Dave Franco Returns to Sundance for His Latest Movie 'The Shitheads' Co-Starring O'Shea Jackson Jr.

Dave Franco, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Peter Dinklage, Kiernan Shipka, and Nicholas Braun attend the 2026 Sundance Film Festival to promote their new film The Shitheads.

The cast joined writer and director Macon Blair (The Toxic Avenger) at Library Center Theatre on Friday night (January 23) in Park City, Utah for the premiere.

Macon‘s return to Sundance is already generating buzz, as his previous entry I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore won the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at the 2017 festival.

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The Shitheads follows “two unqualified bozos,” played by Dave and O’Shea, who are hired the “transfer a rich teen to rehab,” portrayed by Mason Thames. But “their straightforward gig quickly spirals into dangerous mayhem.”

Dave previously gushed about Mason and how he enjoyed working with him so much on Regretting You he “roped him into” this film.

And since he seemingly couldn’t be at the premiere, O’Shea showed some support by wearing a shirt with his How to Train Your Dragon character Hiccup on the front!