Despite a minor online scandal that’s made him lay low in recent months—manipulative emotional abuse allegations from his ex-girlfriend—Jonah Hill is slowly returning to movies with a new sibling comedy he co-wrote and is directing called “Cut Off.” And now, it’s moving forward as Hill has found the comedienne to play the sister in his film: Kristen Wiig.
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Co-written with Ezra Woods, “Cut Off” centers on wealthy siblings whose parents turn off the money faucet and force their adult kids to support themselves.
Variety reports that Warner Bros., which is backing the film, has set a July 17, 2026, release date for the comedy.
Wiig and Hill have never starred in a film together, but they created the famously viral “Liza Minelli Tries to Turn Off a Lamp” sketch when she was on “Saturday Night Live.”
While trying to keep the film under wraps, the existence of “Cut Off” leaked earlier this year when it was revealed the comedy would receive $10 million in California production tax credits, against a budget close to $50 million.
Cameras are set to begin rolling in the fall. Wiig will appear next in the second season of her Apple TV+ comedy “Palm Royale,” which earned her her twelfth Emmy nomination.
To be fair to Hill, pivoted away from movies long before his ex-girlfriend put him on blast in public. In recent years, he shifted towards writing and filmmaking, writing and directing “Mid90s” in 2018, and then directed the Netflix documentary “Stutz” in 2022.
Between 2017 and 2025, he’s appeared in all of four live-action films, “Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot” (2018), “The Beach Bum” (2019), “Don’t Look Up” (2021) and” You People” (2023).
Before “Cut off” hits theaters, audiences will see Hill next in “Outcome,” another comedy he co-wrote and directed starring Keanu Reeves, himself, Cameron Diaz, Matt Bomer and David Spade. An Apple TV+ movie,” Outcome” follows a Hollywood star (Reeves) as he is forced to confront his problems and atone for his past after being threatened by a bizarre video footage from his past. No release date has been set for the film, but it’s still possible it could premiere later this year.
Rodrigo Perez is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Playlist, which he launched in 2008. He has worked in entertainment journalism since 2000, including at MTV, and has written for SPIN, IndieWire, Pitchfork, Complex, Magnet, and various music, film, and entertainment publications over the past two decades.
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