After taking the fall by storm with their 3-D extravaganza, the JACKASS crew is back again with JACKASS 3.5, an 85-minute supplementary to their third feature that’s packed with never-before-seen stunts and assorted shenanigans. Fittingly, this edition will be released on April Fool’s Day 2011, and the exciting bit: it will be accessible online at Joost.com in 12 different countries (U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, Germany, France, Austria, Luxembourg, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland and Turkey).
Get a peak of some stupidity and some male nudity below: (probably NSFW)
The press release (which can be viewed in full at Collider) lays out the details of the online release, but here’s the key bit:
Paramount Pictures is distributing JACKASS 3.5 through an innovative strategy to feed global fan fervor and generate excitement for its feature length digital movie. JACKASS 3.5 will be available globally online through Joost in weekly episodic installments. And Joost will extend its video player on the JACKASS Facebook page —home to more than 8 million Jackass fans. JACKASS 3.5 will culminate with the full-length uncensored feature being released through a variety of platforms including download-to-own, VOD, DVD and Television.
Personally, I think it’s about time the studios worked with the Internet culture instead of fighting so willfully against it. I’ll be curious to see how this works, and how it’ll effect the supplementary’s inevitable DVD release. These Jackasses may be crazy after all, crazy like a fox that is.
Will you be tuning into Joost’s JACKASS 3.5 streaming vids?