Jackass Forever

Jackass Forever is an upcoming American reality comedy film directed by Jeff Tremaine and produced and written by Tremaine, Spike Jonze, and Johnny Knoxville. It is the fourth main film in the Jackass franchise and the sequel to Jackass 3D (2010). The film stars Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Dave England, Wee Man, Danger Ehren, and Preston Lacy. It will also include various celebrity guest appearances. The film is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and Dickhouse Productions,[2] and is scheduled to be theatrically released by Paramount Pictures on February 4, 2022.[3]

Jackass Forever
Teaser poster with previous release date
Directed byJeff Tremaine
Written by
Based on
Jackass
by
  • Johnny Knoxville
  • Spike Jonze
  • Jeff Tremaine
Produced by
  • Jeff Tremaine
  • Johnny Knoxville
  • Spike Jonze
Starring
Cinematography
Production
companies
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • February 4, 2022 (2022-02-04)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10 million[1]

Cast

The cast from the previous movies will return, with the exception of Ryan Dunn, who died in a car crash in June 2011,[4] and Bam Margera, who was fired from the production in February 2021.[5]

Guest appearances:

As in the TV show and the previous films, director, writer, and producer Jeff Tremaine and camera operators Lance Bangs and Rick Kosick will appear in the movie.[14] It will also be the first film in the series not to feature a guest appearance by Rip Taylor, who died in October 2019.[17]

Production

Development

In a 2018 AltPress interview, Johnny Knoxville said that he is open to making a fourth Jackass film that may feature some new cast members, "just to bring in some fresh blood into it".[15] He said that he continues to write ideas for a Jackass film and that "a ton" have been set aside should the project receive the green-light. In July 2019, cast member Chris Raab said that he had interviewed the Jackass crew on his Bathroom Break podcast and noted that everyone was still open to a fourth film should Knoxville, Jeff Tremaine, and Spike Jonze agree.[15] In a September 2020 interview with The A.V. Club, Steve-O had said he was surprised the film even came to fruition.[18]

During a January 2021 podcast interview, Bam Margera indicated that Paramount Pictures regards him as a liability, owing to his behavior over the last few years. He indicated that Jeff Tremaine had fought with the studio to keep Margera in the film but Margera still wasn't certain that Paramount was going to allow him to partake in filming of the movie.[19] On February 11, 2021, Margera posted several videos to his Instagram account, in which he admitted to breaking his sobriety and claimed that he had been officially fired from the filming of Jackass 4.[5] Throughout the video, Margera could be seen crying, vomiting, and alluding to having looked up "how to tie a noose" before his move to Oceanside, California. Margera alleged that Paramount had been forcing him to take antidepressants, submit to random urine tests, and to check in to two rehabilitation facilities using his own money. He also expressed disdain for Tremaine, Johnny Knoxville, and Spike Jonze before asking his fans to boycott the film. He then solicited his followers to send him money in order to film his own movie to compete with Jackass 4. The videos were removed from Margera's Instagram account soon after being posted.[5][20]

On May 25, 2021, Tremaine filed a temporary restraining order against Margera due to Margera's harassment of Tremaine and Knoxville via Instagram.[21] Tremaine was granted an additional three-year restraining order, extended to Tremaine's wife and children, after Margera allegedly sent the family death threats.[22] On August 9, 2021, Margera filed a lawsuit against Knoxville, Jonze, and Tremaine, as well as against Paramount Pictures, MTV, Dickhouse Entertainment, and Gorilla Flicks, alleging that he was wrongfully fired from the film's production.[23] Margera also claims that the upcoming film makes use of contributions he made before his firing and is seeking an injunction on the October release of the film as a result.[24]

In a May 2021 GQ interview, Johnny Knoxville stated that Jackass Forever will be his final contribution to the Jackass franchise. "You can only take so many chances before something irreversible happens," Knoxville said. "I feel like I've been extremely lucky to take the chances I've taken and still be walking around."[25] On May 25, 2021, Knoxville appeared on GQ's web series titled Actually Me. He was asked if there will be any new cast members in Jackass Forever, and Knoxville confirmed that there will be six new cast members, them being Jasper Dolphin, Compston "Darkshark" Wilson (who is Jasper's father), Eric Manaka (who had a role in Knoxville's film Action Point), Rachel Wolfson, Zach Holmes, and Sean "Poopies" McInerney.[7] On July 12, 2021, Knoxville was invited to an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live! where he revealed the film's new official title as Jackass Forever, he also showed the first official photos of Jackass Forever in this interview.[26]

On July 12, 2021, Wee Man was invited to The Nine Club podcast with Chris Roberts. In this podcast, Wee Man said that out of all Jackass movies that "this one hurt the most". He also stated that they planned to film in different locations all around the world, but because of COVID-19 that didn't happen. He also claimed that Paramount Pictures used Jackass Forever to see how film studios could go back into filming during the COVID-19 pandemic.[27]

Filming

Test filming started in early March 2020. During the two days of test filming, professional skateboarder Aaron "Jaws" Homoki broke his wrist.[11] On the first day of filming, the cast threw a bunch of snakes on Bam Margera in the dark to mess with his fear of snakes.[28] Two days after receiving the green-light, both Steve-O and Johnny Knoxville were hospitalized.[29] Steve-O and Wee Man confirmed that filming had shut down after a week because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[30][31] Principal photography commenced on December 14, 2020, with Dimitry Elyashkevich and Rick Kosick serving as cinematographers.[32] On December 15, 2020, it was publicly announced that Knoxville and Steve-O were hospitalized due to on-set injuries.[33][34]

Release

Jackass Forever is scheduled to be theatrically released by Paramount Pictures on February 4, 2022.[3] On December 19, 2019, Paramount confirmed that a fourth Jackass film is set for production and scheduled for release on March 5, 2021.[35] In April 2020, the release date was delayed to July 2, 2021.[36] In July 2020, the film was delayed again to September 3, 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[37] In April 2021, the release date was again delayed until October 22, 2021.[38] In September 2021, the film was delayed once more to February 4, 2022.[3]

Jackass 4.5

In a 2021 interview on The Film Stage, Jackass director Jeff Tremaine was asked if Eric André will make an appearance in Jackass Forever after they worked together on Bad Trip. "Maybe Eric's in it. If he's not, he'll be in Jackass 4.5," Tremaine said.[8] On June 7, 2021, Ehren McGhehey stated that they filmed so much for Jackass Forever that they have two films worth of footage. He also said that Jackass 4.5 will be released in the same similarity as Jackass 2.5 and Jackass 3.5, consisting of behind-the-scenes, unused footage, outtakes, and interviews with the cast and crew members.[39] On July 31, 2021, Chris Pontius confirmed that Jackass 4.5 will be released on Netflix.[40]

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