Jimmy, the new biographical drama about Hollywood legend James Stewart, opened in US theatres nationwide on 6 November 2026 — with a gesture that has won it plenty of goodwill.
The film, rated PG-13 and running 120 minutes, is distributed by Fathom Entertainment and was made on a reported budget of 15 million dollars. KJ Apa, best known from Riverdale, plays James “Jimmy” Stewart.
Directed by Aaron Burns and written by Justin Strawhand, the film covers Stewart’s life from 1941 onward: he wins the Best Actor Oscar for The Philadelphia Story, leaves Hollywood at the height of his fame to enlist, flies 20 missions over Europe as a combat pilot, rises to the rank of colonel, and returns home broken — finding healing through It’s a Wonderful Life, in which he played George Bailey.
The cast includes Jason Alexander as studio boss Louis B. Mayer, Max Casella as director Frank Capra, Neal McDonough, Sarah Drew as gossip columnist Hedda Hopper, Rob Riggle and Christopher McDonald.
On 6 November, the filmmakers announced a global base buyout for service members and their families, funded by the Timothy T. Day Foundation and Lockheed Martin — free opening-night screenings for Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, Guardians and Coast Guardsmen. The film’s premiere on 4 November in Fort Worth featured a B-24 bomber flyover.
Reviews have been mixed, with the film at 65 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes as of 6 November, just under the Certified Fresh mark. But the story — a movie star who gave up everything to serve — is one that resonates, and the free screenings for troops are a fitting tribute to it.
It is a strong season for true stories on screen, from Being Heumann telling the 1977 disability rights sit-in story to the world premiere of Madden with Nicolas Cage and Christian Bale. Jimmy is in theatres now.
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