Ariana Grande has reportedly discovered her first post-Depraved position. Though the multi-talented performer first acquired her begin as an actor in tv collection together with Victorious, Sam & Kat, and Scream Queens, she appeared in only a few movie or tv initiatives from the mid-2010s by means of the early 2020s, attributable to her meteoric rise as a pop star with hit singles resembling “The Way,” “Thank U, Next,” and “Bang Bang.” Nonetheless, she returned to appearing together with her Oscar-nominated efficiency as Glinda within the 2024 Broadway musical adaptation Depraved, which will probably be adopted by the upcoming Depraved: For Good on November 21.

Deadline experiences that Ariana Grande is ready to reteam with Common by boarding the brand new Meet the Dad and mom film. She joins a solid that already consists of authentic stars Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Blythe Danner, and Teri Polo. The venture, which would be the fourth feature-length installment within the franchise, is being written and directed by John Hamburg and is reportedly set to debut on November 25, 2026, which is that 12 months’s Thanksgiving week.

The Hollywood Reporter additionally experiences that Grande will probably be taking part in the fiancée of Stiller’s character’s son, who’s described as “a ball-busting woman who seems all wrong for him.”

What This Means For Meet The Dad and mom

The Franchise Might Be Getting A Legacy Sequel

If these experiences are right, it appears fully doubtless that the Meet the Dad and mom franchise will probably be getting a full-on legacy sequel in 2026. This is smart, contemplating the truth that there hasn’t been an installment since 2010. Nonetheless, all three earlier installments targeted on placing lead couple Greg Focker (Stiller) and Pam Byrnes (Polo) into varied predicaments, particularly him assembly her dad and mom (in 2000’s Meet the Dad and mom), her dad and mom assembly his dad and mom (in 2004’s Meet the Fockers) and the duo navigating parenthood whereas Greg hopes to develop into the brand new household patriarch (in 2010’s Little Fockers).

Collectively, the Meet the Dad and mom trilogy has grossed $1.158 billion worldwide.

Nonetheless, now that Greg and Pam’s children are grown up and most definitely of their early twenties (their twin kids turned 5 in Little Fockers), they might be taking up because the leads of the franchise. Whereas the core solid stays intact and can doubtless proceed to drive the comedy with their antics, the youthful era – together with the brand new character performed by the Depraved star – could also be within the means of being constructed as much as spearhead potential future sequels, ought to the fourth installment develop into a field workplace success.

Our Take On This Meet The Dad and mom 4 Replace

Ariana Grande May Turn into The Queen Of Thanksgiving Motion pictures

This replace additionally reveals that Ariana Grande may have three main Common films in a row come out on three consecutive Thanksgivings, as each 2024’s Depraved and 2025’s For Good are additionally Thanksgiving releases. This might set the star as much as develop into a significant determine within the Thanksgiving film season. If she provides any extra hit films to this chain, she may even rival Dakota Johnson’s run because the queen of Valentine’s Day between the February releases of 2015’s Fifty Shades of Gray, 2016’s Methods to Be Single, 2017’s Fifty Shades Darker, and 2018’s Fifty Shades Freed.

Supply: Deadline & THR