Johnny Knoxville is opening up about all the accidents and injuries he sustained while filming for Jackass Forever.
11.01.2022 - 03:09 / deadline.com
Hulu has ordered the Steven Levitan and 20th Television comedy Reboot to series.
Judy Greer has notched the female lead character role of Bree Marie Larson in the Keegan-Michael Key and Johnny Knoxville comedy series, replacing Leslie Bibb. Deadline hears that the writers took the direction of the female lead character in a different direction.
The nine-time Emmy winning Levitan created, wrote, is executive producing and is show-running Reboot.
Steeped in the irony of the television’s industry continuing inclination to “reboot” hit shows from the past, the series begins when Hulu reboots an early 2000’s family sitcom, forcing its dysfunctional cast back together. Now they must deal with their unresolved issues in today’s fast-changing world.
In Reboot, Key plays Reed Sterling, a fussy actor on the fictitious family multi-cam sitcom, “Step Right Up,” who graduated from the Yale school of drama and resents the show for ruining his career; Knoxville is Clay Barber, a dark and filthy standup comedian who’s only real acting job was on the same bright and sunny sitcom; Greer will play Bree Marie Larson, a small-town pageant girl who always dreamed of being an actress and a princess and both somehow came true; and Rachel Bloom is Hannah, a sitcom writer with a “fresh take;” Calum Worthy is Zack, the hyphenate movie star/hip-hop artist; and Krista Marie Yu plays a former tech exec, Elaine. The cast was announced during Reboot‘s pilot stage.
“Steve’s incredible track record speaks for itself. Modern Family was brilliant and massively appealing, making millions upon millions of viewers laugh week-after-week and quickly becoming a global sensation,” said Hulu’s Head of Scripted Content Jordan Helman. “We’re honored that Hulu will be
Johnny Knoxville is opening up about all the accidents and injuries he sustained while filming for Jackass Forever.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaIFC Films and Shudder has acquired North American rights to psychological thriller “Resurrection” following its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The film stars Rebecca Hall as Margaret, a woman who balances the demands of a busy career and single parenthood. Her carefully constructed life is upended when an unwelcome shadow from her past, David (Tim Roth) returns, forcing her to confront the monster she’s evaded for two decades.“Resurrection” was written and directed by Andrew Semans (“Nancy, Please”) and co-stars Grace Kaufman and Michael Esper.
IFC Films and Shudder have taken North American rights to Andrew Semans’ psychological thriller Resurrection starring Rebecca Hall, Tim Roth, Grace Kaufman and Michael Esper.
On Sunday, Knoxville will join the Royal Rumble, WWE’s annual showdown where 30 wrestlers compete for a spot in the main event of Wrestlemania. The 50-year-old “Jackass” star is only the second celeb to take part after Drew Carey entered — and then quickly exited — the match back in 2003. When talking to TheWrap about the match and his new movie, “Jackass Forever,” Knoxville was filled with the trademark bravado that he’s always used to build anticipation for the inevitable, painful pratfalls of his stunts.
Jackass Forever.Knoxville, who makes his final Jackass appearance in the film, said a stunt where he’s knocked into the air by a bull left him with severe injuries, including a broken wrist, broken ribs and a concussion that resulted in a brain haemorrhage.Speaking about the incident on Howard Stern’s radio show, Knoxville said: “Yeah, I got a brain haemorrhage from that. So my cognitive abilities were in steep decline after that hit.”He added: “No one in my family is happy with the stunts.
Jessica Kiang If endless sequels, prequels, reboots, spin-offs, teamups, callbacks and shout-outs have put you off the idea of the “shared cinematic universe,” you haven’t been spending enough time in Karatas, world cinema’s smallest, wildest, weirdest crossover microcosm. The fictional village in rural Kazakhstan, populated exclusively by the clueless, the cowardly, the comic and the corrupt has provided a stark, absurdist backdrop for most of prolific Kazakh director Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s films, including his newest, the dark, funny, freaky “Assault.”It may not be the most essential Yerzhanov entry — it’s not the darkest, funniest or freakiest — but “Assault” is a droll refresher on his singular sensibilities, and his borderline miraculous ability to maintain a coherent tone while narrative logic and consistency are highly expendable commodities.
Being a Jackass star isn’t as easy as Johnny Knoxville makes it look!
Johnny Knoxville has survived being shot out of a cannon and a motorcycle falling down onto his crotch, but when it came to his recent stunt with a bull, the 50-year-old daredevil faced some life-changing firsts. In a new sit-down with Howard Stern, the action star, who is set to appear in the newest installment of the franchise in February, recalled the intense aftermath of being hit by a bull in the upcoming film, . «The bull hit was the worst hit I've ever taken from a bull or maybe period,» he told Stern. Knoxville had the injuries to prove it: a broken wrist, broken ribs and brain injury. «I got a brain hemorrhage from that, so my cognitive abilities were in steep decline after that hit,» he said.
