Franco & Jackson's Idiots: Nineties-Style Comedy

0:00On April 7th, Dave Franco and O'Shea Jackson Jr. are teaming up for a wild comedy called Idiots, which just got its official name swap from an aim. Earlier title and a solid release date of August 28th, 2026. The flick follows two total amateurs hired to shuttle a spoiled rich kid played by Mason Thames to rehab, but things go off the rails into total chaos. Fast. The cast packs a punch with Karen and Shipka, Nicholas Braun, and Peter Dinklage rounding out the crew. Making Blair wrote and directed it, backed by a bunch of producers including Franco himself, and names like Danny McBride and David Gordon Green on the executive side. Critics who caught early screenings are digging it, giving idiots a 73% fresh score on rotten tomatoes. They're calling out the sharp laughs in that old school vibe from Ron Sheer comedies of the 90s and early 2000s. Franco's been busy with Hopper's last year, and now you see me, now you don't. Before that, and he's got the animated Forgotten

1:00Island coming up next. Jackson just wrapped Den of Thieves 2, Pantera, and Lines of Long Wolf after this. With that kind of talent and buzz building early, Idiots looks primed to deliver some serious comedic heat when it drops. From the spotlight, powered by AI, this is Entertainment and Celebrity News today.