Bam Margera Says New JACKASS Movie Will Use “Too Gnarly” Old Footage, But He’s Done With the Franchise
Bam Margera is setting the record straight about his involvement in the next Jackass movie. While reports recently suggested he was returning to the franchise, Margera confirms his participation stops at old footage and nothing more.
The skater and TV star has made it clear that he’s emotionally done with the series, even if his past stunts live on in the upcoming film.
Speaking with TMZ, Margera explained that the new movie, which is expected to hit theaters this summer, will include previously unreleased archival footage shot during the making of Jackass Forever. He won’t be filming anything new, and he’s perfectly fine keeping it that way.
That decision is tied to his ongoing resentment toward franchise co-creators Jeff Tremaine and Johnny Knoxville. Asked directly about them, Margera didn’t mince words, saying his feelings are still “‘f*ck you’” after what he described as “two years of hell” that ended with his firing from Jackass Forever in 2022.
“I’m just too hurt by it, and I already accepted the fact that I don’t want anything to do with it anymore,” he said. “And only time will tell, but right now at this time, I don’t wanna do anything.”
Margera went on to describe how his anger has shifted into something heavier. “I was very angry, and now I’m not angry, I’m just hurt. And as of now, I don’t even want to think about reuniting with anybody.”
He also opened up about the emotional and financial toll of being removed from the film after trying to comply with the studio’s demands.
“Spending my own money at an alarming rate for therapists, doctors and treatment, all this, only to sit me down and tell me, ‘You’re not in the movie and you’re not getting $5 million.’”
The situation left lasting damage. “I watch Dateline, and people kill other people for a whole lot less,” Margera added. “So, I have a lot of PTSD from it all. And just having the title now of ‘ex-Jackass star Bam Margera’, I have to live with that. The humiliation, the abandonment and just embarrassment of it all, I had to let it go.”
Even with all of that history, Margera gave his blessing for the filmmakers to dig through the vault. “But they did ask me—they said, ‘We’re gonna sift through a lot of old footage to try to create something new.’ And I said, ‘Hell yeah, go for it.’
“Because I remember filming so much funny sh*t that never made it into the movie, simply because it probably would be too long or it’s just too gnarly. So, I said, ‘Have at it.’ As far as I know, I don’t have to film anything new, and I don’t want to.”
For fans hoping this might lead to a full return, Margera shut that door pretty firmly. When asked about stunt work in the future, he said his priorities are elsewhere, focusing on his family and being “very happy skateboarding again.”
Margera first became a household name during the original run of Jackass from 2000 to 2001, later becoming a central figure across multiple films, TV specials, and spinoffs tied to the MTV franchise.
His fallout with the series escalated publicly in 2022, when he filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against Paramount Pictures. The suit alleged he was coerced into signing a contract while in rehab and subjected to strict drug testing and prescribed medications “that left him physically and mentally drained, depressed, and a shell of his former self.”
Later that year, Margera asked a judge to dismiss the lawsuit. It’s still unclear whether a settlement was reached. In addition to Knoxville and Tremaine, the legal action also named MTV, Spike Jonze, Dickhouse Entertainment, and Gorilla Flicks.
For now, Margera’s stance is simple. His past may still show up on screen, but his future isn’t tied to Jackass anymore.