9 Mar 2015
Netflix streaming service will be bringing on Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp beginning July 17 and will include the original cast members, as well as some new cast will be introduced. Confirmed cast members include: David Wain, Michael Showalter, Elizabeth Banks, H. Jon Benjamin, Michael Ian Black, Bradley Cooper, Judah Friedlander, Janeane Garofalo, Nina Hellman, Ken Marino, Zak Orth, David Hyde Pierce, Joe LoTruglio, Christopher Meloni, A.D. Miles, Marguerite Moreau, Amy Poehler, Paul Rudd, Marisa Ryan, Molly Shannon, Kevin Sussman, Michaela Watkins, John Slattery, Josh Charles, Randall Park, Jayma Mays, Lake Bell, Paul Scheer, Rob Huebel, and Richard Schiff.
The prequel series will be set on the first day of camp, with Watkins on board to play a “tough New Yorker,” Charles as “a guy from a rival camp,” Huebel as “a rival professor to Pierce,” Schiff as “Pierce’s academic superior,” Park as “a librarian in love with Shannon,” and Sheer as a journalist. The season will also include flashbacks of the characters in the previous year.
The series will be co-written by Michael Showalter and David Wain who will also direct. When interviewed about the series prequel fitting into the original story, Showalter had this to say, “we’re not going to try to make everything make sense. There will be some of that but we’re not trying to do a really intricate story. It’s more just an opportunity to bring the cast back together and tell more stories about these camp kids.”
This series, like Arrested Development, is likely to attract a lot of avid fans who will be very happy to note that original cast are returning for the series.