Adam DeVine is telling all about Paramount+‘s recent cancellation of the Workaholics movie, claiming that the production team was told the bad news just five weeks before they were set to begin filming.
It sounds like Paramount+ really screwed the pooch on this one, reported Decider.
DeVine, who co-created the series alongside co-stars Blake Anderson and Anders Holm, plus Kyle Newacheck, Connor Pritchard and Dominic Russo, took to Instagram to lament the recent cancellation.
“Welp, Paramount + decided to cancel the Workaholics movie. Obviously, this news is the loosest butthole,” the comedian wrote. “We were supposed to begin filming in 5 weeks.”
DeVine claimed Paramount+ told him and his co-creators that they “don’t match their new ‘global’ technique,” and went on to share that he’s “butt hurt” concerning the resolution, saying, “We were so excited to bring the weird one last time.”
DeVine mentioned that the film is “out to other streamers,” and mentioned he’ll additional talk about the matter tomorrow on his podcast, Pod Important, which he shares with Holm, Newacheck and Anderson.
“As always, take it sleazy, and I’m out,” he concluded, signing off along with his character’s identify, Adam DeMamp.
Holm shared DeVine’s put up on his Instagram story, writing that the film “needs a new home.”
Anderson echoed the sentiment on his personal story, including the remark, “Was really looking forward to this reunion. We’ll see what happens…”
Workaholics initially aired between 2011 and 2017 on Comedy Central, which is owned by Paramount Networks. Therefore, it solely made sense that the present would discover its revival on the studio’s namesake streaming channel.
The comedy collection follows three roommates who work collectively at a telemarketing firm, and their frequent interactions with their drug vendor. The present got here to a pure finish in season seven after receiving a two-season renewal. At the time of concluding, Variety reported that the three produce other initiatives on the horizon.
Holm went on to star within the Fox comedy collection Champions, and extra lately, the Netflix collection Inventing Anna. Anderson has starred in a wide range of animated initiatives and the comedy collection Woke. And DeVine held the primary function and govt produced the Pitch Perfect spin-off Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin, following a wide range of roles in tv and films.
The Workaholics film was introduced in February 2021 together with a comedy line-up together with a brand new Beavis And Butt-Head film from Mike Judge and 5 Inside Amy Schumer specials.
DeVine seemingly teased the revival in 2020, posting a photograph on Instagram alongside Holmes and Anderson and beat-up Volvo that’s commonly seen within the collection. “It’s a s’go in the Vo tho,” he wrote within the caption.
