The Inbetweeners (American TV series)

Main cast

• Joey Pollari as Will McKenzie
• Bubba Lewis as Simon Cooper
• Alex Frnka as Carli D'Amato
• Zack Pearlman as Jay Cartwright
• Mark L. Young as Neil Sutherland

Production

After an unsuccessful attempt by ABC to create an American version of The Inbetweeners in 2008, MTV announced in late-September 2010 that it had hired noted comedy writer Brad Copeland (known for writing on American comedies such as Arrested Development and My Name Is Earl) to write the script for an American Inbetweeners series. Taika Waititi was chosen to direct the pilot.

On 31 March 2011, MTV officially announced that it had picked up The Inbetweeners for an additional eleven episodes, creating a twelve-episode first season. Copeland served as executive producer and showrunner.

In November 2012, MTV had decided not to go ahead with a planned second season of the American remake. MTV said to The Wrap, "While we won't be moving forward with another season of The Inbetweeners, we enjoyed working with the show's creators and such a talented, funny cast."

Episodes

At Jay's suggestion, the group skip school and Will buys vodka from a liquor store which they drink. Simon spray paints I Love Carly D'Amato on the drive in front of the house of Carly, whom he has been attracted to since they were both eight. She invites him to her house that evening when her parents will be out. He brings Will, but the duo leave after a drunken Simon vomits over Carly's eight-year-old brother and Will scares the child by talking to him about terrorism. Simon's parents and Will's mother confront their sons after their wrongdoing; Will claims that he skipped school due to being bullied.

This episode is based on First Day and Bunk Off - the first two episodes of the original UK series.

Critical reception

The series was panned by critics. However, on Metacritic the series has a score of 62 out of 100 based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favourable reviews". The American version is extremely unpopular with viewers from the UK, with many newspapers reporting that it had "flopped". It was listed by Metro as one of the "Top 10 British comedies whose US remakes have flopped".

Cancelled film adaptation

On July 3, 2012, it was announced that a U.S. adaptation of The Inbetweeners Movie was in the works. Morris and Beesley were approached by Paramount Pictures to lead the project. However, following the cancellation of the series, the film was never produced.

On August 22, 2013, Jim Field Smith was initially revealed to be directing the American adaptation of the British film, then titled Virgins America, but as of 2025, no further developments have taken place. Whether Morris and Beesley had any involvement with the project is unknown.

References

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