the Get to know the parents The series is back and expanding, with more members of the Fockers family taking over the big screen.
Us Weekly He confirmed this on Tuesday, December 10 Robert De Niro, Ben StillerTerry Polo and Blythe Danner In early talks for Another movie In development at Universal Pictures.
While the plot is currently under wraps, John Hamburg He is set to return to writing the screenplay. (Hamburg co-wrote the previous three films: Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers and Little Fockers.)
The director has not been announced yet, however Jane Rosenthal De Niro will return to produce the film through and alongside Tribeca Productions jay roach, Who directed the first two films and produced the previous three through Delirious Media.
Stiller W John Lesher It is also scheduled to be produced through Red Hour Films. Executive Vice President of Production Development Matt Riley And production development manager Jacqueline Jarrell They are scheduled to supervise the studio project. (Delivery time He was the first to report the news.)
In the OG movie, Stiller played Greg Focker, a nurse who travels with his girlfriend Pam (Polo) to her sister's wedding. While there, Greg meets Pam's parents Jack (De Niro) and Dina (Danner) for the first time and hopefully gets their stamp of approval. Before you propose To Pam. Much to Greg's dismay, his relationship with Jack gets off to a very rocky start.
During the film, viewers meet Pam's ex-boyfriend Kevin (Owen Wilson(And Greg's parents, Bernie's dad)Dustin Hoffman(And Rose's mother)Barbara Streisand). (It is unclear if they will return for the new installment of the series.) Get to know the parents privilege.)
It was critically acclaimed Get to know the parents It grossed over $330 million at the global box office, becoming the seventh highest-grossing film worldwide in 2000. Get to know Fockers and Little Fockers It achieved similar success, peaking with a franchise gross of over $1.13 billion worldwide.
Years After the film's initial releaseStiller spoke about the hurdles the franchise had to go through to ensure the film didn't receive an R rating.
“Is it true that the Motion Picture Association will not allow the use of the name Fokker unless the filmmakers can prove that there is actually someone with that surname?” Hosts Sean Evans Stiller asked during a Dec. 5 appearance Hot. “Oh, I think that's true, yeah,” Stiller replied.
Stiller explained that his last name in the film was very similar to an expletive. “Because it was PG-13, I guess. They thought it was too close to f-er,” he said.
After Evans asked if they needed to provide a copy of someone's driver's license with their last name, Stiller replied: “I don't understand how it works legally, honestly, but something like that happened.”