Macon Blair's 13-Year Road to Idiots: From Shelved Scripts to Sundance Debut
Filmmaker Macon Blair recounts the 13-year saga to bring his road comedy Idiots (originally The Shitheads) to theaters, surviving funding collapses, cast shifts, and a title change before ultimately shooting with Dave Franco and O’Shea Jackson Jr., premiering at Sundance 2026 and landing a distribution deal with IFC; Blair says the delays — though hard — helped shape the final film and reflect themes from his earlier work.
