It's only been five years since Workaholics ended with its seventh season, but it feels much longer than that. Ironically, the pilot originally aired directly after the 2011 Comedy Central Roast of Donald Trump, and its final episode aired three months after Trump's inauguration in 2017 — a hell of a lot has happened since, and fans have been wondering what the telemarketers in Rancho Cucamonga have been up to.
They'll get to find out, because not only has Paramount+ greenlit a Workaholics film, but it's almost entirely written and production is set to begin in Spring 2023. This is only one of the many sequels, remakes, and reboots that Paramount+ is making (and has made), along with updates of iCarly, SpongeBob SquarePants, Beavis & Butt-Head, Frasier, Rugrats, and countless others. The Workaholics movie arguably feels more necessary and exciting, for a variety of reasons.
Adam Devine Gives Workaholics Update
Created and co-written by stars Blake Anderson, Adam DeVine, Anders Holm, and Kyle Newacheck (alongside Connor Pritchard and Dominic Russo), Workaholics was a beloved Comedy Central original sitcom. Combining stoner comedy, surrealism, and classic workplace comedy tropes, the seven-season show was appreciated for its embrace of male friendships, naturally charismatic leads, and working-class politics.
Adam Devine broke the news with MovieWeb while speaking about his delightful new series on Peacock, Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin (yet another rebooted variation on a popular title). He revealed that he and his close friends and co-stars have been finalizing the script and getting themselves ready for pre-production. "Funny that you brought that up, buddy," said Devine with a mischievous smile when asked about Workaholics. He continued:
Weirdly, this is going to be a strange year for me, because not only did I just do the Pitch Perfect series Bumper in Berlin, but we're doing the Workaholic movie in the spring for Paramount+. I just got off a phone call with the guys, Anders, Blake, and Kyle, and we're putting the finishing touches on the last draft of that script. So we're really excited to get going on it.
A Workaholics Movie Will Expand on the TV Finale
This will be encouraging news for anyone who is curious about the Workaholic boys, especially after their slightly sad, quiet, but beautiful series finale. Instead of going big, Devine and company brought the show back to its roots for the finale five years ago, leaving the telemarketers right back to where they started. Devine and Anderson spoke to Cinema Blend at the time to defend their finale:
Adam Devine: I always think those big event finales, they kind of take you away from what you like about the show in the first place, and I think what really resonated with people with our show was that we did seem like friends — because we were best friends — we seemed like best friends, we talked how best friends talk, and we kind of thought it would be a nice bookend to end up back on the roof, just like how we ended the pilot episode, together having a good time and making each other laugh.
Blake Anderson: As fun as it would have been to just find cool ways to kill off every character, who knows? If somebody comes knocking with a big paycheck, we might be back. I don't know.
It will surely be interesting, and undoubtedly funny, to see where the Workaholic characters go from here, with a movie that's certain to be bigger and bolder than its series finale. With a production date of Spring 2023, audiences can likely expect the Workaholics film to premiere on Paramount+ in the winter of that year.