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Natasha Lyonne joins Netflix’s National Lampoon movie A Futile and Stupid Gesture

April 13, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Orange Is the New Black star Natasha Lyonne has become the latest name to sign on to Netflix’s original movie A Futile and Stupid Gesture, director David Wain’s (Wet Hot American Summer) biopic of National Lampoon co-founder Doug Kenney.

Variety reports that Lyonne is set to play one of the writers on the humour magazine, which became a major force during the 1970s.

Will Forte (Nebraska) leads the cast as Kenney alongside Joel McHale (Community) as Chevy Chase, Domnhall Gleeson (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) as Henry Beard, Thomas Lennon (I Love You, Man) as Michael O’Donoghue, Seth Green (Family Guy) as Christopher Guest, Rick Glassman (Undateable) as Harold Ramis and Jon Daly (Zoolander 2) as Bill Murray.

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Originally published April 13, 2016. Updated April 15, 2018.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: A Futile and Stupid Gesture, Natasha Lyonne

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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