Newest VACATION Behind the Scenes, Red Band Trailer and Viral Video Enjoy the new VACATION behind the scenes, red band trailer and viral video! The continuation of the Griswold’s family vacations saga, written and directed by John Francis Daley, Jonathan M. Goldstein, stars Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Chevy Chase, Chris Hemsworth, Leslie Mann, Beverly D’Angelo, Charlie Day, Michael Peña, and Keegan-Michael Key. VACATION will be released in theaters on July 29. Hoping to bring his family closer together and to recreate his childhood vacation for his own kids, a grown up Rusty Griswold takes his wife and their two sons on a cross-country road trip to the coolest theme park in America, Walley World. Needless to say, things don’t go quite as planned.