Hoffman Does Give a ‘Fock’
Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman and Barbara Streisand
DeadlineHollywood confirms that Dustin Hoffman will be filming 4 scenes during Little Fockers‘ September shoot of pick-ups. Deadline’s Nikki Finke is reporting that Hoffman will film a few pivotal scenes opposite Barbara Streisand, and one major ending scene involving all the film’s primary characters.
Talks between Hoffman and the Fockers/Universal camp came to a halt last November, allegedly over size of his role and salary. The film moved into production without Hoffman’s Bernie Focker, the fan-favorite role which won the actor an MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance (even beating out Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy!)
Rumors of Hoffman’s return first surfaced two weeks ago, amidst news of the September pick-up shoot and allegations of replacing Director Chris Weitz with Little Fockers co-writer John Hamburg (writer/director of Along Came Polly and I Love You, Man.) The pick-up scenes are reportedly the solution to the directing rumors, following two months of Weitz, Hamburg, Ben Stiller and producer Jay Roach (director of the franchise’s first two films) re-examing footage and promising test screening results.
Little Fockers (or is it Meet the Parents: Little Fockers?) opens nationwide December 22nd, 2010.
I had forgotten about the MTV award. That’s pretty amazing beating Ron Burgundy.
He should’ve been there in the first place. Glad they realized the error of their ways.
This movie would be incomplete without Hoffman. When it was first reported the movie would deal with “divorce and death” I thought they would just kill off Bernie Focker but I am glad to hear he will b in the film! The title is very off, I think they just should have called it Meet the Little Fockers
Let me guess… Bernie wants a divorce but changes his mind for a happy ending at the end of the movie?
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