Proving that it’s still committed producing at least three in-house movies per year, National Lampoon has announced it’s latest project, National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus, a belated take-off on sword-and-sandal movies like Troy, Gladiator and 300.

The cast will include Mad TV's Will Sasso, along with Rip Torn (Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story), Ian Ziering (Beverly Hills, 90210), Kristanna Loken (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines), Sophie Monk (Date Movie) and Tony Cox (Bad Santa). The broadcast rights to the film have already been sold to Comedy Central.

Previouslyy, National Lampoon released National Lampoon's Bagboy and National Lampoon's Homo Erectus. The studio is in post-production on National Lampoon's Ratko: The Dictator's Son.