Warner Bros. cancels debut amid reports Jonah Hill’s new movie is unreleasable

written by Craig Ellison

June 27, 2026 12:17 pm

Warner Bros. cancels debut amid reports Jonah Hill’s new movie is unreleasable — Image credit: Google Veo 3

Jonah Hill’s next film just got yanked from the Warner Bros. release calendar, deemed unreleasable and left in limbo.

Right, so here we go: Jonah Hill. You know the bloke – Superbad, Moneyball, that stint as the Green Lantern's voice in those Lego films your nephew won't shut up about. Once the comic relief sidekick, then suddenly starring in films where people take him seriously enough to slap Oscar nominations his way. Somewhere in the middle, he started getting interested in running the show himself.

From Star to Director

Hill's been shifting gears away from constant acting gigs. You might remember he directed that indie flick mid90s back in 2018, did a bit in the mental health doc Stutz (2022), and even took the helm for an episode of HBO's Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. More recently, he gave us Outcome for Apple TV in 2026—not that you’d know unless you’re the sort who checks Rotten Tomatoes before getting out of bed.

'Cut Off'—Literally

Now for the latest kerfuffle. Hill’s new movie, Cut Off, was supposed to hit cinemas on 27 July 2026 via Warner Bros. Except, it's not. Warner's yanked it from the release schedule entirely. Not postponed, not shuffled, just gone.

What happened? Filming wrapped up back in September 2025, but it was already messy before that: original lead Jennifer Lawrence jumped ship and Kristen Wiig stepped in. Normally, you’d spin that as a triumphant save, but it didn’t land. Apparently, test screenings went so badly that reactions ranged from quietly unimpressed to someone flat-out saying it was 'unwatchable'. And that's not even industry hyperbole—these sorts of words usually come wrapped in a press release. This time, not so much.

Puck’s Matt Belloni, reporting through World of Reel, put it like this:

Warner Bros. thinks the film is 'unreleasable' and it's basically stuck in limbo until the Paramount buyout of Warner Bros. gets sorted. That shake-up could easily decide whether film bosses Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy hang about or pack up.

You do have to wonder how bad a studio film needs to be to be literally pulled from a schedule. And with that much A-list muscle on the cast list—Chelsea Peretti, Bette Midler, Nathan Lane, Kristen Wiig, the lot of them—it’s not exactly an amateur hour.

Hill's Directing: Recent Track Record

mid90s (2018): Gritty nostalgia trip, earned him a bit of cred.
Stutz (2022): Mental health doc, mostly praised.
Winning Time S1E2: TV episode for HBO, critically solid.
Outcome (2026): Apple TV original, critics hated it—27% on Rotten Tomatoes, despite roping in Keanu Reeves and Cameron Diaz.
Cut Off: Filmed and (allegedly) finished, may never see daylight.

Hill's Next Shot - 24 Jump Street

There’s a lifeline of sorts for Hill. Just this June (2026, remember), Sony finally confirmed 24 Jump Street is officially in the works—going straight from 22 to 24, because why would anyone expect proper counting in this franchise? Channing Tatum and Ice Cube are back, so Hill gets another go as undercover misfit Schmidt, which is probably what we all want anyway.