Here’s the first clip from Paramount’s Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa, in which Johnny Knoxville punks strangers while in character as senior citizen Irving Zisman. The previous three Jackass films grossed $79M, $84M, and $170M worldwide for Paramount – but they also kept to the show’s signature disconnected shocks and pranks vs. a Borat-esque hidden camera narrative. Bad Grandpa is scripted by Knoxville, director Jeff Tremaine, and Spike Jonze, and opens wide on October 25 against Fox and Ridley Scott’s The Counselor with no other major competition:
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