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Updated · The A.V. Club · Jun 28

Warner Bros., Jonah Hill Deny 'Cut Off' Is Unreleasable After July 17 Release Pull

Updated

Updated · The A.V. Club · Jun 28

Warner Bros., Jonah Hill Deny 'Cut Off' Is Unreleasable After July 17 Release Pull

Q: Is Jonah Hill's comedy truly 'unfinished,' or is it dodging a box office battle with Christopher Nolan's epic?

The strongest available evidence says *Cut Off* is unfinished, not secretly shelved — though the release move also conveniently avoids a brutal box office matchup with Christopher Nolan’s *The Odyssey*. Warner Bros. and Jonah Hill’s representative both say the film is still in postproduction and “wasn’t ready.” That directly contradicts the earlier Puck report that described the movie as “unreleasable.” Production wrapped only in January, making a July 17 release a tight turnaround for editing, sound, score, and final finishing, especially for a studio comedy that still needed polishing. The film’s absence from Warner Bros.’ CinemaCon 2026 slate had already signaled the date was shaky. At the same time, the scheduling context matters. July 17 was also the launch date for Nolan’s *The Odyssey*, one of the year’s biggest expected theatrical events. Any original comedy would face a steep challenge opening against a Nolan epic with major star power and likely premium-screen dominance. Even if *Cut Off* truly needed more time, moving it off that date is also a sensible commercial decision. So the most defensible reading is that both factors can be true: the film was not finished in time, and Warner Bros. had little incentive to force it into a weekend dominated by *The Odyssey*. What is not supported by the studio’s current account is the stronger claim that the movie has been deemed beyond release. A new date is still expected.

3 articles · Updated · The A.V. Club · Jun 28

Warner Bros. and Jonah Hill pushed back after industry reports said Hill’s new film “Cut Off” was “unreleasable” following its removal from the studio’s summer slate.
July 17 had been the comedy’s scheduled release date, and the abrupt calendar change fueled claims the movie “wasn’t ready” despite production wrapping in January.
Hill directed, produced and co-wrote the film, which co-stars Kristen Wiig and centers on two wealthy siblings cut off by their parents.
The dispute highlights renewed scrutiny of Warner Bros.’ release strategy, with shelving or delaying films carrying added weight after recent industry battles over whether completed movies reach theaters at all.