Joel McHale (Community) and Beck Bennett (Saturday Night Live) have signed on to star in a TV film coming to Comedy Central titled Office Race. The two stars are joined in the solid by nice comedy actors Kelsey Grammer (Frasier), Alyson Hannigan (How I Met Your Mother), and J.B. Smoove (Curb Your Enthusiasm), in addition to Kylie Bunbury (Big Sky), Erinn Hayes (A Christmas Story Christmas), Geoffrey Arend (500 Days of Summer), Katlyn Carlson (iCarly), Matt Richards (That Damn Michael Che), and Karolena Theresa (You Hurt My Feelings).
Office Race facilities round an unambitious workplace employee (Bennett) who goes to nice lengths—particularly 26.2 miles—to one up his exercise-obsessed, micromanaging boss (McHale). Bennett will play Pat, a passionless pushover who coasts aimlessly by life till he’s goaded into operating a marathon and quickly discovers his love for the game. McHale will play Spencer, Pat’s co-worker and rival, who’s a brown-nosing health fanatic with zero self-awareness and a crippling habit to a quasi-legal sports activities drink.
Hannigan will play Girlfriend Pat, Pat’s same-named girlfriend, who’s rising weary of his lackadaisical method to life. Grammer will play Coach B, Julie’s former high-school observe coach and oft-injured marathoner who owns an area operating retailer. Smoove will play Harry, a former world champion race-walker, who touts the purity of his area of interest sport and thumbs his nostril on the operating group.
Hayes will play Rita, a possible investor in Pat’s firm and the relentlessly optimistic, operating gear-obsessed captain of the charity operating crew. Arend will play Don, an emo-adult who’s determined for companionship and to be acknowledged for all his charitable efforts, which he’s very happy to let you know about. Theresa will play Olivia, Pat and Spencer’s bubbly co-worker, who’s extra into operating garments than the operating itself. Carlson will play Kiki, Harry’s hyper-competitive muse, who’s unafraid to flip operating right into a contact sport, and will do no matter it takes to win. Bunbury will play Julie, Pat’s good, dynamic, refreshingly trustworthy teammate and eventual coach, and possibly one thing extra. Richards will play Dave, Pat’s fun-loving greatest buddy who enjoys marathons…of his favourite movies, and permits Pat’s laid again way of life.
The movie is directed by newcomer Jared Lapidus, who wrote it with Impractical Jokers author James Kilmoon. It marks their characteristic movie debut.
Office Race debuts on Comedy Central on September 4th at 8pm.
by way of: Deadline
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