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Trailer
Hopeless Pictures
8.0
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8 x 30m
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2005
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Ended
Overview
Hopeless Pictures is an American animated comedy series starring the voice of Friends actress Lisa Kudrow, Seinfeld guest actor Bob Balaban, and produced and broadcast by the IFC. The cartoon follows fictional film producer Mel Wax, voiced by Michael McKean, in a spoof of the Hollywood movie industry. Stylistically the show makes use of the audio from scripted telephone conversations combined with on-screen gags surrounding the cartoon characters speaking.
Cast
![Michael McKean pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FxuEZeuylzznJcf0nDs1RlvuzaPr.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Michael McKean
![Lisa Kudrow pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FziatnwJRiBJIcc8jlk6xoClhfOy.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Lisa Kudrow
Sandy
![Bob Balaban pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FyuSZZP4QPqrfnXX8WwdvlPUUin6.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Bob Balaban
![Martin Mull pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FwthyliVHLrgvKUIRI1WXfEw9pjL.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Martin Mull
![Patrick Bristow pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FbNnv5c0AyJdfI5kYhucARYvqm9F.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Patrick Bristow
![Paul Reubens pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F9xGL3pGNAiZDtzKTVDQY90Mkyqs.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Paul Reubens
![Paul Dooley pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F7nTdbpU4wIsSDZ8WCPXNJOG9KPI.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Paul Dooley
![Jonathan Katz pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F4jtl2ZQhfGiKmSVpKkvXYVVgxi.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Jonathan Katz
![Jennifer Coolidge pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2Fb33reVbgFkLPSdEamHsP9HREqFT.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Jennifer Coolidge
Traci
![Nora Ephron pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F5m0iu8lT0TVu0nKk5eWOR7w2K0a.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Nora Ephron
![Rob Reiner pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FrcmPU3YlhHQVzZlV197qhmRsgEL.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Rob Reiner
Futterman
![Winnie Holzman pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FaXZgCO7akDHLl9kJNO4y5mXR3eY.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Winnie Holzman
![Mark Kassen pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2Fr3ee1HpmuKUZ9mNTruHJxQ8QzlP.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Mark Kassen
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