Comedy movie Power Ballad, stolen song with Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas

Power Ballad, the movie’s plot

Power Ballad is the comedy and musical movie in production. The plot centers on Rick (Paul Rudd), a wedding singer now in decline: during a concert he meets the star of a boy band in decline, Danny (Nick Jonas).

The two bond through music and a late-night jam session. But when Danny transforms one of Rick’s songs into the hit that relaunches his career, Rick decides to claim the recognition he believes he deserves, even if it means risking everything he cares about.

“Can I make a suggestion” asks Danny in the released trailer, while he’s composing a song with Rick. Then the two create the single, and Danny appropriates it, so much so that at a concert all the spectators sing it.

Rick - present at the concert - is dismayed. “That’s my song. I wrote it” Rick yells in front of a computer monitor. “You think it’s easy to turn a song into a hit?” Danny yells at him.

Power Ballad, the movie’s cast

Paul Rudd acted in Friendship, Death of a Unicorn with Jenna Ortega, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. Nick Jonas worked on The Other Zoey and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.

In the cast there are also Jack Reynor, seen recently in The Good Mother and in the episodes of The Perfect Couple; Rory Keenan, performer in the episodes of The Regime and Blackshore.

The direction is by John Carney, who has already directed Flora and Son and the series Modern Love. The screenplay is written by him with Peter McDonald.

Power Ballad, the filming and the movie’s release date

The production is by 30West, Screen Ireland and Likely Story. Filming took place in Dublin in December 2024. The movie will be presented at the South by Southwest Film & TV Festival in March 2026, and releases in British cinemas on May 29, 2026 and in American ones on June 5.