{"id":882226,"date":"2026-09-06T15:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T15:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/882226\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T15:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T15:30:11","slug":"ariana-grande-to-promote-focker-in-law-despite-career-hiatus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/882226\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande to promote Focker-in-Law despite career hiatus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ariana Grande is reportedly set to take part in the upcoming promotional trail for her new movie, Focker-in-Law, despite announcing her career hiatus just last month.<\/p>\n<p>As a new and hilarious trailer for the fourth film in the Meet the Parents franchise dropped on Friday, it was revealed that the singer will still promote the movie alongside co-stars Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro ahead of its release in Australian cinemas on November 26.<\/p>\n<p>A source told <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/ariana-grande-is-committed-to-promoting-focker-in-law-ahead-of-planned-break-source-12077241\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">People<\/a> magazine that Grande remains fully \u201ccommitted\u201d as \u201cshe is very proud\u201d of the film, which comes 16 years after the third movie in the franchise, Little Fockers. <\/p>\n<p>In Focker-in-Law, Grande plays new character Olivia Jones, a life coach and former FBI hostage negotiator and triathlete who gets engaged to Greg Focker\u2019s (Stiller) grown son, Henry (Skyler Gisondo).<\/p>\n<p>While his father-in-law Jack Byrnes (De Niro) surprisingly takes a liking to Olivia and welcomes her into his \u201ccircle of trust\u201d, Greg is convinced Olivia and Henry are a complete mismatch.<\/p>\n<p>The tables have turned in this new chapter in the blockbuster, with Greg now taking drastic measures to vet his potential new daughter-in-law.<\/p>\n<p>Teri Polo, Owen Wilson and Blythe Danner also return in the new film, which will be released 26 years after the very first movie.<\/p>\n<p>Stiller says that Grande \u2013 who stars in her first movie since her breakout role as Glinda in the Wicked films \u2013 helped breathe new life into the franchise. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was great to have her energy coming into this franchise that has been around a long time, and we hadn\u2019t done for a very long time,\u201d Stiller told <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ben-stiller-teases-ariana-grande-and-robert-de-niro-dynamic-in-focker-in-law-11893994\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a> in January as he praised his co-star. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s incredibly professional \u2026 she knows comedy, and she was just a joy to work with. I had a blast working with her, and I think what she brought to the movie is just a very, very new sensibility that also felt very much like it worked within the tone of the movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After a busy year promoting the second Wicked film Wicked: For Good, releasing her eighth studio album Petal, and embarking on her Eternal Sunshine Tour in the US and UK, Grande announced she was \u201ctaking a step back from visibility\u201d when her tour concluded in London on September 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe looks forward to finishing the tour and ending it on a high note, both healthily and happily, and then taking a much-deserved break from public-facing work and appearances, which has led to endless, ongoing public scrutiny,\u201d he rep said in a statement to People on August 2.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis tour has been a beautiful experience for her. She loves her fans and has loved every minute of this tour so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, at its conclusion this week Grande got emotional on stage in front of her London fans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has been one of the most beautiful extraordinary experiences of my life and I just wanted to express my gratitude without sobbing completely,\u201d she tearfully told the crowd after a 10-night residency at The O2 Arena in London.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you from the bottom of my heart. It has been so special. I\u2019ll cherish this experience always. I have the best fans in the entire world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Focker-in-Law is in cinemas November 26 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande is reportedly set to take part in the upcoming promotional trail for her new movie, 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