The fourth installment of the ‘Meet the Parents’ franchise sees the return of Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Blythe Danner and Teri Polo
- Ariana Grande will join Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro in Meet the Parents 4
- The fourth movie in the Meet the Parents franchise also sees the return of Blythe Danner and Teri Polo
- Meet the Parents 4 hits theaters November 25, 2026
Ariana Grande is ready to meet the parents!
PEOPLE can confirm that after a successful turn in Wicked: Part One, the 31-year-old pop star is set to join the cast of Meet the Parents 4, which will also reunite Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro for the hit comedy franchise.
While plot details are unknown for now and the film is officially untitled, the first three Meet the Parents films have often included comedic scenarios between Stiller’s clumsy but well-meaning Greg Focker and De Niro’s former CIA agent Jack Byrnes.
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We confirmed last December that Stiller, 59, and De Niro, 81, would also be joined by original cast members Blythe Danner and Teri Polo for the next installment in the Meet the Parents franchise, which would function as a sequel to the 2010 movie Little Fockers.
The movie is set to be written by John Hamburg, who wrote the screenplays for the original 2000 movie Meet the Parents as well as its sequels Meet the Fockers and Little Fockers.
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De Niro is expected to work on the movie as a producer alongside his Tribeca Festival cofounder Jane Rosenthal through Tribeca Productions, as he did with the series’ previous three entries. Stiller, who did not work on the previous movies as a producer, will also produce the new film through his company Red Hour films.
Meet the Parents originally starred Stiller as Greg Focker, who travels with his girlfriend Pam (Polo, 55) to her sister’s wedding. Greg meets Pam’s parents Jack (De Niro) and Dina (Danner, 81) and intends on getting Jack’s blessing to propose to Pam. Though Greg and Jack naturally do not get along, Jack eventually realizes Greg and Pam love each other and accepts their relationship.
The 2004 sequel Meet the Fockers follows the characters as they travel to meet Greg’s parents, portrayed by Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand. In Little Fockers, the characters are all revisited years later, as Greg and Pam raise two young sons.
Meet the Parents 4 hits theaters November 25, 2026.
