A FUTILE AND STUPID GESTURE Trailer, Clip, Featurette, Image and Poster

Directed by David Wain ("Wet Hot American Summer"), the biopic "A Futile and Stupid Gesture" chronicles the rise and fall of National Lampoon and it stars Will Forte and Domhnall Gleeson as its creators, comedy writers Doug Kenney and Henry Beard.

The film is based on the book of the same name written by David Wain. The cast also includes Neil Casey, Emmy Rossum, Ed Helms, Max Greenfield, Seth Green, John Gemberling, Matt Walsh, Finn Wittrock, Annette O'Toole, and Jon Daly.

"A Futile and Stupid Gesture" premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and was released on Netflix on January 26, 2018. The film received mixed reviews from critics.

Find out more about the movie after the jump.

Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Jon Hamm and Jason Schwartzman Join WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER Series

Kristen Wiig ("Bridesmaids"), Chris Pine ("Star Trek"), Jon Hamm ("Mad Men") and Jason Schwartzman ("Hotel Grand Budapest") have joined the cast of Netflix's new series based on the 2001 comedy "Wet Hot American Summer". Titled "Wet Hot American Summer: The First Day", the show will be written by original creators David Wain and Michael Showalter, with Wain directing and Showalter serving as showrunner. Regarding the roles of the new cast, Deadline reports the following:

"Hamm will play a secret spy, Wiig is playing a snobby counselor at the preppy rival camp Camp Tigerclaw, Schwartzman is the boy’s camp head counselor while Pine’s character is described as mysterious."

The show will also feature the film's original stars Elizabeth Banks, Paul Rudd, Bradley Cooper, Amy Poehler, Molly Shannon, Joe Lo Truglio, Janeane Garafolo, Marguerite Moreau, Michael Ian Black, David Hyde Pierce, H. Jon Benjamin, Judah Friedlander, Nina Hellman, Zak Orth, A.D. Miles, Marisa Ryan, Kevin Sussman and Christopher Meloni

And, if you're not familiar with the original, here's a trailer for "Wet Hot American Summer":

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Trailer for THEY CAME TOGETHER Starring Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler

The first trailer for the comedy "They Came Together" has been released. The film stars Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler as Joel and Amy, a couple involved in a complicated relationship that is complicated further by the fact that Joel's corporation wants to close down Amy's candy store. The film is meant to be a parody of romcoms, and the humor is absurd to the extreme. David Wain ("Wanderlust") co-wrote and directs the movie. The cast also features Bill Hader, Christopher Meloni, Cobie Smulders, Ed Helms, Melanie Lynskey, Kenan Thompson and Ellie Kemper

"They Came Together" opens in theaters on June 27th.

Watch the trailer after the jump.