announced<\/a> the news Monday in an Instagram post, which also confirmed that the film will be released on Thanksgiving 2026.<\/p>\nBen Stiller, Robert De Niro, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo and Owen Wilson will all return to reprise their characters.<\/p>\n
Ariana Grande will also be joining the cast, although details about her character have yet to be announced.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Focker family is expanding,\u201d the caption for the post \u2013 which was also shared by Stiller and Grande\u2019s Instagram accounts \u2013 read.<\/p>\n
The first \u201cMeet the Parents\u201d film was released in 2000, with 2004\u2019s \u201cMeet the Fockers\u201d and 2010\u2019s \u201cLittle Fockers\u201d sequels following. The films follow Greg Focker (Stiller), a nurse from Chicago, and his partner Pam (Polo) as he navigates milestones in their relationship while dealing with her overprotective former CIA agent father Jack (De Niro), leading to plenty of hilarious awkward moments along the way.<\/p>\n
Plot points and details about \u201cFocker In-Law,\u201d which will be directed by \u201cLittle Fockers\u201d producer John Hamburg, have not yet been released. An announcement from Universal also revealed that \u201cBooksmart\u201d star Beanie Feldstein will also be featured in the cast.<\/p>\n
Stiller, Polo and De Niro reunited in June at a Tribeca Film Festival screening of \u201cMeet the Parents\u201d to mark the film\u2019s 25th anniversary, where Stiller teased what audiences can expect for the upcoming sequel.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat spurred the idea is that I\u2019m the age that Bob was when we did the first movie,\u201d he said, according to Variety. \u201cIt felt like a mirror to the first film, where one of my kids is thinking about introducing his person to the family.\u201d<\/p>\n
Although they stayed mum on details, De Niro teased that he\u2019d already read the screenplay at the time.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe script is really fun,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m looking forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n