directed by Castille Landon. It stars Diane Keaton, Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodard, Beverly D'Angelo, Nicole Richie, Josh Peck, Betsy Sodaro, Dennis Haysbert, and Eugene Levy.

The film was released theatrically by Roadside Attractions in the United States on May 31, 2024.

Premise
Nora, Ginny, and Mary have been close friends since they were children, and have spent their summer vacations together without fail, attending sleepaway camp as a trio. As they have aged, their opportunities to spend time together have dwindled, and thus, when the chance for a summer camp reunion presents itself, they all accept it, albeit with different levels of enthusiasm.

Cast
Additionally, Castille Landon appears as a cheery counselor and Eugenie Bondurant plays a sobbing camper.

Production
In February 2023, Deadline reported that Diane Keaton, Kathy Bates and Alfre Woodard signed on to star in the comedy film, Summer Camp, directed and written by Castille Landon. The following month, Eugene Levy was added to the cast as the love interest of Keaton's character. In April, Beverly D'Angelo, Dennis Haysbert, Nicole Richie, Josh Peck, Betsy Sodaro and Tom Wright were added to the cast.

Principal photography began in North Carolina in April 2023 and wrapped in late May. Filming took place primarily at Camp Pinnacle and Blue Ridge Community College in Hendersonville. Producer Dori Rath researched more than 200 summer camps across the United States out of "about 14,500 total summer camps" in the country before choosing Camp Pinnacle. She told the Asheville Citizen-Times, "Camp Pinnacle stood head and shoulders above the rest when it came to production value and a rich, cinematic landscape with exceptional activities-based structures, like their Sky Ropes course". Other filming locations were Wingate University, Nantahala Outdoor Center and UNC Health Pardee. Over 1,000 local extras were hired for the film. The film was in post-production by October 2023.

Release
In April 2024, Roadside Attractions acquired U.S. distribution rights to the film, and released it for a theatrical release on May 31, 2024.

Reception
Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "C" on an A+ to F scale.