Netflix is said to be near a deal with movie creators David Wain and Michael Showalter for a prequel series reuniting the all-star cast from the film in which they would play high school-age characters.
Released by Universal Pictures in 2001, the summer camp film featured a cast of then-rising stars, including Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Paul Rudd, Molly Shannon, Christopher Meloni, Elizabeth Banks, Michael Ian Black, Bradley Cooper and Amy Poehler, among others. The film was a box-office flop -- grossing less than $300,000 -- but has since become a cult favorite on DVD.
The potential Netflix series comes after Showalter had repeatedly said he was prepping a follow-up to the movie. "We are working on a prequel; it's six months to a year earlier than when the original movie was -- except the actors playing those characters are 10 years older," Showalter said during a 2012 interview with Geeking Out With Kerri Doherty.
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