Late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman's last movie as a leading man is set to release in summer this year.

The movie, directed by John Slattery, has now been given a May 9 release date in the US, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

Hoffman, who died on Feb 2 this year, filmed "God's Pocket" in his native New York in 2013. Before his death, he promoted the drama, in which he stars as Mickey, a man who tries to cover up the accidental death of his stepson, at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah in January 2014.