Michel Showalter And David Wain Doing 'Wet Hot American Summer 2' Prequel Series For Netflix: The Entire Original Cast Including Amy Poehler, Paul Rudd, And Bradley Cooper Have Agreed [PHOTO]

The people behind "Wet Hot American Summer," the 2001 cult comedy are planning to do a prequel series with Netflix.

Michael Showalter, who starred in and co-wrote the original "Wet Hot American Summer," and wrote David Wain's "They Came Together," which came out yesterday, says, "We have an outline, but we don't have a script."

The original "Wet Hot American Summer" cast includes Elizabeth Banks, Bradley Cooper, Janeane Garofalo, Michael Ian Black, David Hyde Pierece, Ken Marino, Christopher Meloni, Amy Poehler, Paul Rudd, Molly Shannon, Michael Showalter and Joe Lo Truglio. They are all, every single one of them that is, expected to return for the new show. The part is trying to get all these big names on a single schedule.

"We wouldn't have wanted to do it if we couldn't get everybody," Showalter says, "so we did our due diligence before the fact and everyone wants to do it... At this point it's just a scheduling thing."

Showalter goes on to say that the idea for the ten-episode season is to have all the action take place on the first day of camp, potentially showcasing the characters in high school as flashbacks.

"[W]e're not going to try to make everything make sense," Showalter said. "There will be some of that, but we're not trying to do a really intricate story. It's more just an opportunity to bring the cast back together and tell more stories about these camp kids."

Although nothing past ten episodes is currently being planned, Showalter doesn't rule out the possibility of a second season. What he seems more excited about, however, is the potential for a new "The State" film.

"'The State' has talked about doing our 'Life of Brian,' that kind of a thing," he says. "We would get together and make our own 'State' movie, and that's something I have always wanted to do, and I think we all have wanted to do it, but it's just very hard to get everyone together to do it. But that would be cool."

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