Netflix has won me over several times over the years by reviving and/or taking over some of my favorite comedic entities, such as Arrested Development, Wet Hot American Summer and the sketch brilliance of Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. It’s happened again, as the streaming service is now getting into bed — wink, wink — with the 2000s cringe-comedy classic series The Inbetweeners to bring the beloved and hapless quartet of Will, Simon, Neil and Jay back to audiences.
Reports about a potential return from The Inbetweeners first surfaced in 2025, with series creators Iain Morris and Damon Beesley signing a deal with production company Banijay UK. All four cast members — Jay Cartwright, Simon Cooper, Will McKenzie and Neil Sutherland — were reportedly in agreement to reprise their libidinous and disaster-prone characters as fully grown adults. At the time, it was unclear where the return would end up, and what format it would take.
Now, Netflix execs are reportedly in the process of locking down all six aforementioned talents for a new Inbetweeners reunion movie, with deals yet to be finalized, according to Variety. The only unfortunate thing about this in my book is that the streaming giant hasn’t officially announced the news yet, so there aren’t any kind of plot details to go off of. But considering this will be the first time fans get to see the four characters as men presumably in their 30s, I don’t really need details to get excited. Any situation that comes up will be brilliant.
Presuming this project gets slated as a 2027 movie release, it will end the 13-year gap since the last time the characters shared the screen. (Don’t you dare make any “gap” jokes, Jay.) The original series originally aired on E4 in the UK from May 2008-October 2010, and viewers couldn’t get enough of the sexually charged and often perverse situations the love-lacking teen boys repeatedly stumbled into.
Following the third season's end, the Inbetweeners brought their gross-out shenanigans to the big screen for 2011's The Inbetweeners Movie and 2014's The Inbetweeners 2. (If you haven't seen either, the first movie's water slide sequence alone is worth the metaphorical price of admission.) It's been a long drought ever since, and the fandom is just waiting to get soaking wet with comedy again. Or something.
The show's comedy was so popular, in fact, that a regional remake was ordered up by MTV of all places, where it sadly became one of several U.S. remakes of UK favorites that failed miserably, and it was canceled after a single season. So kudos to Netflix for going with the original instead of also trying for a remake.
What Could The Inbetweeners' Third Movie Be About?
Perhaps the easiest guess to make would be that at least one member of the group is getting married, or even having children. (Wouldn't it be wild if it's all of them?) If that's the case, I could easily see the new movie getting a "bachelor party gone wrong" narrative involving strippers and cops.
Of course, I could also see all four of them still being hopelessly single all these years later, with everyone reuniting for a last-ditch shot at romance on a singles cruise or a similar location-specific event. I can only hope that anyone who ends up with Jay is the sweetest and most self-confident woman imaginable.
Hopefully Netflix's involvement is only a boon and not a hindrance in any way. I can't imagine the company would have made the efforts to become the destination for the new movie if the point was to neuter it and cut out everything that made the TV show and film great. But I could also see Iain Morris and Damon Beesley writing something so extreme that someone would ask them to edit it out of the script.
Sure, Netflix hasn’t nailed all of its continuation efforts. For instance, not everyone loved Arrested Development’s final two seasons, with the fourth being severely disjointed, and the fifth being marred by behind-the-scenes reports, but I still think both are generally funnier than plenty of series that have been created and produced in the past ten years. As such, I have zero worries about whether or not The Inbetweeners’ creatives will deliver on heightened expectations. It’s gonna happen, and I’m gonna love it.
As we wait to see what kind of horrifying situations the boys…er…men will get into next, the three seasons of the 2008-2010 TV series are available to stream via Amazon Prime subscription, while the first movie can be streamed on Tubi.
