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The Business

David Wain and Friends Head Back to Camp on Netflix

The Business

KCRW

Tv & Film

4.6676 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2015

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The 2001 film Wet Hot American Summer tanked at the box office, but acquired a cult following as many members of its ensemble cast went on to have huge careers. Now director David Wain has reunited the entire cast for a new series on Netflix, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp.

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0:00.0

From KCRW and KCRW.com, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.

0:06.5

This is a movie that most people in America probably haven't heard of, but for what it's worth, most people in Hollywood probably have.

0:13.9

Remember wet-hot American summer? Maybe not. The 2001 spoof set in a New England summer camp was a box office flop,

0:21.5

but it had an amazing cast of future stars, and over time it acquired a cult following.

0:26.8

Now director David Wayne tells us how he reunited Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Elizabeth Banks, Bradley Cooper, and more

0:33.5

for the new Netflix prequel, Wet Hot American Summer, First Day of Camp.

0:38.4

But first on the news banter, The Terminator, Will He Be Back?

0:41.9

And ESPN Sheds Talent.

0:44.0

Stay tuned. It's the business from KCRW.

0:51.7

I'm joined by my partner in banter, Matt Bellany of The Hollywood Reporter.

0:55.2

Hello, Matt.

0:55.8

Hi there.

0:56.7

This past week, Universal Pictures surprised no one by announcing that Jurassic World 2 will happen, a sequel.

1:03.5

They actually named a date in June of 2018.

1:07.4

The Jurassic Park reboot, Jurassic World, this summer, just has mopped up, has moved into being the number three grocer of all time, which is kind of astonishing when you think about it.

1:18.9

Everything came together for this reboot.

1:21.0

Yeah, this was a franchise that was essentially dead. I mean, they had done two sequels to Jurassic Park.

1:27.0

They had diminishing returns on both of them.

1:29.5

Universal just kind of let it lie low. They made some theme park rides. And then all of a sudden,

1:33.8

Spielberg gets interested again and says, let's do it. They get a director whose last movie

1:38.2

was made for $750,000. That's Colin Trevereaux with a movie called Safety Not Guaranteed. Right. And, you know,

1:45.5

750,000 is probably not even his box office bonus on this movie. Right. And we've seen,

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