Macon Blair’s Idiots Drops Red-Band Teaser, Sets Aug. 28 Theatrical Release

The teaser signals a move from festival buzz to a late-summer rollout.

Overview

IFC released the first red-band teaser and poster for Idiots and set a theatrical opening for August 28.
Retitled from The Shitheads after its Sundance premiere, the film keeps its road-comedy premise intact.
Dave Franco and O’Shea Jackson Jr. lead the cast with Mason Thames, Kiernan Shipka, Nicholas Braun, and Peter Dinklage.
The story follows two inept escorts hired to drive a wealthy teen to rehab as the job veers into chaos.
The Playlist cites an early Sundance review calling the film always entertaining and noting Blair’s empathy for outcasts.