Following a no-show appearance at CinemaCon, which could have been the tipping point tell, Warner Bros. has removed Jonah Hill and Kristen Wiig’s comedy “Cut Off” from its July 17, 2026, release date, leaving the film undated for now. The move takes the movie out of a busy summer slot that had it positioned opposite Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” where it once looked like an obvious counterprogramming play.
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Hill directs, co-writes, and stars in the comedy, which follows two wealthy and privileged siblings who are suddenly cut off financially by their parents and don’t know what to do. Wiig co-stars with Bette Midler, Nathan Lane, Adriana Barraza, Camila Cabello, Langston Kerman, Chelsea Peretti, and Cary Christopher, who are also in the cast. Ezra Woods co-wrote the screenplay with Hill.
On paper, the original July slot may have made some fanciful sense for alternative programming. Nolan’s “The Odyssey” is one of the biggest event films of 2026, and a broad studio comedy starring Hill and Wiig could have played as the lighter option for moviegoers not looking for myth, IMAX, and Homeric scale. Then again, maybe harsh reality has set in, and “Cut Off” is now awaiting a new date.
The shift also arrives during a rough stretch for Hill as a filmmaker. His most recent feature, Apple’s “Outcome,” starring Keanu Reeves, Cameron Diaz, and Matt Bomer, landed last month to harsh reviews. The Playlist’s review called it a “sweaty, self-absorbed train wreck,” and the broader critical response hasn’t been much kinder (the film has a dismal 29% Rotten Tomatoes score and an audience score that’s almost as bad).
That does not necessarily explain the calendar move, but it adds an extra sting to the delay. Hill’s first narrative feature, “Mid90s,” gave him real filmmaker credibility. “Outcome” dented that. “Cut Off,” whenever Warner Bros. decides to release it, will now carry a little extra pressure to prove that Hill’s comic instincts still travel on a studio scale.
Warner Bros. has not announced a new release date for “Cut Off.” Still, in a recent Smartless Live podcast conversation, Hill called the movie “pure stupidity,” described co-star Wiig as a “national treasure,” and suggested he was done with his “serious” period and is ready to return to the genre that first made him famous.
“I’m about to go on a run of just the dumbest shit you’ve ever seen in your entire life,” he told the audience. “I hope you left your brains at home. It’s called ‘Cut Off,’ and Kristen Wiig and I play two dumbass heirs — rich kids in their mid-40s who get cut off by their rich parents, played by Bette Midler and Nathan Lane. It is like ‘Step Brothers,’ ‘Clueless,’ and ‘Trading Places.’ Classic comedy.”
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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