Over Your Dead Body (2026 film)

Over Your Dead Body (2026 film)

Over Your Dead Body is a 2026 American action comedy thriller film directed by Jorma Taccone and written by Nick Kocher and Brian McElhaney. It is an English-language remake of the 2021 film The Trip. It stars Jason Segel, Samara Weaving, Paul Guilfoyle, Keith Jardine, Timothy Olyphant, and Juliette Lewis.

Premise

Over Your Dead Body (2026 film)

A couple tries to reconnect while on vacation, only to find out they have plans to kill each other.

Cast

Over Your Dead Body (2026 film)

• Jason Segel as Dan • Samara Weaving as Lisa • Paul Guilfoyle as Michael • Keith Jardine as Todd • André Eriksen as Hollywood Todd • Timothy Olyphant as Pete • Ilkka Villi as Hollywood Pete • Juliette Lewis as Allegra • Iina Kuustonen as Hollywood Allegra • Andy Cohen as himself

Production

Over Your Dead Body (2026 film)

In April 2021, an English-version adaptation of The Trip was officially in development, with Tommy Wirkola directing.

By November 2024, Wirkola was no longer directing the film, with Jorma Taccone serving as the director, and Nick Kocher and Brian McElhaney writing the screenplay. Samara Weaving, Jason Segel, Timothy Olyphant, Juliette Lewis, Paul Guilfoyle, and Keith Jardine joined the cast. Principal photography began on November 19, 2024, in Tampere, Finland.

In May 2025, the film was retitled to Over Your Dead Body with Independent Film Company and Amazon Prime Video acquiring U.S. and international distribution rights respectively.

Release

Over Your Dead Body (2026 film)

Over Your Dead Body premiered at the South by Southwest Film & TV Festival on March 14, 2026, and is scheduled to release in the United States on April 24, 2026.

Reception

Over Your Dead Body (2026 film)

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 71% of 28 critics' reviews are positive. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 55 out of 100, based on seven critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.