{
  "id": 14980653,
  "title": "Kal Penn, Michael Chiklis, David Koechner, Nat Faxon, Wendi McLendon-Covey & 7 More Join Gregg Araki’s ‘The Decline of F*cking Western Civilization’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/kal-penn-michael-chiklis-david-koechner-nat-faxon-wendi-mclendon",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-16T15:20:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/10/gregg-araki-new-movie-adds-12-cast-1237165710/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "EXCLUSIVE: Gregg Araki has wrapped production on his dark comedy The Decline of F*cking Western Civilization, with 12 additions rounding out a stacked cast, sources tell Deadline. They are: Kal Penn (Trust Me, I’m a Doctor), Michael Chiklis (The Senior), David Koechner (Anchorman), Nat Faxon (Loot), Wendi McLendon-Covey (The Goldbergs), Steve Guttenberg (Three Men and […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}