05.22
Cult Film, TV, Geek Art
Netflix has released 8 promo photos for the new Wet Hot American Summer prequel series. Virtually all of the original cast is returning including Elizabeth Banks, H. Jon Benjamin, Michael Ian Black, Bradley Cooper, Janeane Garofalo, Nina Hellman, David Hyde Pierce, Joe Lo Truglio, Ken Marino, AD Miles, Christopher Meloni, Marguerite Moreau, Zak Orth, Amy Poehler, Paul Rudd, Marisa Ryan, Molly Shannon and Michael Showalter. They’ll be joined by even more stars including Kristen Wiig, Chris Pine, Jon Hamm, John Slattery, Rich Sommer, ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic, Paul Scheer, Rob Huebel, Lake Bell and Josh Charles.
David Wain returns as director, with he and Showalter writing as they did for the original 2001 cult comedy. The new 8 episode series takes place on the first day of camp back in 1981, two months prior to the original film which was set on the last day of camp.