Warm Point

Warm Point is an American, - series created by E.S. Breen and released on. The series premiered on July 17, 2022. The series is set in the 2020s in a small, fictional town of Warm Point, New Jersey. The first season focuses on two runaway criminals getting away from police and eventually getting into the town of Warm Point, after their car crashes. The series features an ensemble of actors, consisting of, , , among others.

Premise
Cherry Kipling (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), Jonah Everett (Emory Cohen), and three of their partners, Ernest (Will Brill), who wears a gas mask, Giuseppe (...) "and "The Professor" (...) organize a bank robbery in, following the order from an . The robbery fails; Giuseppe and Professor are killed, Ernest flees to the north, and Cherry and Jonah go south, to , planning to hide in the southern states, or in.

The series start with Cherry driving the hijacked red car really fast, while Jonah bleeds on the front seat from the gunshot wounds in his stomach and arm. The couple is trying to flee from the. On a turn, Cherry loses control over the car and crashes it, with the car going into the ditch. The police cars pass by. Cherry then takes Jonah out of the car, wraps her hoodie around his stomach. The couple finds a town. They get in the first home they see. While trying to save Jonah, and not get caught by the police, Cherry explores the town, finding many different people, who want to help, including a local priest, Jeremiah Bishop (Kingsley Ben-Adir). But, a local sheriff knows about their car crashing near to the town, because the state police notifies him about that.

The second season focuses on Cherry and Jonah getting closer to each other and starting a new life in Warm Point.

Cast and characters

 * as Cherry Kipling
 * A former hitman for New York's Italian mafia. She is seeking another chance to live a normal life, when getting into Warm Point. Her friend is Jonah Everett; he will later become her significant other. It is known, that she has killed around 17 people.
 * as Jonah Everett
 * A former drugdealer with a cured addiction for marijuana. He was severely injured while in a pursuit. He worked for of New York, and he knows some Russian. Later, he went into the Italian mafia, being an undercover agent for the Russians.
 * as Sheriff Thomas Williams
 * A widowed man in his 40s with a depression and a 16-year old daughter. He became the sheriff of the town following the death of his father, Abraham Williams, in 1999.
 * as Jeremiah Bishop
 * An priest. He helps Cherry psychologically, as she confesses her sins.
 * as Larry Johnson
 * A seller in a grocery store that has a teenage son, Jeffrey or Jeff for short. He is interested in Catherine Hickory, especially after the death of her husband.
 * as Ruth Pine
 * An alcoholic with two sons with different fathers: 14-year old Terrence and 11-year old Clark. She works as a waitress in a local diner.
 * as Catherine Hickory
 * An owner of a local diner, The Hickories' Cafe, that she owned with her now-dead husband, Ryan. She has a daughter named Cassiopeia or Cassie for short, that moved to Ocean City to be closer with her significant other.

Development and writing
The series' creator, E.S. Breen, has said, that "other great shows, like or  have influenced the idea of Warm Point, and have inspired me to do the show."

Filming
The filming commenced in June 2021, but was troubled by the aftermath of. Full-scale filming could only be achieved in July and August, and filming lasted until September 2021. The first season was finally filmed fully in May 2022, two months before the release.

Creators of the film used, , and communities around them for filming.