‘Wet Hot American Summer First Day Of Camp’ Gets A Retro Trailer

The originalWet Hot American Summerwas already a throwback, to 1980s camp movies, and now the prequelWet Hot American Summer: First Day of Campis going even further back into the past. (By about two months, but still.) So it seems only appropriate that the latestWet Hot American Summer First Day of Camptrailer would also look like a relic of bygone times.

There’s actual new footage in this promo, featuring all your favorite Camp Firewood counselors likePaul Rudd,Amy Poehler,Bradley Cooper, andElizabeth Banks. But you almost wouldn’t know it from the fuzzy VHS style. Watch theWet Hot American Summer First Day of Camptrailer after the jump.

Netflix shared the newWet Hot American Summer First Day of Camptrailer onYouTube. That voiceover sounds suspiciously like a talking can of mixed vegetables, right?

Besides all the returning stars, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp introduces a whole bunch of new cast members includingChris Pine,Kristen Wiig,Michaela Watkins,Josh Charles,John Slattery,Randall Park,Lake Bell,Paul Scheer,Jayma Mays,Rob Huebel, andRichard Schiff.

Created byDavid WainandMichael Showalter,Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camphits NetflixJuly 31with eight brand-new episodes.

Camp Firewood is more than just a summer camp. It’s a way of life. Join us July 31 for Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, a limited 8-episode series coming to Netflix. Elizabeth Banks, Michael Ian Black, Bradley Cooper, Judah Friedlander, Janeane Garofalo, Joe Lo Truglio, Ken Marino, Christopher Meloni, Marguerite Moreau, Zak Orth, Amy Poehler, David Hyde Pierce, Paul Rudd, Molly Shannon, and Michael Showalter are among some of the cast joining the series, which tells the story of the first day of Camp Firewood’s famous summer season, now fourteen years after the film’s debut.