American Pie’s Thomas Ian Nicholas Reveals Plans for 5th Movie Fell Through as Tara Reid Teases 'Really Funny' Script (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Eddie Kaye Thomas and Jason Biggs in 2001’s ‘American Pie’.Photo:United Archives GmbH / Alamy

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American Pie’sThomas Ian NicholasandTara Reidare holding onto the distant hope that a fifth movie in the franchisemighthappen, despite negotiations falling through.

A poster for 2012’s ‘American Reunion’.Photo 12 / Alamy

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Nicholas said that when he attended the New York City premiere ofOldwith Nolan, he ran into Universal Pictures president Peter Cramer, who told him that negotiations were underway for anotherAmerican Piefilm.

“This was the summer of 2021,” Nicholas said. “They were negotiating forAmerican Pie 5. So, I was like, ‘Sweet, this is happening.’ ”

But Nicholas’ enthusiasm may have been premature.

“I texted [American Piescreenwriter] Adam Herz six months later,” he said. “I was like, ‘Hey buddy, how’s the script coming?’ He’s like, ‘Oh, we didn’t come to terms on negotiation.’ So that’s the last that I heard.”

Nicholas, however, seems to be holding out hope for a fifth movie. The fact that another sequel was even discussed, he said, “at least tells me that there’s interest.”

“And I feel like with them now doingHappy Gilmore, we’re like in the mid-’90s,” he added of theupcoming sequelto the 1996Adam Sandlercomedy. In a few years, Nicholas suggested, there might be enough late-’90s nostalgia to make anAmerican Pierevival viable.

Tara Reid in ‘American Pie’ in 2001.AJ Pics / Alamy

AJ Pics / Alamy

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“I think it would be really interesting to see this world, [the world ofAmerican Pie] in this world,” Thomas added. “How do you make it work now? You cannot make that movie now for so many reasons.”

Reid, however, revealed that she has an idea of how anotherAmerican Piemight look in the very different atmosphere of the 2020s.

“Well, there’s a lot of twists,” she said, “Which, I heard about what they wrote in the script, which I’m not going to say it, but I mean, it’s really funny. It could work.”

Klein, meanwhile, said he’s completely in the dark about a fifth film. “I’m always the last to know,” he joked.

source: people.com