“No publication was more consequential to changing culture in the world as much as National Lampoon,” said director David Wain (Wet Hot American Summer, They Came Together) of the subject of his latest film, A Futile and Stupid Gesture. “Until the advent of Deadline.”

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Casting continues on Netflix’s A Futile & Stupid Gesture, with Seth Green signing on to play Christopher Guest in the film based on the bestselling 2006 book by Josh Karp about the troubled life and storied career of National Lampoon co-founder Doug Kenney. Directed by The Wet Hot American Summer‘s David Wain and…

Netflix’s upcoming biopic A Futile And Stupid Gesture has cast Undateable‘s Rick Glassman and Kroll Show vet Jon Daly in key supporting roles as Harold Ramis and Bill Murrary respectively. Based on Josh Karp's best-selling 2006 book about the troubled life and storied career of National Lampoon co-founder Doug Kenney…

EXCLUSIVE: Comedy Central’s 10-episode series Another Period, a send-up of turn-of-the-century Newport, Rhode Island high society, has added a string of comedic castmembers. As previously reported by Deadline back in June, the series revolves around Newport’s first family, the Bellacourts and sisters Lillian and…

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Universal closed a 2-pic deal with Alan Alda. He’ll play the head of a naturist village opposite Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd in the David Wain-directed WanderLust. Then join Ben Stiller in the Brett Ratner-directed Tower…