{"id":406546,"date":"2026-05-01T10:22:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T10:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/406546\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T10:22:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T10:22:17","slug":"jonah-hill-teases-new-kristen-wiig-comedy-cut-off-as-pure-stupidity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/406546\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonah Hill Teases New Kristen Wiig Comedy \u2018Cut Off\u2019 as Pure Stupidity"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tJonah Hill<\/a> may not have made it to the CinemaCon main stage during Warner Bros<\/a>. studio presentation to promote his upcoming film, Cut Off<\/a>, but the comedy vet didn\u2019t miss a chance to tease it while under the lights at SmartLess Live on Saturday. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cNext one is pure stupidity,\u201d Hill told SmartLess hosts Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes of the film, due in theaters July 17. It comes on the heels of his Apple TV original Outcome starring Keanu Reeves<\/a>, Cameron Diaz<\/a> and Matt Bomer<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tAsked to elaborate and share the concept, Hill said this: \u201cIt\u2019s dumb. I\u2019m about to go on a run of just the dumbest shit you\u2019ve ever seen in your entire life. I hope you left your brains at home. It\u2019s called Cut Off and Kristen Wiig<\/a> and I play two dumb ass heirs, rich kids in their mid-40s who get cut off by their rich parents, played by Bette Midler<\/a> and Nathan Lane<\/a>. It is like Step Brothers, Clueless and Trading Places. Classic comedy. It\u2019s so great, and Kristen Wiig is an American treasure. I\u2019ve been so lucky. I last worked with Keanu Reeves and Cameron Diaz and now Bette Midler and Nathan Lane. I\u2019m the luckiest guy, and this one is going to be in theaters. Shout out [Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy] at Warner Bros. We are trying to bring comedy back to theaters.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tHill directed from a script he co-wrote with Ezra Woods. If it feels like a return to the spotlight for Hill, well, he would say the same thing. \u201cI\u2019ve been gone for a while, so I\u2019m kind of coming back and I\u2019m like excited because I got all, like, serious for a while and I wasn\u2019t as happy,\u201d Hill explained of a quiet few years of not appearing in any major films after Kenya Barris\u2019 You People<\/a> and Adam McKay\u2019s Don\u2019t Look Up<\/a>. \u201cThen I had my family and I got happy, and now all I want to do is be funny again. That\u2019s why I said yes [to being on SmartLess]. I\u2019m, like, I want to go fucking be funny in front of a crowd and that\u2019d be awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHill appeared giddy to be on stage, a moment his fans may have thought might never come after he released a statement in August 2022 announcing he would be stepping back from media appearances and public facing events due to 20 years of anxiety attacks. He credits his family for the vibe shift. <\/a>\u201cIf you\u2019re bummed, you don\u2019t feel like being that funny, right? The first thing I thought about when I had my kids and was so stoked, it was like I connected to back when I was just like 12 and I was just being funny for fun,\u201d he explained. \u201cThat\u2019s the thing I fell in love with my whole life.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter directing two films, Hill said he\u2019s stoked to be an actor for hire. \u201cI might take a job,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m like, dude, I\u2019m so excited to just put on the t-shirt you tell me to put on and go be funny.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd he pledged to keep it going: \u201cI promise to try and make a movie every year that\u2019s funny.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tHayes, Arnett, Hill and Bateman at SiriusXM\u2019s SmartLess Live at Avalon Hollywood on April 25, 2026. New episodes of SiriusXM\u2019s SmartLess drop every Monday.<\/p>\n

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