Peter Dinklage is back in the new trailer for Idiots, and IFC has put a date on the comedy: August 28, 2026 in U.S. theaters. The second official trailer arrives after the film’s 2026 Sundance Film Festival run under a different title, turning a festival title change into a late-summer theatrical campaign.
August 13 for Idiots
On August 13, 2026, IFC released the second official trailer for Idiots, a 98 mins comedy that now has its U.S. theatrical launch set for August 28, 2026. For a film that first surfaced at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival as The Sh&theads, the new trailer is the clearest sign that the rebrand is moving from festival curiosity to a standard release push.
Two unqualified bozos drive the setup: they are hired to transfer a spoiled, rich problematic teen named Sheridan to rehab. Mason Thames plays Sheridan, while Dave Franco and O'Shea Jackson Jr. star as Mark and Davis. Kiernan Shipka, Nicholas Braun, and Peter Dinklage are also in the cast, giving the trailer more than a single-selling-point hook.
Macon Blair’s shift
Macon Blair directed Idiots and wrote the screenplay from a story by Macon Blair and Alex Orr. That makes the trailer release more than routine marketing; it is the handoff from a Sundance-premiere identity to a wider audience that will meet the film under a new title, with IFC betting that the studio-facing name change is easier to sell in theaters.
The film is described as a “raucous and wildly entertaining descent into madness,” which is a cleaner sales pitch than the premise itself. The tension in the package is obvious: a comedy built around reckless chaos and an “extra dumb” premise now has to land with moviegoers as a polished theatrical release, not just a festival oddity.
Peter Dinklage and Sheridan
Peter Dinklage is listed among the cast, but the available material does not specify his role. Mason Thames, by contrast, is tied directly to Sheridan in Idiots, and that specificity helps anchor the trailer around the spoiled teen at the center of the transfer plot rather than around the ensemble alone.
For viewers, the practical takeaway is simple: the film has already moved from Sundance to a set U.S. release date, and the second trailer is the last clear preview before August 28. If the first title suggested a festival experiment, the new campaign says IFC wants this one understood as a commercial comedy with a defined date and a cast that includes Peter Dinklage, Dave Franco, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Mason Thames, Kiernan Shipka, and Nicholas Braun.
