Macon Blair’s Road Comedy Gets New Title and August Release Date

The film formerly known as The Shitheads just got a rebrand. Independent Film Company is now calling it IDIOTS, and it hits theaters August 28.

Director Macon Blair’s road comedy stars Dave Franco and O’Shea Jackson Jr. as two completely unqualified guys hired to drive a rich kid (Mason Thames) to rehab. Naturally, things go sideways fast. The cast also includes Kiernan Shipka, Nicholas Braun, and Peter Dinklage.

The film is produced by Alex Orr, Brandon James, Nathan Klingher, Ford Corbett, Joshua Harris, Mark Fasano, Macon Blair, and Dave Franco. O’Shea Jackson Jr. executive produces alongside Jatin Desai, Greg Freidman, Danny McBride, Jody Hill, David Gordon Green, Jeremy Saulnier, David Gendron, Ali Jazayeri, and Thomas Mann.

Blair, best known for directing I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore and acting in Blue Ruin and Green Room, has built a reputation for dark, offbeat storytelling. IDIOTS sounds like more of that energy, just aimed at multiplex crowds this time.

Independent Film Company clearly sees commercial potential here, slotting it into the late summer release window when comedies can still break through. Whether audiences will show up for a gonzo road trip about incompetent kidnappers remains to be seen, but the cast alone makes it worth watching.

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