Mascots: Christopher Guest’s New Comedic Film Comes to Netflix

Christopher Guest’s Mascots will premiere on Netflix

Christopher Guest honed the rockumentary down to a fine art after This is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show and A Mighty Wind, and now it looks like he might just be up to his old tricks again with his latest directorial effort Mascots, which is set to premiere on Netflix in 2016.

Here’s the official synopsis: Welcome to all the drama, intrigue and occasional excitement of the 8th World Mascot Association Championships, where a group of “unusual” men and women, with big heads and furry suits, compete to win the prestigious gold fluffy award and be crowned best mascot in the world.

This will be Guest’s first feature film since 2006’s For Your Consideration, which broke the fake documentary formula from his previous efforts with more of a straight narrative story. There is no word on whether Mascots will follow in the footsteps of his previous efforts by bringing together the loose ensemble that includes Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Fred Willard, Bob Balaban, Ed Begley, Jr., Jennifer Coolidge, John Michael Higgins, Jane Lynch and Parker Posey.

Guest’s most recent effort was the 2013 HBO comedy series “Family Tree,” which starred Chris O’Dowd and was cancelled after one season.

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