A new dark comedy titled Up in the Hills is in the works. The film stars Dylan Walsh, best known for Nip/Tuck, Paris Berelc, best known for her role in Netflix’s Alexa & Katie, Ali Cobrin, best known for The Baxters, and Cottrell Guidry, best known for Prince of Detroit.

Up in the Hills is written and directed by Jacob Steinberg with production wrapped in October in New Jersey.

The satire film follows a Hollywood dinner party gone wrong. Walsh stars as film producer Saul Ashburn, with Cobrin as his wife. Guidry plays an actor named Dante Crawford, and Berelc is an ambitious wanna-be producer.

Donna McKenna, who recently worked on Beyond the Rush, cast the film. The cast also includes Delaney Williams, Bobby James Evers, Regina Schneider, Anne Son, Chris Blunt, and Michael Emery.

Brett Gursky, known for The American Meme, is an executive producer. Steinberg also produces, under his banner, Pontella Pictures.

Steinberg is an independent filmmaker who recently released his first feature film, Senior, in 2023. The comedy follows a college student on his last day of college. At the Japan International Film Festival, the movie took home the best feature prize; at the Munich New Wave Film Festival, it won best feature film, and at the Roma Film Festival, the feature was recognized with the best actor award.