Preview:
- Skyler Gisondo is joining the new ‘Meet the Parents’ movie.
- He’s playing Ben Stiller’s character’s son.
- The film is titled ‘Focker-in-Law’.
And so, we have another Focker.
Yes, while technically, we met the kids of Ben Stiller’s Gaylord “Greg” Focker and Teri Polo’s Pam in ‘Little Fockers’, with the fourth movie –– now officially titled ‘Focker-in-Law’–– in pre-production, the team has found someone to play the grown version of Henry, their son.
Skyler Gisondo, currently on screens in ‘Superman’, is in talks to play the part.
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John Hamburg, who wrote all three previous movies has not only come back to tackle the screenplay again, but will direct the new entry.
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What’s the story of ‘Focker-in-Law’?
(L to R) Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller in ‘Meet the Parents’. Photo: Universal Pictures.
Much of the new movie’s exact narrative remains under wraps, but we do know it’ll focus on a potential new addition to the family –– Ariana Grande has the role of Henry’s fiancée, an alpha type who would likely mesh well with Greg Focker’s imposing father-in-law, Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro).
Confirmed as returning so far for this one are Stiller, Polo, De Niro, Blythe Danner (as Pam’s mother, Dina) and Owen Wilson as Kevin Rawley, Greg’s former rival for Pam’s affections.
There’s no word yet on whether Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand will be back as Greg’s sex-positive parents.
Where else can we see Skyler Gisondo?
Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen in DC Studios’ and Warner Bros. Pictures’ “SUPERMAN,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. Copyright: © 2025 Warner Bros. Ent. All Rights Reserved. TM & © DC.
Apart from being part of one of the biggest movie currently in theaters (‘Superman’, in case you forgot us mentioning it in the intro), Gisondo has been seen in a few movies of late, including ‘Licorice Pizza’, ‘The Starling’ and ‘The Binge’.
TV-wise, he’s popped up in the likes of ‘The Righteous Gemstones’ and animated comedy ‘Krapopolis’.
But perhaps most pertinent to this new potential job is that he has form playing the son of a Ben Stiller character –– he’s Nick Daley, Larry’s (Stiller) kid in 2014’s ‘Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb’.
We predict far fewer exhibits will come to life in this new comedy, though De Niro’s character does act like an angry dinosaur from time to time…
When will ‘Focker-in-Law’ hit theaters?
Universal previously announced that the movie will be out for Thanksgiving next year, planting a flag in November 25th, 2026.
(L to R) Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller in ‘Little Fockers’. Photo: Universal Pictures.
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