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A Futile & Stupid Gesture
Director: David Wain (“Wanderlust,” “Role Models”)
Cast: Will Forte, Domhnall Gleeson, Martin Mull, Joel McHale
Details: Set to have its premiere at Sundance ahead of a release on Netflix at the end of the month, the comedic biopic is based on Josh Karp’s 2006 book about comedy writer Doug Kenney, one of the key founders of National Lampoon magazine.
One interesting inclusion is that of Joel McHale playing comedian Chevy Chase whom he co-starred with on “Community” and who had a connection to Kenney’s suicide at the age of 33. The film also boasts a number of famed comedian characters with actors taking on the roles of Bill Murray, John Belushi, Harold Ramis, Christopher Guest, Paul Shaffer, John Landis, Dan Aykroyd, Rodney Dangerfield, Ivan Reitman, Gilda Radner, Stephen Furst and Lorne Michaels.