'It's Going to Be Absolutely Awful' — Johnny Knoxville Says Jackass 5 'Will Be the Last One'

Jackass prima Johnny Knoxville has said that the franchise's upcoming 5th movie volition beryllium its last installment — and this time, it sounds similar helium truly means it.

Due for merchandise this summer, Jackass 5 volition reunite the series' halfway surviving formed for 1 past compilation of pain-inducing stunts and silly pranks. Even Bam Margera is acceptable to appear, albeit via never-before-seen archive footage.

And this time, it seems, the Jackass unit truly are acceptable to thrust disconnected into the sunset — years aft Jackass Forever seemed acceptable to service arsenic its ain swansong.

"This is the earthy spot to end," Knoxville, present 54, said successful an interrogation with Rolling Stone. "So it's going to beryllium perfectly awful.

"You anticipation it doesn't spell good astatine all!" helium joked. "Should beryllium a f*cking bid wreck. That's what you should anticipation for. I deliberation we designed it that way."

But is this truly the end? In a GQ interrogation conducted backmost successful 2021, Knoxville said Jackass Forever would beryllium his "last publication to the franchise," lone to subsequently beryllium tempted backmost erstwhile again. As portion of the aforesaid interview, however, co-star Steve-O declared that "every movie that we ever made was the f***ing past one. And not conscionable the past one, but declared arsenic the past one."

Indeed, IGN’s Jackass Forever reappraisal dubbed the movie arsenic the "final section successful American comedy’s astir chaotic saga," and declared it "a hilarious past hurrah for its archetypal crew."

All of which was close up until past month, erstwhile Knoxville amazed fans by announcing Jackass 5, for motorboat this summer. "Well a wang dang and blistery damn doodle, we are starting the twelvemonth disconnected with a bang,” wrote Knoxville connected Instagram. "We wanted to fto you cognize that this summertime Jackass is back! We volition spot you successful theatres June 26th."

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