Mason Thames was all over last year’s movie schedule with the live-action How To Train Your Dragon, the Black Phone sequel and Regretting You with Mckenna Grace. Now, he’s back with two 2026 movie releases in August alone: Nimrods and Idiots. No, they are not the same movie even though the titles are synonyms of each other. Still, we had to ask Thames about how the funny coincidence happened.
When CinemaBlend had the chance to catch up with 19-year-old rising movie star Mason Thames during San Diego Comic-Con, we talked about his upcoming movies. Here’s what he told us about having the uniquely named Nimrods and Idiots out this month:
