Paul Feig: Last News

Jackpot!, the new action-comedy from Bridesmaids and Spy director Paul Feig.Set in a dystopian not-so-distant future, the film (which co-stars Awkwafina and John Cena) imagines a The Purge-like world where a lottery winner’s earning are up for grabs—if you can catch and kill them before the day’s up.Subscribe to our newsletter for your front-row seat to all things entertainment with a sprinkle of everything else queer.As the mustachioed face of the lotto, Hill’s character Johnny Grand doesn’t really get involved in much of the movie’s madcap action (leaving that to Cena, a former WWE wrestler), but the performer does reveal exclusively to Queerty that, when it came to stunt work, he had his hands full. Literally.“The first day I got to set—the first scene I did was with a flamethrower!,” Hill shares incredulously.Yes, a real, working flamethrower.