A promotional onslaught is in effect for director Trent Cooper’s comedy Father of Invention as a new trailer, poster, and a slew of new images from the film have gone online. Starring Kevin Spacey, Heather Graham, Craig Robinson, Virginia Madsen, Johnny Knoxville, John Stamos, and Camilla Belle, the film centers on a former infomercial guru (Spacey) who finds himself in prison after a design flaw in one of his inventions de-fingers many of his customers. From there, Father of Invention looks to document Spacey’s attempted return to “As Seen on TV” glory.

The pic looks a little formulaic in its “Guy A is a bad person who must first learn how to change himself before he can really make any sort of difference” approach. Nevertheless, the cast is great and when compared to Cooper’s last directorial effort, Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector, I’m sure Father of Invention is awards-season material. Hit the jump to check out the trailer, poster, images, and an official synopsis for the film. Father of Invention opens on October 14th.

Virginia Madsen has joined the cast of “Father of Invention”, the indie comedy from Kevin Spacey’s Trigger Street Productions.  Spacey plays a down-on-his-luck inventor turned billionaire-inventor who once again finds himself down on his luck when an invention goes horribly awry – that Slap-Chop was always too good to be true.  Madsen will play Spacey’s wife in the film which is being directed by Trent Cooper (“Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector”).  “Invention” has already begun filming in New Orleans with co-stars Camilla Belle, Heather Graham, Johnny Knoxville and the great Craig Robinson.