Meet the Parents Sequel Confirms Ariana Grande Casting and Debuts Title, Release Window

Ready to walk immoderate much clip with the Fockers? Well, the upcoming 4th Meet the Parents sequel movie yet has a rubric — and we present person authoritative confirmation of the project's caller star.

As expected, Ariana Grande is acceptable to look successful the 4th movie successful the Meet the Parents franchise — which contiguous was announced arsenic being titled Fockers In Law. Alongside the popular star, Ben Stiller, Robert DeNiro, Owen Wilson, Bythe Danner, and Teri Polo volition reprise their roles from the archetypal film. Social media accounts for the movie debuted the news, alongside a wide merchandise play and tagline.

“Give acknowledgment for family,” work the film’s tagline, which corresponds with the project’s Thanksgiving 2026 release.

Rumors had precocious been spreading that the popular vocalist was perchance taking portion successful the film, truthful it’s absorbing to spot that peculiar portion of manufacture gossip clasp weight. Grande is chiefly a vocalist successful the mainstream, but got her commencement successful philharmonic theatre and connected Broadway, truthful it makes consciousness to spot her proceed her modulation to acting.

Grande's astir celebrated acting relation to day is, of course, her starring crook successful past year’s Wicked, successful which she costarred arsenic Glinda alongside Cynthia Erivo’s Elphaba. The Wicked saga has been divided into 2 films, with Grande acceptable to reprise her relation successful the story's 2nd part, Wicked: For Good, which is acceptable to premiere connected November 21, 2025.

As for the Fockers, the archetypal movie Meet the Parents was released successful 2000 to container bureau and captious success. Because of its popularity arsenic a portion of defining aboriginal aughts comedy, a sequel was produced 4 years aboriginal called Meet the Fockers. Six years later, a 3rd movie titled Little Fockers was released successful 2010.

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Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.