Deniro and Danner Sign on for Little Fockers

I really enjoy Ben Stiller on screen. He is a relatable guy and almost always dead on funny. Not the greatest comedian of our era, but he leans to the respectable side of that list. So when I heard a while back that they wanted to do another Fockers movie I figured it was about time. But that was a year ago. Now the movie that looked to be based on the Newlywed Fockers having babies – Little Fockers – will also include at least one set of grandparents.

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Fox News has “released” word that a sequel to Meet the Parents and Meet the Fockers is happening. We already knew that was the case, since it was confirmed last year, but the news piece does add to it — Blythe Danner and Robert De Niro are returning. This means that last year’s news wasn’t a dream, and that Ben Stiller hasn’t forgotten about it, no matter what other projects he is busying himself with. We are getting more Fockers. We just don’t know if Babs and Dustin are in for the ride as well.

Now I really liked the chemistry of having the two sets of parents in Meet the Fockers, and if having the grandparents around at all I would hope that they could return to that dynamic. And I am sure that awkward Stiller daddy making diaper jokes and getting spit up on will always be funny.

But where do we draw the line? Is three milking the franchise or is it giving us more of what we want? I wouldn’t mind seeing more Fockers comedy, but is there really a big demand for this?

And since they announced this movie 18 months ago, is this news meaning its going to happen or just more talk?