Ariana Grande to Star with Robert De Niro in Film Sequel

Ariana Grande has decided what her next big screen adventure will be and she’s signed up to participate in one of Hollywood’s most beloved franchises. 

The Oscar nominee, 31, who was unrecognizable as a grandma in a short film, has signed on to star in the next Meet the Parents installment. 

Universal Studios announced on Friday the Wicked star would be joining Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro for the fourth film in the highly successful franchise.

Today date, the combined earnings for Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers and Little Fockers is more than $1.16 billion worldwide. 

Blythe Danner and Teri Polo who were in the three previous film are also expected to return.

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Ariana Grande has decided what her next big screen adventure will be and she’s signed up to participate in one of Hollywood’s most beloved franchises; pictured in Los Angeles in March

She will be costarring with Robert De Niro; seen May 13 in Cannes, France

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the plot of the new film, will be written and directed by John Hamburg.

The plot is expected to follow the premise of the first film, only this time it is Grande who is the newly affianced member of the family. 

Her character, who will be engaged to one of Stiller and Polo’s sons, is a ‘ball-busting woman who seems all wrong for him,’ according to the outlet. 

The Grammy winner confirmed the news, sharing headlines from both THR and Deadline in her Instagram Stories. ‘Very thrilled to be joining (meeting) the family,’ she wrote. 

 She also posted a snap of De Nero, a former CIA officer, conducting a polygraph test on Stiller from the original 2000 comedy. 

Both De Niro and Stiller will executive produce the movie. 

‘ACTORIANA on the rising,’ wrote one fan.  

‘Ariana in a comedy movie… this is the best day of my life,’ was one fan’s reaction on the Deadline Instagram page.  ‘SO PROUD OF MY GIRL ❤️’ exclaimed another.

The Oscar nominee, 31,  has signed on to star in the next Meet the Parents installment with Ben Stiller and Robert

The Grammy winner confirmed the news, sharing headlines from both THR and Deadline in her Instagram Stories. ‘Very thrilled to be joining (meeting) the family,’ she wrote

Meet the Parents, along with sequels Meet the Fockers and Little Fockers together have earned more than $1.16 billion

Many fans were elated at the news. SO PROUD OF MY GIRL ❤️’ exclaimed on the Deadline Instagram page

One fan lamented, ”we will never see her touring again’

One follower lamented, ‘we will never see her touring again.’ 

In January, the hitmaker told Variety she was interested in focusing on acting for the time being. 

‘I think the next few years, hopefully we’ll be exploring different forms of art, and I think acting is feeling like home right now,’ she said. . 

I feel so grateful to the acting, and I think my fans know that music and being on stage will always be a part of my life,” she began.

“But I don’t see it coming anytime soon,” Grande continued. “I think the next few years, hopefully we’ll be exploring different forms of art, and I think acting is feeling like home right now. I am appreciative for [my fans’] understanding. I’m so grateful for the ways in which we’ve grown together over this whole journey with Wicked.

The romantic comedy is expected to debut in theaters on Thanksgiving day in  November 2026. 

Fans are anxiously awaiting the release of Wicked: For Good, which is scheduled to open in theaters November 21.

Wicked: For Good was scheduled to debut in theaters November 21 

Wicked broke box office records as the most successful film adaptation of a Broadway musical, conjuring up $755,995,933 globally. 

It’s anticipated that Wicked: For Good will do as well or even better once it is released.

Universal will re-release Wicked in theaters on June 4 for one day in North America. 

The special screening will include the first trailer of Wicked: For Good, playing immediately after the film.