Bam Margera Signs ‘Jackass 5’ Deal to Appear via Archival Footage, Not Expected to Film New Stunts
The family feud is over.
Bam Margera has signed an agreement to appear in “Jackass 5” via never-before-seen archival footage. While things could change, Variety understands that Margera will not be filming new stunts for the movie, which will premiere in theaters June 26 via Paramount Pictures.
A spokesperson for Paramount declined to comment.
The deal marks an armistice between Johnny Knoxville’s “Jackass” team and Margera, an original cast member who was booted from 2022’s “Jackass Forever” after allegedly violating the terms of a “wellness agreement,” which required regular drug and alcohol tests. In a lawsuit that was later dropped, Margera claimed he was coerced into signing the agreement while he was in rehab in 2019, and that he was fired from “Jackass” after testing positive for Adderall, which he said he had taken by prescription for a decade.
In recent years, Margera suffered from various health issues and went in and out of rehab for substance abuse. Knoxville told Variety in 2022 that he hadn’t spoken to Margera in more than a year, saying “I love Bam” and “I want him to get well and stay well.” He left the door open to Margera’s return to the franchise, saying, “I only want him to get better. That’s the first step. He has to take that step and maintain that step.”
As recently as last summer, Margera had ruled out a “Jackass” reunion, saying, “What they did to me, making me go to treatment and paying for it, and then not putting me in a movie, and, you know, I had to go to court over it. You couldn’t offer me enough money to want to do another ‘Jackass’ with them. The damage has been done.”
Margera, a former professional skateboarder, was part of the “Jackass” television series on MTV, going on to shoot three movies plus various specials. His most famous stunts include being branded on his buttocks, being placed inside a cage with a cobra and treating golf carts like monster trucks.
Knoxville and the official “Jackass” Instagram account posted yesterday that the franchise would return to theaters in June, which Variety confirmed as a new “Jackass” movie. The film will include new stunts and never-before-seen archival footage scrapped from previous projects.
