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 ==
Main article: List of Warm Point characters
* as Cherry Kipling
** A former "cleaner" for New York City's Italian mafia, more specifically - the Rossi family. She was one of the bank robbers. She later served her sentence in a female prison for 6 years, convicted with tampering with evidence and vehicle theft.
* as Jonah Everett
** A former drug dealer with a cured addiction for marijuana. He was severely injured while in a pursuit. He worked for another family of New York City's Italian mafia - the Bellucci family. He was one of the bank robbers. He later served his sentence in a New York state penitentiary for 5 years, convicted with drug dealing.
* as Sheriff Keagan Roberts
** A widowed man in his 40s with a depression and a 16-year old daughter named Jewel. He became the sheriff of the town after his father retired from the post.
* as Jeremiah Bishop
** An priest. He helps Cherry psychologically, as she confesses her sins. He has a wife named Miriam and a son named Joseph.
* 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 Pines
** An alcoholic with two sons with different fathers: 14-year old Terrence and 11-year old Clark. She works as a waitress in the Beachside Diner.
* as Hickory Lewis
** An owner of a local diner, Beachside Diner, that she owned with her now-dead husband, Ryan. She has a daughter named Cassiopeia or Cassie for short, that moved to Atlantic City to be closer with her significant other.
== Production ==
=== 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."
Some inspiration for the creation of the town of Warm Point, New Jersey also came from , where the town named Beach City appears. 
Beachside Diner came from the inspiration with the role of Double R Diner in Twin Peaks, a large, unfinished house in the town is a reference to , and there's much more references to various shows, films and videogames.
=== 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.
=== Music ===
A contract was made with an American music producer, . His already existing composition, "Dichotomy (Soft Mix)" that is in the "Two Fold Pt.1" album, was used as intro music for the series, as the creator of the series has said: "In Haywyre's "Dichotomy" I've heard some... beach notes, that inspired me to do something beach-related. Something, which events unfold on a coast. Music is one of the things that gives me inspiration."
Some existing tracks by Haywyre were used in the show's soundtrack, as well as some tracks that Haywyre wrote exclusively for the show. Other composers are French 79 and Radiohead.
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Composer 	Album 	Compositions 	Compositions 	Compositions 	Notes
 	Two Fold Pt.1 	Dichotomy (Soft Mix) 	Dichotomy (Soft Mix) 	Dichotomy (Soft Mix) 	Used in the intro sequence
 	Two Fold Pt.1 	Sculpted 	Sculpted 	Sculpted 	
 	Two Fold Pt.1 	Voice of Reason 	Voice of Reason 	Voice of Reason 	
 	Two Fold Pt.1 	Permutate 	Permutate 	Permutate 	
 	Two Fold Pt.1 	Time 	Time 	Time 	
 	Two Fold Pt.1 	The Schism 	The Schism 	The Schism 	
 	Panorama: Form Remixes 	Crystal Clear (Koste Remix)	Crystal Clear (Koste Remix)	Crystal Clear (Koste Remix)	Used in the trailer
 	Never Count On Me 	Never Count On Me 	Never Count On Me 	Never Count On Me 	Single
 	Warm Point Original Soundtrack	... 	... 	... 	Original soundtrack
 	Warm Point Original Soundtrack	... 	... 	... 	Original soundtrack
 	Warm Point Original Soundtrack	... 	... 	... 	Original soundtrack
Else 	Paris 	Paris 	Paris 	Paris 	Single
Else 	You 	You 	You 	You 	Single
Else 	Mirage 	About You 	About You 	About You 	featuring Æther
Else 	Mirage 	Mirage 	Mirage 	Mirage 	
Else 	Mirage 	Oceanside 	Oceanside 	Oceanside 	
Else 	Mirage 	Chemical Face 	Chemical Face 	Chemical Face 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
Avoure 	U 	Aura 	Aura 	Aura 	
Avoure 	U 	Floyd 	Floyd 	Floyd 	
 	Veiled in Blue - EP 	Elara (Original Mix) 	Elara (Original Mix) 	Elara (Original Mix) 	
Far Caspian 	Between Days 	Blue 	Blue 	Blue 	
Tomas Skyldeberg	Climbing Through Air 3 	Climbing Through Air 3 	Climbing Through Air 3 	Climbing Through Air 3 	Single
Tomas Skyldeberg	Endless Ocean 	Endless Ocean 	Endless Ocean 	Endless Ocean 	Single
Tomas Skyldeberg	Silver Skyline 3 	Silver Skyline 3 	Silver Skyline 3 	Silver Skyline 3 	Single
Tomas Skyldeberg	Almost Too Easy 	Almost Too Easy 	Almost Too Easy 	Almost Too Easy 	Single
== Release ==
The series' first season was released on on July 15, 2022, and received generally positive reviews. In August 2022, second season of the series was announced, that was released on June 20, 2023.
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