Steven has been cast in an upcoming movie, Hot. It begins filming in LA this week.

Zachary Knighton (“Happy Endings”) and Steven Strait (“Magic City”) are heading for the apocalypse in “Hot,” starring in the indie feature from Caliber Media and Glydascope Inc.

Shoot is starting this week in Los Angeles.

Victor Warren will make his directorial debut from his own adaptation of Daniel Keleher’s play. Noah Segan (“Looper”), Kate Siegel (“Oculus”) and Jessica Dykstra also star.

Dallas Sonnier and Jack Heller are producing alongside Warren, John Schoweiler and David A. Gluck. Ted Weyn and Michael Reidenbach are exec producing.

“Hot” is a look at an apocalyptic future Los Angeles torn apart by a dangerous virus, most of its victims left unconscious to die slowly. Strait and Knighton portray life-long best friends holed up in an ostentatious penthouse with Strait’s character spending his days caring for his comatose fiancee (Siegel).

Keleher is a recipient of the George Burns and Gracie Allen Fellowship for Outstanding Comedy Writing and the Skirball/Kennis Playwrights Award.

Warren brought the project to Caliber, which co-financed with Weyn and Reidenbach

Knighton is repped by UTA, 3 Arts and attorney James Adams. Strait is repped by CAA and 3 Arts. Segan is repped by Untitled. Siegel is repped by TCA/Jed Root. Keleher is repped by ICM and HertzbergMedia.

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This will now be the series finale episode

It’s the end of the line for Starz’s Magic City.

The premium cable network has opted to not move forward with a third season of the period drama.

“Magic City will be concluding its two-season run on Starz with Friday’s series finale. We are tremendously proud of the series and everyone involved. From the writers, to the cast and crew, it has been an incredible collaboration,” Starz said in a statement. “This was a story born from Mitch Glazer’s singular vision of Miami, the Magic City of his childhood, and we are grateful to him for bringing it to life on Starz. The season’s story arc will allow us to deliver a satisfying conclusion to the series, and we thank all the fans who checked in to the Miramar Playa.”

Magic City was one of the network’s first original scripted dramas that was initially ordered direct to series — a pattern that has become the trademark of its development process. The network renewed Magic City for a second season ahead of its series premiere, as it did with Kelsey Grammer’s Boss and most recently with Michael Bay’s upcoming pirate drama Black Sails.

Speaking to reporters last week at the semi-annual Television Critics Association’s summer press tour, Starz CEO Chris Albrecht reiterated that the network was “fans of the show.”

“Our policy process is one or two seasons of a show to really get behind something if we like the work. We’re now evaluating all the options with Magic City,” he said. “But, like I said, we have a couple of little surprises in our pocket in store, so I can’t reveal too much other than you’ll have the answer to your question soon.”

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