Paramount announced on Wednesday evening that it will be reviving the MTV reality series “Jackass” for a new feature film slated for release on March 5, 2021.
Beyond the title and release date, no other details on the film were given by the studio, including whether the show’s original cast would be involved. Created by Johnny Knoxville, Jeff Tremaine and Spike Jonze, “Jackass” originally aired on MTV from 2000-2002 and spawned a trilogy of films released in 2003, 2006 and 2010 that were all produced at budgets of under $20 million and combined to gross $335 million at the global box office.