A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018)

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A Futile and Stupid Gesture is an upcoming American biographical comedy film based on Josh Karp's book of the same name, directed by David Wain, and written by Michael Colton and John Aboud. The film stars Will Forte as comedy writer Doug Kenney during the rise and fall of National Lampoon. It will have its world premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. It will be released on Netflix on January 26, 2018.

Original Release

01/26/2018

Cast

Name	Character

Will Forte	Douglas Kenney
Domhnall Gleeson	Henry Beard
Martin Mull	Modern Doug
Thomas Lennon	Michael O'Donoghue
Joel McHale	Chevy Chase
John Gemberling	John Belushi
Matt Walsh	Matty Simmons
Rick Glassman	Harold Ramis
Jon Daly	Bill Murray
Seth Green	Christopher Guest

(see additional cast & crew)

Directors

David Wain

Writers

John Aboud, Michael Colton, Josh Karp

Cast

Name	Character

Will Forte	Douglas Kenney
Domhnall Gleeson	Henry Beard
Martin Mull	Modern Doug
Thomas Lennon	Michael O'Donoghue
Joel McHale	Chevy Chase
John Gemberling	John Belushi
Matt Walsh	Matty Simmons
Rick Glassman	Harold Ramis
Jon Daly	Bill Murray
Seth Green	Christopher Guest
Matt Lucas	Tony Hendra
Paul Scheer	Paul Shaffer
Lonny Ross	Ivan Reitman
Neil Casey	Brian McConnachie
Armen Weitzman	Lorne Michaels
Jackie Tohn	Gilda Radner
Natasha Lyonne	Anne Beatts
Emmy Rossum	Kathryn Walker
Camille Guaty	Alex Garcia-Mata
Finn Wittrock	Tim Matheson

Producers

Name	Role

Ed Helms	Executive Producer
John Aboud	Executive Producer
Michael Colton	Executive Producer
David Wain	Executive Producer
Sean McKittrick	Executive Producer
Ben Ormand	Executive Producer
Edward H. Hamm Jr.	Executive Producer
Collin Creighton	Executive Producer
Pauline Fischer	Executive Producer
Peter Principato	Producer
Jonathan Stern	Producer
Trish Hadley	Producer
Ted Sarandos	Producer