The Workaholics film has been canceled. Paramount+, who hosts most of Comedy Central’s catalog, has canned the upcoming film only a few weeks forward of manufacturing. Star Adam DeVine introduced the information by way of his Instagram, the place he revealed that the movie is not going to be part of the streamer’s “global strategy.”
“Welp, Paramount + decided to cancel the Workaholics movie,” DeVine posted. “Obviously, this news is the loosest butthole. We were suppose to begin filming in 5 weeks! [Paramount +] told us don’t fit their new ‘global’ strategy…We are deeply butt hurt about this decision because we were so excited to bring the weird one last time. I’m butt hurt that I don’t get to work with my best friends again. I’m butt hurt for the fans, and I’m butt hurt for our loyal crew, and other cast members who are now going to have to scramble to find new jobs.”
He ended by saying he is reached out to different streamers, and hopefully, “we will get to make this insanely fun movie somewhere else.”
Workaholics adopted the trio of Adam, Blake, and Ders (performed by DeVine, Blake Anderson, and Anders Holm, respectively, as they labored a depressing day job at TelAmeriCorp, a telemarketing firm, however tried to make day-after-day as pleasant as they might. The present ran on Comedy Central from 2011-2017 and gained a cult following alongside the way in which and helped launch the actors’ careers.
The Workaholics film was first reported by Vulture, who wrote about it in 2021. It was deliberate for the unique forged to return, with the film specializing in what it is wish to work via the pandemic.
