{"id":611636,"date":"2026-04-16T22:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/611636\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T22:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:29:13","slug":"ben-stiller-admits-not-all-focker-movies-were-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/611636\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Stiller Admits Not All &#8216;Focker&#8217; Movies Were Great"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIt didn\u2019t take a lie detector test for <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/ben-stiller\/\" id=\"auto-tag_ben-stiller\" data-tag=\"ben-stiller\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Stiller<\/a> to admit where the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/meet-the-parents\/\" id=\"auto-tag_meet-the-parents\" data-tag=\"meet-the-parents\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meet the Parents<\/a> franchise went wrong, as he promotes the upcoming sequel <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/focker-in-law\/\" id=\"auto-tag_focker-in-law\" data-tag=\"focker-in-law\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Focker-In-Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe Emmy-winning actor conceded in a social media post that not all the comedy sequels were hits, specifically throwing the 2010 third installment <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/little-fockers\/\" id=\"auto-tag_little-fockers\" data-tag=\"little-fockers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Little Fockers<\/a> under the bus when a fan asked if they needed to see all the films to appreciate the fourth, premiering Nov. 25 in theaters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cNo! But I stand by the first two,\u201d wrote Stiller on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BenStiller\/status\/2044710503902228906?s=20\">X<\/a> of Meet the Parents (2000) and <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/meet-the-fockers\/\" id=\"auto-tag_meet-the-fockers\" data-tag=\"meet-the-fockers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meet the Fockers<\/a> (2004). <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated Stories\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/04\/focker-in-law-trailer-release-date-1236861716\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776378553_511_Robert-De-Niro-and-Ben-Stiller-CinemaCon.jpg\" alt=\"'Focker-In-Law' trailer and release date -- CinemaCon\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/09\/ben-stiller-ariana-grande-focker-in-law-barbra-streisand-1236531658\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ben-stiller-ariana-grande-meet-the-parents.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Stiller and Ariana Grande\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWhen asked what went wrong with Little Fockers, Stiller <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BenStiller\/status\/2044718755327197439?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">replied<\/a>, \u201cWe always try. Fully.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tStiller\u2019s posts came hours after he and co-star Robert De Niro <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/04\/focker-in-law-trailer-release-date-1236861716\/\">appeared at CinemaCon<\/a> in Las Vegas, where they revealed the first trailer for the upcoming Universal sequel.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No! But I stand by the first two<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Stiller (@BenStiller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenStiller\/status\/2044710503902228906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThis time around, Skyler Gisondo and Beanie Feldstein play Greg (Stiller) and Pam\u2019s (Teri Polo) now-grown kids, Henry and Samantha, with the plot revolving around Henry\u2019s pending nuptials to another newcomer, Olivia, played by Ariana Grande, who rubs her future father-in-law the wrong way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEver-suspicious Jack (De Niro) is back with his lie detector, which Olivia passes, winning a place in the \u201ccircle of trust.\u201d But there\u2019s more to the bride-to-be than meets the eye.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It didn\u2019t take a lie detector test for Ben Stiller to admit where the Meet the Parents franchise&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,79539,134,168785,296537,297139,296538,344],"class_list":{"0":"post-611636","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-ben-stiller","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-focker-in-law","13":"tag-little-fockers","14":"tag-meet-the-fockers","15":"tag-meet-the-parents","16":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}