Underneath an ordinary suburban house sits a secret worthy of a superhero, and that discovery kicks off Secret Headquarters, a 2022 family action comedy from directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman.
What is Secret Headquarters about?
Young Charlie Kincaid stumbles onto a hidden command center below his own home, packed with gadgets and technology that clearly belong to someone with a double life. Instead of keeping the find to himself, he brings his friends in on it, and together they start putting the pieces together about his estranged father, whose long absences suddenly make a lot more sense. What begins as a kids' adventure through secret tunnels and untested equipment quickly turns more dangerous once the headquarters draws outside attention, forcing Charlie and his friends to rely on gear they barely understand to protect what they have found. Owen Wilson plays the father at the center of the mystery, with Walker Scobell as Charlie and Momona Tamada, Keith L. Williams, and Abigail James Witherspoon rounding out the group of friends caught up in the chaos, while Michael Peña and Jesse Williams fill out the wider cast pulled into the fallout. Joost and Schulman, working in the family action genre, lean on practical stakes for a group of kids rather than sprawling world-building, keeping the film centered on Charlie's household and the friendships tested inside it.
About the cast
Walker Scobell leads as Charlie, with Owen Wilson playing his father, and Momona Tamada, Keith L. Williams, and Abigail James Witherspoon as the friends drawn into the discovery alongside him; Michael Peña and Jesse Williams round out the supporting cast.
Context & significance
Secret Headquarters is a 2022 American production from directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, pitched squarely at family audiences and built around a household secret rather than an established comic property.
Watching Secret Headquarters on Ktime
Secret Headquarters streams on K-Time with a free account login, and comes with both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, making it an easy pick for family viewing on a Farsi-first platform.