Not even a bull-induced brain hemorrhage and broken ribs can stop Johnny Knoxville.
A brand new “Jackass” movie will be released wide in theaters on June 26 via Paramount Pictures, Variety can confirm.
Knoxville teased in a vague Instagram post that the franchise would be returning to cinemas in the summer, but did not explicitly mention that it is, indeed, “Jackass 5” and not a rerelease of a past project. The post was jointly uploaded by Knoxville, the official “Jackass” account and Gorilla Flicks, the production company founded by Jeff Tremaine.
The caption reads: “Well a wang dang and hot damn doodle, we are starting the year off with a bang. We wanted to let you know that this summer ‘Jackass’ is back!! We will see you in theatres June 26th. More to come but wanted you to hear it from us first!!”
The new film comes four years after “Jackass Forever,” in which Knoxville was lit up by an angry bull, Danger Ehren was covered in honey and confronted by a black bear and Steve-O’s genitals were covered in bumblebees. The fourth film installment featured most of the original, aging “Jackass” stunt men and pranksters while also welcoming in some new blood, like Zach Holmes, Sean “Poopies” McInerney, Jasper Dolphin, Eric Manaka and Rachel Wolfson.
Beyond Knoxville’s involvement, the cast of “Jackass 5” has yet to be announced. It seems unlikely fans will see the return of original squad member Bam Margera, who was cut from the fourth film due to a violation of his contract relating to substance abuse. He recently told the press, “You couldn’t offer me enough money to want to do another ‘Jackass.’”
“Jackass” began as a TV show on MTV before swelling into a film franchise that spans decades. Its audience, once immature teenagers, is now made up of immature middle-aged people — plus a whole lot of new immature teenagers. In his 2022 review of “Jackass Forever,” Variety chief film critic Owen Gleiberman wrote, “Johnny Knoxville is now 50, Steve-O and Chris Pontius are 47, Dave England is 52, Wee Man is 48, but they and the rest of the team have not slacked off in their mission to create what are basically the world’s most stupidly elaborate frat-house hazing stunts, and to stage them with a juvenile masochistic fervor that lies somewhere between psychotic and religious. That they’re still at it in middle age is to say that these dudes are no longer just Jackassing. They’re fighting for their right to party. They’re raging against the dying of the balls.”
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