In the heartwarming and adrenaline-pumping family film “Camp Hideout,” releasing Friday from Roadside Attractions, PZAJ, and Called Higher Studios, the traditional summer camp experience takes an unexpected turn when a group of young campers has to outsmart a band of bumbling criminals. Director Sean Olson and producer Jason Brown share their insights and experiences in an exclusive interview, shedding light on the movie’s inspiration.

After a troubled teen steals an important item from two big city goons, he hides in a church summer camp and finds he must protect his new found friends at all cost when the goons track him down.

Q: This film recalls those good ’80s films such as “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” and “The Breakfast Club.” They’re all about troubled teens and end with a “have a good heart” feeling. They don’t make those kinds of films lately. How did this concept get started? Talk about the concept of the film?

Sean Olson and Jason Brown talk ‘Camp Hideout’ with Neil Haley and Kim Sorrelle.

Summer camp shenanigans are at a high in this family comedy that feels a bit like ‘Home Alone’. ‘Camp Hideout’ stars ‘Back to the Future‘s’ Christopher Lloyd and High School Musical‘s Corbin Bleu along with an ensemble cast of kids showing us it’s never too late to ask for help, the power of friendship, and the search for belonging.

We sat down with Director Sean Olson and Producer Jason Brown to learn more about the kids-driving this film, Called Higher Studios, and the food fight that took 3 days to clean up!

Home Alone meets Ernest Goes to Camp in this kid-driven comedy filled with Summer Camp shenanigans. Camp Hideout stars Back to the Future‘s Christopher Lloyd and High School Musical‘s Corbin Bleu and and ensemble cast of kids showing us it’s never too late to ask for help, the power of friendship, and the search for belonging.

Composer Jason Brandt takes us inside his process and approach to scoring the fun family comedy Camp Hideout! Camp Hideout director and editor Sean Olson also directed and edited this exclusive behind the scenes featurette!

Recipient of four Emmy awards, Sean Olson is well known for directing the sci-fi thriller Max Winslow and the House of Secrets. At the helm of Called Higher Studios is Jason Brown. Today we are discussing their latest film, Camp Hideout- a film that profoundly uplifts.

Roadside Attractions has released a poster and trailer for the family comedy Camp Hideout.

Directed by Sean Olson, the film follows mischievous foster teen Noah (Ethan Drew) as he attends a summer camp in an effort to hideout for the criminals he stole from, where all is going well until the bad guys show up looking for Noah and his fellow campers and leaders band together to construct a booby-trapped funhouse to protect him.

For the most part, shows that explore the elements of the human condition, rarely explore the same element twice. In part because there’s so much to explore about who we are and what makes us tick, that repeating any examination would seem superfluous in nature and perhaps insulting to the audience.

If I was to imagine a hip-hop duo named after weather conditions, I would figure “Hot & Steamy” might fit the bill. But this is Chicago, where “Kold x Windy” (9 p.m., WE, TV-14) conditions prevail.

This scripted limited series follows two rising stars in something called the Drill Music school: Malika “Kold” Wise (Sh’Kia) and Renee “Windy” Johnson (Nijah Brenea).

Original Series Follows the Lifelong Hustle of Young Female Hip Hop and Drill Stars, Amplified Through the Sounds of Chicago’s South Side

Gabby St. Claire had to drop out of school before she can complete a degree in forensic science to help her family. Instead, she did the next best thing: she became a crime scene cleaner. When a routine cleaning job uncovers a murder weapon the police overlooked, she realizes that the wrong person is in jail. But the owner of the weapon is willing to do anything to keep Gabby quiet. With the help of her neighbor, Riley Thomas, Gabby plays detective. But can Riley help her before another murder occurs?”

The local film community is on the rise – thanks in part to our next guests who have made a few high-profile films in Arkansas.

Watch as we have a couple of faces joining us to talk about their upcoming film “Squeaky Clean Mysteries: Hazardous Duty” … it’s Sean Olson and Christian Beckman! They discuss when you can see the film on various platform.

A four-time Emmy winner and member of the Producers Guild of America, films and television shows Sean has worked on have been distributed by Netflix, Warner Bros, Universal, Sony, Lionsgate, Starz, Showtime, Hallmark, Lifetime, Fox, MTV and Discovery.

From Oscar winners, to comedians, television series and feature films, Northwest Arkansas is seeing its fair share of celebrity sightings.

What’s the draw to our community?

“True Detective”, “F.R.E.D.I.”, “Max Winslow and the House of Secrets”, the upcoming “Squeaky Clean Mysteries: Hazardous Duty” and a film starring Martin Lawrence are just a few examples of television shows and movies using Northwest Arkansas as a backdrop.

The local film community is on the rise thanks in part to our next guests who has contributed to a few high profile films that have been made in Arkansas and set in our great state.

Watch as director Sean Olson and co-producer Christian Beckman join Good Day NWA to unveil details on a new project that has been filmed in nine different locations throughout Northwest Arkansas. The movie is Hazardous Duty, from the first book in the Squeaky Clean Mysteries series from author Christy Barrett.

“As soon as we get to this place, we’re enemies.”

Imagine a family film with vague likenesses to both ​Willy Wonka ​and the ​Goosebumps ​series, that manages to strike many chords of relevancy in a digital world… You have ​Max Winslow and the House of Secrets​.

This year’s half term movie is a spin on the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory premise reimagined for the internet age that pits a group of ‘bad’ children against each other to win a glittering prize. A High School teen movie with a dash of the Hunger Games aimed at young adults, Max Winslow and the House of Secrets is a fun if cheesy story of teamwork and beating your demons.

Directed by four-time Emmy Award winner Sean Olson (The Other Mother TV movie 2017, F.R.E.D.I. 2018) and written by Jeff Wild (Chelsea Lately series, The Josh Wolf Show series), Max Winslow and the House of Secrets is the latest tween/teen Sci-Fi/Thriller offering. Its story revolves around eccentric billionaire Atticus Virtue (Murray: One Tree Hill series, Camp Cold Brook 2008), who has extended a once in a lifetime offer to five Bentonville, Arkansas students.