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Entertainment Industry News: Jackass and New Media Company Launch
‘Jackass: Best and Last’ will be available on Paramount+ on September 24, marking the end of the decades-long MTV show. Thunder Road Films and Lit Entertainment Group have partnered to launch a new media company, TR/AK, focusing on original stories and commercially ambitious projects.
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Variety
Thunder Road Films founder Basil Iwanyk and partner Erica Lee have partnered with Lit Entertainment Group founder Adam Kolbrenner to launch a new media company, TR/AK. The company will focus on creators and telling original stories, as well as commercially ambitious film and television projects targ
2026-09-09 16:15 UTC
Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: Director Paul Feig in the early stages of planning a heist. Paramount Pictures is in early talks with The Housemaid director to mount a follow-up to the 2003 film The Italian Job. The studio is out to writers right now, but no elements are yet attached. Inspired by the 1969 Michael Caine-
2026-09-09 16:15 UTC
Deadline
Thunder Road Films’ Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee have partnered with Lit Entertainment Group’s Adam Kolbrenner to launch TR/AK, a new media company centering commercially ambitious and original film and television for global audiences. The venture brings together the company behind the Joh
2026-09-09 16:15 UTC
Variety
The joke’s over: “Jackass: Best and Last” will be available to stream on Paramount+ on Sept. 24. After the film’s theatrical release on June 26, the decades-long saga of pranks and tomfoolery is finally coming to an end. The “Jackass” crew’s wild ride from MTV show to five-pa
2026-09-09 16:21 UTC