10 Announced Movie Sequels Nobody Asked For

10. Meet the Parents 4

It's fair to say that the Meet the Parents franchise had well and truly run its course after three movies. 

The original hit comedy could've easily been a one-off, but sequels Meet the Fockers and Little Fockers followed in 2004 and 2010 respectively.

Though the third film - which was critically panned and the lowest-grossing of the trio - seemed to mark the end of the "IP," it was just confirmed that Meet the Parents 4 is now in early development.

John Hamburg, who wrote the first three films, will serve as writer and director this time around, while original stars Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Teri Polo and Blythe Danner are all expected to return.

There are creatively bankrupt, wildly "unnecessary" sequels, and then there's... whatever this is. 

Considering that theatrical comedies have largely gone away and the world has generally moved on from Meet the Parents as a franchise, it's tough not to see this as a desperate nostalgia play.

A trilogy was already at least one movie too much, and now this?