It’s virtually time to fulfill the mother and father — once more. Simply final week, Common dropped the double-whammy of a launch date (November 25, 2026) casting Ariana Grande within the upcoming “Meet the Dad and mom 4.” Then, throughout a twenty fifth anniversary screening of the unique movie on the Tribeca Movie Competition on June 7, stars Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro addressed their involvement … and spoiler, they’re each pumped and able to go.
“What spurred the concept is that I’m the age that Bob was after we did the primary film,” Stiller stated on a panel after the screening. “It felt like a mirror to the primary movie, the place certainly one of my children is considering introducing his particular person to the household.”
“The script is admittedly enjoyable,” De Niro added. “I’m wanting ahead to it.”
The appearing legend, who just lately appeared in “Alto Knights,” stated that he has been pushing for a fourth movie for years.
“Once we filmed the final one, I used to be sitting with Ben and [screenwriter] John Hamburg. I stated, ‘Let’s begin writing the following one now. They usually had been simply humoring me. Now we’re lastly doing the following one,’” he stated.
“Meet the Dad and mom” additionally starred Teri Polo and Blythe Danner as Stiller and de Niro’s companions, respectively. It was adopted in 2004 by “Meet the Fockers,” which forged Barbra Streisand and Dustin Hoffman as Stiller’s mother and father, and the gang obtained collectively once more in 2010 for “Little Fockers.” Co-writer of the primary three movies Hamburg penned the fourth installment’s screenplay — although to this point everybody has been tight-lipped on plot particulars.
Whereas Polo and Danner have been confirmed for the sequel, there was no phrase on whether or not Streisand and Hoffman can be concerned. Polo was additionally in attendance on the anniversary screening and mentioned how a lot of the movie was a studying expertise for her, making specific observe of recommendation given to her by de Niro.
“He stated ‘[Comedy and drama are] the identical factor, it’s the actually wherein you say the road. You’re not making an attempt to be humorous. You say it and actually imply it,’” Polo stated.