Burns & Co. Entertainment has debuted the first trailer for Jimmy, the upcoming James Stewart biopic from director Aaron Burns which stars Riverdale’s KJ Apa as the Hollywood legend.
The film tells the story of the most transformative years in the actor’s life, from his Academy Award-winning performance in The Philadelphia Story to his time as a combat pilot in the U.S. Air Corps, and his return to acting in the Christmas classic It’s a Wonderful Life.
The cast also includes Kara Killmer, Neal McDonough, Max Casella, Jason Alexander, Christopher McDonald, Sarah Drew, Rob Riggle. Julian Works, and Jen Lilley. Check out the trailer below…
JIMMY, the untold true story of America’s most-beloved actor and the iconic role that saved him, focuses on the most transformative season in Jimmy Stewart’s life—from winning the Academy Award for Best Actor in The Philadelphia Story to enlisting and becoming a combat pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps at the beginning of World War II. He flew twenty missions over Europe, rising to the rank of colonel by the end of the war, only to return home broken and disheartened. Then George Bailey and It’s a Wonderful Life came calling…
Jimmy arrives in cinemas on November 6th, 2026.
