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Jackass Forever Trivia | 70 facts about the slapstick black comedy

Jackass Forever is a reality slapstick black comedy and the fourth main installment in the Jackass film series.

Let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the new film.

Jackass Forever is a 2022 American reality slapstick black comedy film
It is directed by Jeff Tremaine
It is the sequel to Jackass 3D (2010)
It is the fourth main installment in the Jackass film series
The fifth overall installment
The film stars Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Dave England, Wee Man, Danger Ehren, and Preston Lacy
It also includes various celebrity guest appearances
And a cameo appearance by former cast member Bam Margera, who was fired during the film’s production
Jackass Forever had its world premiere at the Canada Theater on February 2, 2022
It was theatrically and Streaming released in Paramount Plus United States on February 4, 2022, by Paramount Pictures
The film was well received by critics
The cast from the previous films return
With the exception of Ryan Dunn, who was killed in a car crash in June 2011
As in the TV show and the previous films, director, writer, and producer Jeff Tremaine, producer and writer Spike Jonze, co-producer and photographer Sean Cliver, and camera operators Lance Bangs and Rick Kosick appeared in the movie
Chris Raab, who was a recurring cast member in the Jackass TV series and Jackass: The Movie, now served as a camera operator
He had a brief appearance the movie
It also is the first film in the series not to feature a guest appearance by Rip Taylor
He died in October 2019
In a 2018 AltPress interview, Johnny Knoxville said that he was open to making a fourth Jackass film that may feature some new cast members, “just to bring in some fresh blood into it”
He said that he continues to write ideas for a Jackass film and that “a ton” have been set aside should the project receive the green-light
In July 2019, former cast member Chris Raab said that he had interviewed the Jackass crew on his Bathroom Break podcast and noted that everyone was still open to a fourth film should Knoxville, Jeff Tremaine, and Spike Jonze agree
In late 2019, Knoxville had a meeting with Tremaine and dropped out a 200-page document full of concepts for a fourth Jackass film
They agreed to film for two days with the entire cast just to see if it still feels right to make Jackass 4
During a January 2021 podcast interview, Bam Margera indicated that Paramount Pictures regards him as a liability, owing to his behavior over the last few years
He indicated that Jeff Tremaine had fought with the studio to keep Margera in the film but Margera wasn’t certain that Paramount was going to allow him to partake in filming of the movie
On February 11, 2021, Margera posted several videos to his Instagram account, in which he admitted to breaking his sobriety and claimed that he had been officially fired from the filming of Jackass 4
Throughout the video, Margera could be seen crying, vomiting, and alluding to having looked up “how to tie a noose” before his move to Oceanside, California
Margera alleged that Paramount had been forcing him to take antidepressants, submit to random urine tests, and to check in to two rehabilitation facilities using his own money
He also expressed disdain for Tremaine, Johnny Knoxville, and Spike Jonze before asking his fans to boycott the film
He then solicited his followers to send him money in order to film his own movie to compete with Jackass 4
The videos were removed from Margera’s Instagram account soon after being posted
On May 25, 2021, Tremaine filed a temporary restraining order against Margera due to Margera’s harassment of Tremaine and Knoxville via Instagram
Tremaine was granted an additional three-year restraining order, extended to Tremaine’s wife and children, after Margera allegedly sent the family death threats
On August 9, 2021, Margera filed a lawsuit against Knoxville, Jonze, and Tremaine, as well as against Paramount Pictures, MTV, Dickhouse Entertainment, and Gorilla Flicks, alleging that he was wrongfully fired from the film’s production
Margera also said that the film makes use of contributions he made before his firing and is seeking an injunction on the October release of the film as a result
On January 12, 2022, Knoxville said that one scene Margera filmed will remain, despite the lawsuit
In a May 2021 GQ interview, Johnny Knoxville stated that Jackass Forever will be his final contribution to the Jackass franchise
On May 25, 2021, Knoxville appeared on GQ’s web series titled Actually Me
He was asked if there will be any new cast members in Jackass Forever, and Knoxville confirmed that there will be six new cast members, them being Jasper Dolphin, Compston “Darkshark” Wilson (who is Jasper’s father), Eric Manaka (who had a role in Knoxville’s film Action Point), Rachel Wolfson, Zach Holmes, and Sean “Poopies” McInerney
On July 12, 2021, Knoxville was invited to an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live! where he revealed the film’s new official title as Jackass Forever
He also showed the first official photos of Jackass Forever in this interview
On July 12, 2021, Wee Man was invited to The Nine Club podcast with Chris Roberts
In this podcast, Wee Man said that out of all Jackass movies that “this one hurt the most”
He also stated that they originally planned to film in different locations around the world, which was thwarted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
He also claimed that Paramount Pictures used Jackass Forever to see how film studios could resume filming during the pandemic
Because the majority of the film was filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic, all cast and crew members had to be tested for COVID-19 every day of filming
On January 6, 2022, director Jeff Tremaine stated that all of the testing combined had a cost of “about over (sic) one million dollars”
Test filming started in December 2019
During the two days of test filming, professional skateboarder Aaron “Jaws” Homoki broke his wrist
Principal photography started in January 2020
On the very first day of filming, the cast threw snakes on Bam Margera in the dark in order to induce his fear of snakes
Two days after receiving the green-light, both Steve-O and Johnny Knoxville were hospitalized
Wee Man confirmed that filming had shut down on February 12, 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic
The filming restarted on September 21, 2020
With Dimitry Elyashkevich serving as cinematographer
On December 15, 2020, it was publicly announced that Knoxville and Steve-O were hospitalized due to on-set injuries
In the United States and Canada, Jackass Forever was released alongside Moonfall, and is projected to gross around $15 million from 3,590 theaters in its opening weekend
With Boxoffice Pro predicting a $22 – 32 million three-day debut
The film earned an estimated $1.65 million from Thursday night previews
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 89% rating
Based on 97 reviews
With an average rating of 7.40/10
The website’s critical consensus reads, “A gleefully gonzo franchise revival, Jackass Forever will make you worry more than ever for the cast’s health and safety – but not enough to hold back the laughter”
Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 74 out of 100
Based on 33 critics
Indicating “generally favorable reviews”
Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of “B+” on an A+ to F scale
In a 2021 interview on The Film Stage, Jackass director Jeff Tremaine was asked if Eric André will make an appearance in Jackass Forever after they worked together on Bad Trip
On June 7, 2021, Ehren McGhehey stated that they filmed so much for Jackass Forever that they have two films worth of footage
He also said that Jackass 4.5 will be released in the same similarity as Jackass 2.5 and Jackass 3.5, consisting of behind-the-scenes, unused footage, outtakes, and interviews with the cast and crew members