UPDATE AFTER EXCLUSIVE: John Carney’s Power Ballad starring Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas is now going limited on May 29 before a wide break on June 5.
The movie about the bond between a past-his-prime wedding singer (Rudd) and a fading boy-band star Danny (Jonas) world premiered at SXSW, where it scored a 92% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. Deadline film critic Glenn Garner wrote that the pic “has the potential to serve as a feel-good movie for a date night or maybe even a comfort watch for artists who want to feel valued in an oversaturated creative landscape.”
EXCLUSIVE, Oct. 28, 2025: Lionsgate has dated the John Carney-directed Power Ballad starring Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas for June 5, 2026.
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In the movie, co-written by Carney and Peter McDonald, Rick (Rudd), a past-his-prime wedding singer, meets fading boy-band star Danny (Jonas)
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