Dustin Hoffman May Be in 'Little Fockers' After All

The three principal cast members of Little Fockers (or maybe Meet the Parents: Little Fockers as we discussed yesterday) are all getting a shitload of money. Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, and even Owen Wilson are all making ten-digit salaries. But Universal couldn't come to terms with Dustin Hoffman, who will usually do anything and not even for much money. So he's not in Fockers. Or not yet. Calling the threequel "troubled," New York Magazine says Universal is trying to convince Hoffman to return for a minor role. The film has already gone back in front of cameras for what the studio and the magazine describe as pick up shots, little gap fillers that will help key scenes go together more smoothly, but the idea could be expanded. "There’s a chance that Little Fockers may actually go back into production: Talks are well under way to see if Hoffman would be willing to return to shoot new scenes," writes New York, and Hoffman was very close to signing on originally, ultimately declining as the film was about to go into production. And the role was reportedly much smaller than in Meet the Fockers, anyway. So fitting him back into the movie probably wouldn't be a big thing. But broken movies rarely get fixed, and that's especially true of comedies. We'll find out in December, I guess.

Comments

[Albert Ching]

"ten-digit salaries"?? I guess the recession really is over.

[Torrent Download]

I cannot wait to see this movie. Nothing anyone could say could keep me from seeing it. The cast is awesome. Ben Stiller is a comedic genius. Everything he does is funny, look who his family is. Both him and his dad is a riot.