Some popular actors, including Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Teri Polo, and Blythe Danner, might join the next movie in the “Meet the Parents” series. The story for the fourth movie is still a secret.
John Hamburg will write the script. Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal will help produce the movie through their company, Tribeca Productions. Jay Roach will also produce through Delirious Media, and Ben Stiller and John Lesher will work on it through Red Hour Films. Two people from the studio, Matt Reilly and Jacqueline Garell, will ensure everything runs smoothly.
The movie “Meet the Parents” made more than $330 million worldwide, becoming the seventh most popular movie in 2000. Its sequels, “Meet the Fockers” and “Little Fockers,” also made a lot of money. Altogether, the three movies in the series earned over $1.13 billion at the box office.
Widening his range from the gag-oriented antics of the two ‘Austin Powers’ installments, director Jay Roach reveals a talent for more character-centered work here while also demonstrating outstanding timing and the ability to sustain a comic narrative at feature length. Of course, it helps to have a clever script that continues to wring surprises from a simple basic premise, as well as actors like Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller, who can milk their characters’ growing mutual animosity for all it’s worth.
Variety reviewed the first film from 2000 positively, with Todd McCarthy writing
CAA and Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks represent Robert De Niro. Ben Stiller works with WME, ID, Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern. Gersh, McGowan Rodriguez Management, and Kraditor & Haber represent Teri Polo. Anonymous Content represents Blythe Danner.
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The writer, John Hamburg, is represented by WME and Sloss Eckhouse Dasti Haynes LawCo.
The news was first shared by Deadline.
Source: Variety