Having managed to enter the longed-for "circle of trust" after the events in Meet the Parents ... the straight-laced Byrnes family to meet mum and dad, the eccentric Fockers.

Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro last combined forces as Greg Focker and Jack Byrnes ... in the Meet the Parents franchise, which would function as a sequel to the 2010 movie Little Fockers.

It has taken 10 years, two little Fockers with wife Pam, and countless hurdles for Greg to finally get in with his tightly wound father-in-law, Jack. After the cash-strapped dad takes a job ...

PEOPLE confirmed on Tuesday, Dec. 10, that Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Blythe Danner and Teri Polo are in early talks to star in the next installment in the Meet the Parents franchise, which would ...