Johnny Knoxville is ready to bring fear back to American households.
The Jackass star is officially set to apply his unparalleled repertoire of death-defying talents to a new gig hosting Fear Factor: The Next Chapter. This new entry in the Fear Factor saga comes seven years after the final episode of MTV’s previous reboot of the original series, which ran from 2001-2012 on NBC.
The official logline of Fear Factor: The Next Chapter reads: “The iconic reality competition Fear Factor is coming back bigger, bolder and more daring. Dropped into an unforgiving, remote location, a group of strangers will live together under one roof, and face mind-blowing stunts, harrowing challenges and a twisted game of social strategy where trust is fleeting — and fear is a weapon. Only one contestant will conquer all their fears and walk away with the massive grand prize!”
Fear Factor: The Next Chapter is slated for a premiere in the 2025-2026 season on Fox.
Monday’s announcement notes that the new Fear Factor reboot will adopt the same format as the original NBC series. On that series, host Joe Rogan pitted thrill-seeking teams of contestants against in each other in increasingly stomach-turning battles of fear-facing — jumping out of moving helicopters, letting tarantulas crawl all over your face, you name it.
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FOX TV president Michael Thorn shared in a statement accompanying Monday’s announcement, “Johnny Knoxville is the champion of fearless entertainment. His wild sense of humor, unmatched ability to push boundaries and take on the extreme makes him the perfect fit to lead this bold new reinvention of Fear Factor.“
Sharon Levy, the Chief Executive Officer at Endemol Shine, the company behind this new reboot and the original series, noted, “We’ll be pushing fear and social strategy to places that will redefine reality competition, which makes Johnny the perfect host for what will be a wild, unforgettable ride, and we’re beyond excited to see him unleash all the fear (and the fun) on our contestants and our viewers.”
The broadly popular reality series was hosted by Rogan throughout its seven-season run on NBC, airing as many as 34 episodes-per-season at its height. Fear Factor was canceled in 2011, but revived for a brief seventh season, and revived again by MTV for a two-season run from 2017-2018, hosted by Ludacris.
The series was adapted from a Dutch series called Now or Neverland, and has since gone international. Fear Factor boasts 32 global adaptations in countries like Brazil, where it is titled Hipertensão (Hypertension), and Romania, where it is titled Pariu cu Frica – Fear Factor (I Bet on Fear – Fear Factor).
Casting is underway for Fear Factor: The Next Chapter. Production encourages any U.S. or Canadian residents over the age of 18 to apply at FearIsBack.com.
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