A Prequel to 'Wet Hot American Summer'??
Filed under: Comedy, RumorMonger, Remakes and Sequels
Earlier this month, we learned that Diablo Cody was taking over LA's New Beverly Cinema to screen some of her favorite films, and she put together some awesome double features. The most recent was a screening of Midnight Madness and Wet Hot American Summer, and as CHUD reports, director David Wain was there for a Q&A with Ms. Cody, and he revealed some little nuggets of news.First, there's going to be an anniversary DVD release at some point, which would probably means the 10th anniversary in 2011, since new releases usually don't come out on eight or nine-year anniversaries. It would contain more footage, as anniversary editions often do, but Wain also said that it might come with a soundtrack. If you remember the music from the flick, this CD could include Rick Springfield, Kenny Loggins, Loverboy, Jefferson Starship, KISS ... Basically, it would be awesome.
Then he shared some others news -- he might do a prequel to the film. This sounds half serious and half completely ludicrous, but he said that he was scheming up a prequel that would star the same cast -- playing younger versions of themselves. CHUD says: "I didn't know if Wain was kidding, but he seemed pretty serious, and mentioned that he had just worked with a bunch of Wet Hot alums -- including Paul Rudd and Elizabeth Banks -- on his new movie, tentatively titled Role Models."
What say you? Are you ready to get Wet Hot again?
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7-22-2008 @ 3:40PM
Robin said...
A million times, yes. Bring it.
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7-22-2008 @ 3:42PM
Jay said...
Everybody except Michael Ian Black, Paul Rudd (who will never age) and Elizabeth Banks has aged quite horribly.
But I wouldn't be surprised if they still played it straight.
Its about time we find out about Gene's origin, and hopefully still have that talking can of beans.
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7-22-2008 @ 3:50PM
GL said...
No thanks.
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7-22-2008 @ 4:00PM
The Red Monkey said...
That movie sucked. I netflixed it and ended up fast forwarding through it. Then I watched it on TV assuming I missed something, it still stank. Its the movie for me that I don't get.
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7-22-2008 @ 4:07PM
Gene the Cook said...
Oh! Oh wow, I just got wet.
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7-22-2008 @ 6:06PM
Mike said...
Please yes. The original is my favorite comedy of all time. It's genius. The insanity of everybody playing younger versions of their characters would be hilarious.
Here's hoping that Anniversary Edition comes out on Blu-Ray!
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7-23-2008 @ 3:16PM
Peter said...
Movie sequels or even prequels always have the best soundtracks and artists. see : http://www.lefrenchhorn.com/?p=61
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7-25-2008 @ 10:52PM
Cesaria (Pitchfork Fest 2008 FTMFW!) said...
Oh fucking gods yes. I'm a MASSIVE Wet Hot/Stella fan, both being my fave movie and tv show, respectively, ever. I am definitely up for a prequel/sequel. It wouldn't even be weird that they're older, because nothing in David Wain's universe makes any sense any way. A talking can of mixed vegetables? If I can suspend disbelief for that, I can certainly do it for actors who are 40 potentially playing teenagers. Lol. Let's start a petition to bring this to fruition. I'm beginning to rhyme and I like it.
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9-09-2008 @ 5:49PM
Austin Scott said...
I'm a big fan of Wain. He's got random humor that isn't for everyone. But he's also the average joe who gets the hot girls in Wainy Days. If you haven't seen it, here's one of Elizabeth Banks making out with a hot girl. Check it out:
http://www.mydamnchannel.com/Wainy_Days/Season_3/26ShellyII_883.aspx
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