Netflix Announces Production of Third Inbetweeners Film
Netflix has announced that production has begun on a new Inbetweeners film, with the original cast members reprising their roles.
It will be a continuation of the popular Channel 4 sitcom, which aired on E4 from 2008 to 2010, followed by two films in 2011 and 2014. The Inbetweeners starred Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison, and Joe Thomas as Will McKenzie, Jay Cartwright, Neil Sutherland, and Simon Cooper, respectively. The coming-of-age comedy chronicled the misadventures of the four teenage friends at the fictional Rudge Park comprehensive as they navigated school life, friendship, and failed sexual encounters.
The trailer announcing the new film starts with a garage door opening and pairs of feet making their way towards a car, which is revealed to be Simon’s yellow Fiat Cinquecento. The four men are then seen in the car, with Simon exclaiming, “Ah, for fuck’s sake,” when it fails to start. He gets the engine going and drives out of the garage, with the number three written on the rear windscreen. The trailer concludes with the announcement: “Now in production.”
The Inbetweeners creators, Damon Beesley and Iain Morris, will return to write and direct the film. They shared, “It’s been super-fun hanging out with our friends again, and we’re going to work hard every week to ensure there are no problemos making this new film for humans.”
In the first film, which grossed £65.1 million at the box office, the group of friends head to Crete in Greece for a post-sixth form break. It became a historical moment as the biggest opening weekend for a UK comedy at the time, according to Netflix. The 2014 follow-up, which grossed £46.6 million, reunited Will, Simon, and Neil as they travelled to Australia to visit Jay during his gap year.
It is currently unknown whether Emily Atack will return in her role as Charlotte Hinchcliffe or if Emily Head will come back as Carli D’Amato.
