{"id":649010,"date":"2026-03-11T22:57:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T22:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/649010\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T22:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T22:57:16","slug":"paul-rudd-nick-jonas-star-in-john-carney-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/649010\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Rudd, Nick Jonas Star in John Carney Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/paul-rudd\/\" id=\"auto-tag_paul-rudd_1\" data-tag=\"paul-rudd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Rudd<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/nick-jonas\/\" id=\"auto-tag_nick-jonas_1\" data-tag=\"nick-jonas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Jonas<\/a>\u2018 professional relationship gets off-key in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/trailer\/\" id=\"auto-tag_trailer_1\" data-tag=\"trailer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">trailer<\/a> for the comedy feature Power Ballad. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/lionsgate\/\" id=\"auto-tag_lionsgate_1\" data-tag=\"lionsgate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lionsgate<\/a> releases writer-director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/john-carney\/\" id=\"auto-tag_john-carney_1\" data-tag=\"john-carney\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">John Carney<\/a>\u2018s movie June 5 following its premiere earlier this month at the Dublin International Film Festival. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/jack-reynor\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jack-reynor_1\" data-tag=\"jack-reynor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jack Reynor<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/havana-rose-liu\/\" id=\"auto-tag_havana-rose-liu_1\" data-tag=\"havana-rose-liu\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Havana Rose Liu<\/a> round out the cast. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tPower Ballad centers on wedding singer Rick (Rudd) connecting with former boy band member Danny (Jonas) as they work on music together. When Danny turns one of Rick\u2019s songs into a career-reviving hit, Rick sets out to get his proper recognition. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cI could tell within two minutes of meeting you, you\u2019re not just some boy band guy,\u201d Rudd says in the trailer. This leads Jonas to respond, \u201cAnd you are too good for that wedding band.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tLater, things get tense, with both of them getting bloody as their rift turns physical. Jonas asks, \u201cDo you think it is easy to turn a song into a hit?\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tCarney (Once, Begin Again) helmed the movie from a script he co-wrote with Peter McDonald. Carney produces alongside Anthony Bregman, Peter Cron, Rebecca O\u2019Flanagan and Robert Walpole. Power Ballad screens at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/sxsw\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sxsw_1\" data-tag=\"sxsw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SXSW<\/a> later this month. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tJonas appeared with fellow Jonas Brothers stars and siblings Joe Jonas and Kevin Jonas in last year\u2019s Disney+ holiday comedy A Very Jonas Christmas Movie. He is also set to return for Sony\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/jumanji-3-first-look-dwayne-johnson-robin-williams-1236431835\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">sequel to Jumanji: The Next Level<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tRudd starred with Jack Black in the 2025 comedy Anaconda and reprises his role as Ant-Man in Marvel\u2019s Avengers: Doomsday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas\u2018 professional relationship gets off-key in the trailer for the comedy feature Power Ballad.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":649011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[28],"tags":[171,275737,275738,275739,12262,53,16003,33099,94376,75223,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-649010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-havana-rose-liu","tag-jack-reynor","tag-john-carney","tag-lionsgate","tag-movies","tag-nick-jonas","tag-paul-rudd","tag-sxsw","tag-trailer","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116213019341532037","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}