Johnny Knoxville Confirms Unofficial ‘Bad Grandpa’ Sequel Will Hit DVD
It’s flying a bit under the radar, but there’s a newJackassmovie coming out this weekend.Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpacomes from the same twisted minds who brought us the violent, hilarious TV show and three feature films. This time though, they’re coming at the idea from a different point of view. InBad Grandpa, instead of building a film around stunts, directorJeff Tremaineand starJohnny Knoxvilletell a narrative story featuring unassuming real people shot reality style, like Sacha Baron Cohen did inBoratandBruno. That story followsJackasscharacter Irving Zisman (Knoxville) who travels across country with his 8-year-old grandson (Jackson Nicoll) in tow.
On the last fewJackassfilms so much footage hit the cutting room floor, they were able to release unofficial sequels (dubbed “.5”) on DVD. Knoxville confirmed the same will happen onBad Grandpa. The difference this time is the new film will feature two Oscar-nominees cut out of the theatrical cut:Spike JonzeandCatherine Keener.
Thanks toScreenCrushfor the info.
They reportBad Grandpa 1.5will be released simultaneously with the theatrical release on DVD and Blu-ray and “It would act as an unofficial sequel to the upcoming comedy, which Knoxville said had a ton of great material that had to be cut for time.”
As for Jonze and Keener, the Oscar-nominees both shot scenes as old ladies but they got cut. Those scenes will be in 1.5. (However, according to ScreenCrush, you can see Keener very briefly in one scene in the theatrical cut ofBad Grandpa.)
