Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire film Pawn Shop resumes after city shutdown
The gist
Conservative host Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire film Pawn Shop resumed production after Livingston City Commission shut it down.
Shapiro is pushing his commentary into Hollywood, with a November release planned.
How it unfolded
- Oct 30, 2026InsideHook reported the trailer for Shapiro's film Confession, about an imprisoned Soviet literature professor in 1938 Moscow, features Rob Lowe, James Franco, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Nick Nolte; Pawn Shop drew attention over Danny Trejo's role.
- Nov 1, 2026Shapiro responded after the Livingston City Commission shut down production on Pawn Shop; production has since resumed.
- Nov 3, 2026The Brock Press reported Shapiro's next film is set to come out in November with a Hollywood-branded cast.