Wet Hot American Summer (franchise)

Wet Hot American Summer
Created by	David Wain and Michael Showalter
Original work	Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
Print publications
Book(s)	Wet Hot American Summer: The Annotated Screenplay (2018)
Graphic novel(s)	Wet Hot American Summer (2018)
Films and television
Film(s)	Wet Hot American Summer (2001) Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot (2015)
Web series	Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015) Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (2017)
Games
Role-playing	Wet Hot American Summer: Fantasy Camp (2017)
Audio
Original music	Wet Hot American Summer (Original Score & Music from the Motion Picture) (2016)
Official website
http://davidwain.com/whas/

Wet Hot American Summer is an American satirical comedy media franchise created by David Wain and Michael Showalter with stories centered on Camp Firewood, a summer camp located near Waterville, Maine. Since the release of the 2001 film, the franchise has expanded to include a documentary film, two television series, two books, a tabletop role-playing game and a soundtrack.

The originating film was Wet Hot American Summer (2001), which was for 14 years the only produced media in the franchise. There were speculations and reports on a possible sequel for years, including a 2003 pilot, written for Fox, which was eventually not picked up. In 2015, Netflix, the online streaming entertainment company, released the first of two web miniseries, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, followed by Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later two years later. Hurricane of Fun: The Making of Wet Hot, a documentary film, with footage taken during the 2001 film's production, was also released in 2015 and in 2016, the original film's soundtrack was released for the first time. In 2017, a tabletop role-playing game was released after a successful Kickstarter campaign. A book version of the screenplay of the original film and a graphic novel were released in 2018. The film was released on both VHS and DVD formats in 2002 and re-released on Blu-ray in 2015 which included additional features.

Wain, Showalter and other members of the cast have kept public interest in the franchise with events including a 10th anniversary event and a live radio play at SF Sketchfest which both featured appearances of original cast members. The SF Sketchfest event produced a complete play of the film with replacements for missing original cast members by other accomplished actors and comedians. Both event recordings were released in 2015 as part of the film's Blu-ray edition.