Wet Hot American Summer prequel has been confirmed and the entire original cast of Wet Hot American Summer have signed on to make a mini-series for Netflix.
Creators David Wain and Michael Showalter have somehow managed to get 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, Michael Showalter, and Kevin Sussman all back together for the 8-episode mini-series for Netflix.
“We’re going to do a prequel where it's the same actors who were 30 playing 16-year-olds then, now they’re going to be in their mid-40s, also still playing 16,” Wain told Seth Meyers.
we know it’s set two months before the cult classic film’s original story, word is still out on the particulars of the series’ prequel setting. Though, according to Deadline, shooting has already started this week.