Jonah Hill Loses Cut Off July 17 Warner Bros. Release Date
jonah hill’s Cut Off no longer has a Warner Bros. release date, dropping the July 17 theatrical slot it had previously held. The film was left off the studio’s 2026 presentation at CinemaCon, and the shift pushes its theatrical timing into limbo.
Hill’s July 17 slot disappears
Cut Off was scheduled to open in theaters on July 17 before Warner Bros. removed it from the calendar. Hill directed the film from a script he wrote with Ezra Woods, and the project was built as a studio comedy release rather than a streaming title.
The cast includes Kristen Wiig, Bette Midler, Nathan Lane, Adriana Barraza, Camila Cabello and Chelsea Peretti. Hill, Matt Dines and Ali Goodwin are producing, which puts a recognizable comedy package behind a date that had been assigned and then lost.
SmartLess Live at the Palladium
Hill addressed the film on Saturday during SmartLess Live at the Hollywood Palladium, where he called Cut Off “pure stupidity.” He told the crowd, “I’m about to go on a run of just the dumbest shit you’ve ever seen in your entire life. 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.”
He also said of Warner Bros. film bosses Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy, “We are trying to bring comedy back to theaters.” That line lands differently now, because the movie meant to help that argument has lost the date that would have put it opposite Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey.
Warner Bros. keeps 2026 open
The most practical takeaway is simple: there is no current release date for Cut Off, so anyone tracking Hill’s next theatrical move should treat the film as unscheduled rather than delayed into a new announced slot. For a movie with an established ensemble and a theatrical plan, dropping off the calendar usually leaves distributors free to reshuffle strategy before they name a replacement date.
Hill’s recent work only sharpens the contrast. He just directed and starred opposite Keanu Reeves and Cameron Diaz in Outcome, which launched on Apple TV last month, while Cut Off now sits outside Warner Bros.’ public release lineup. That leaves Hill with one project already out in the market and another comedy still waiting for a screen.
