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UPDATED AFTER EXCLUSIVE: John Carney’s Power Ballad starring Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas is now going constricted connected May 29 earlier a wide break connected June 5.
The movie astir nan enslaved betwixt a past-his-prime wedding vocalist (Rudd) and a fading boy-band prima Danny (Jonas) world premiered astatine SXSW wherever it scored a 92% caller connected Rotten Tomatoes. Deadline movie professional Glenn Garner wrote that nan pic “has nan imaginable to service arsenic a feel-good movie for a day nighttime aliases possibly moreover a comfortableness watch for artists who want to consciousness weighted successful an oversaturated imaginative landscape.”
EXCLUSIVE, Oct. 28, 2025: Lionsgate has dated nan John Carney-directed Power Ballad starring Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas for June 5, 2026.
In nan movie, co-written by Carney and Peter McDonald, Rick (Rudd), a past-his-prime wedding singer, meets fading boy-band prima Danny (Jonas) during a gig. The two bond over euphony and a late-night jam session. But erstwhile Danny turns 1 of Rick’s songs into nan deed that reignites his career, Rick sets retired to reclaim nan nickname he believes he deserves – moreover if it intends risking everything he cares about. The pic is billed arsenic being a feel-good communicative astir music, self-respect, friendship, and the price of ambition.
McDonald besides stars pinch Marcella Plunkett, Havana Rose Liu, and Jack Reynor. Producers are Anthony Bregman, John Carney, Peter Cron, Rebecca O’Flanagan and Robert Walpole. 30West afloat financed and executive produced Power Ballad.
Power Ballad will unfastened up against Amazon MGM Studios’ Masters of nan Universe from filmmaker Travis Knight, arsenic good arsenic Warner Bros and Legendary’s hybrid live-action animated title, Animal Friends.
Upcoming for Lionsgate is I Wish You All nan Best on Nov. 7 done their Lionsgate Premiere label, Now You See Me: Now You Don’t on Nov. 14, Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair on Dec. 5, Paul Feig’s The Housemaid starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried connected Dec. 19, Greenland 2: Migration on Jan. 9, 2026; I Can Only Image 2 on Feb. 20, and Michael, nan Michael Jackson biopic from Antoine Fuqua connected April 24, 2026.
