Dylan Sprouse, Barbie Ferreira and Tanner Buchanan Star in Hamptons Thriller
Dylan Sprouse, Barbie Ferreira and Tanner Buchanan are set to star in The Sleeping Dogs of Southampton, a psychological thriller set in the Hamptons, the affluent resort area on the eastern tip of Long Island, New York. Deadline reported the casting on 11 November 2026.
Sprouse plays Dorsey Grace, Buchanan plays Henry Barrett and Ferreira plays Lindsay. The cast also includes Jack Kilmer, Rainey Qualley, Bianca Ghezzi and Ethan Cutkowsky.
The film is directed by David Lipper, who wrote the screenplay with Peter James Cooper. Lipper produces alongside Robert A. Daly Jr., both of Latigo Films, and Kipp Tribble and Rick Moore. Principal photography, the main phase of filming when the lead actors shoot most of their scenes, has recently wrapped.
Highland Film Group is launching the film at the American Film Market, known as AFM, a trade event where distributors and sales companies meet to buy and sell films. That is the stage where a film's business is often done before it reaches the public. Buyers at a market like this decide which countries and platforms will show a film, and on what terms.
Thrillers of this kind often rely on a small cast and a single location, and the Hamptons setting gives the story a sharp contrast between its polished surfaces and what lies beneath them. The producers and cast have not said publicly when or where the film will be released, and no distribution deals were named in the announcement.
For Sprouse, Buchanan and Ferreira, the news marks the start of a new project after the shoot. For Lipper and his team, it moves the film from the set into the marketplace, where the next decisions about its audience will be made.
