Bradley Cooper had a REALLY good week with his third Oscar nom in a row and American Sniper raking in $110 million plus at the box office. Before THAT killer “American” there was the very funny Wet Hot American Summer. The dream of getting that entire original cast back together for a follow-up was seemingly more unlikely with each passing year. Besides Mr. Cooper, the cult comedy kick-started a lot of big careers. But according to Vanity Fair, that’s exactly what’s happening. An eight-episode, limited-run Netflix series! Returning members of the original cast include Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Bradley Cooper, Amy Poehler, H. Jon Benjamin, Michael Ian Black, Judah Friedlander, Janeane Garofalo, Nina Hellman, Ken Marino, Zak Orth, David Hyde Pierce, Joe Lo Truglio, Christopher Meloni, A.D. Miles, Marguerite Moreau, Marisa Ryan, Molly Shannon, Kevin Sussman, and co-creator David Wain himself.
In addition to the original cast, Wain has added newcomers Michaela Watkins, Josh Charles, John Slattery, Randall Park, Lake Bell, Jayma Mays, Paul Scheer, Rob Huebel, and Richard Schiff. According to Deadline;
Watkins will play a tough New Yorker, Charles is a guy from a rival camp, Huebel’s a rival professor to Pierce, Schiff is Pierce’s academic superior, Park’s a librarian in love with Shannon, Scheer is a journalist, and Wain is an acquaintance of one of the main characters from an Israeli kibbutz.
Josh Charles in the big role as, what a funny bad guy? No matter what, this is good news for fans of the original film. Can’t wait.
(via Vanity Fair)
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