Greg Russo will bring his knowledge of adapting video games for screen to Binge, which has tapped the Mortal Kombat scribe to write and direct its upcoming live-action System Shock series.
Johnny Knoxville is lucky to be alive and healthy after suffering brain damage when he got charged at by a bull in “Jackass Forever”.
Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentAmazon Prime Video has ordered its next French series original, “Darknet-sur-Mer,” (“On the Darknet”) a crime comedy series produced by Noor Sadar’s White Lion Films, a Mediawan Group company. The six-episode series, directed by Remy Four and Julien War (“On The Other Side of the Tracks”), has just started filming in the Charente Maritime region of Southwest France.
Morgan Stevens, who played numerous roles on television before a tragic confrontation with police derailed his career, was discovered dead at age 70 in his home today as part of a police wellness check. No information on the cause of death was released by police.
James Lafferty) and Hailey James Scott (Bethany Joy Lenz) on , just turned 21! Feel old yet?Brundage took to his Instagram Story over the weekend to celebrate the major milestone.«21 today! Any alcohol recommendations?» Brundage wrote alongside a photo of himself holding up a peace sign.Brundage stole viewer's hearts on the show's fifth season after the series flashed forward four years, focusing on the One Tree Hill crew's life as adults.A post shared by Jackson Brundage (@jacksonb4real)His character was not just hilarious, but he was super adorable too, with a sweet disposition and a love for his family and his pet rabbit Chester. He didn't let his short stature keep him away from his big dreams of playing basketball, just like his dad.Brundage starred in the hit CW series from 2008 until its end in 2012.
Charlotte Dawson has given a glimpse inside her incredible Peter Rabbit first birthday party for her son Noah.The 29 year old, who recently revealed that her health kick was inspired by fear that she 'won't be around' for her son, shared a glimpse inside the gorgeous party for her adorable son, who she shares with fiancé Matt Sarsfield, to her 1.3million followers. Mum-of-one Charlotte looked incredible in a mini baby blue dress with stunning ruffle detailing and feathers as she posed with Matt and their sweet little one outside The Barn at Morleys Hall in Manchester.
Actor Michael Madsen and his family are in mourning.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterHulu has ordered a series adaptation of the novel “Saint X” by Alexis Schaitkin, Variety has learned.The series is described as a psychological drama told in multiple timelines and perspectives. It is about a young woman’s mysterious death during an idyllic Caribbean vacation and how it creates a traumatic ripple effect that eventually pulls her surviving sister into a dangerous pursuit of the truth.Hulu has given the show an eight-episode order. Leila Gerstein will write and executive produce the adapatation.
“Bless your heart,” a former congregant says to Trinitie Childs (Regina Hall), the first lady of the Atlanta-based Baptist megachurch Wander To Greater Paths. As the film crew that’s been following the first lady for weeks looks on, Childs’ immediate reaction, Hall has always been a killer emotive actor, is to hold back the flurry of insults swirling underneath her polite grimace-smile.
Centuries-old grandiose red brick, white-trimmed buildings fill the frame at the start of Mariama Diallo’s striking debut feature film “Master.” Ivy-clad collegiate walls are a staple in the horror genre; the grounds are confined, and there’s something inherently creepy about old buildings. But here, Diallo uses this setting not just for aesthetic frights but because it is these very venerated walls from which the terror at the center of her story finds its origin.
What happens when you put 10 of Canada’s funniest people in a single room together, “Big Brother”-style?
Jodie Foster has joined the cast of “Nyad,” a biopic based on the life of famed long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad that will be directed by the Oscar-winning duo behind “Free Solo.”Annette Bening is set to star as Diana Nyad and the film will tell the story of how Nyad at age 64 became the first person to swim the length of Cuba to Florida without the aid of a cage through waters infested by sharks and poisonous jellyfish. Foster will play Bonnie Stoll, Nyad’s coach and longtime friend.Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin will make their narrative feature debut on the biopic.The film is based on Diana Nyad’s autobiography “Find a Way” and has a screenplay by Emmy-winner Ann Biderman (“Ray Donovan”) with revisions by Black List writer Julia Cox (the upcoming “Do No Harm”).Mad Chance’s Andrew Lazar and Black Bear Pictures’ Teddy Schwarzman developed and will produce.Nyad came to fame as a long-distance swimmer back in the ’70s when she swam around the length of Manhattan, or 28 miles.