The Inbetweeners 3 Starts Filming for Netflix With All Four Leads Back, and No Release Date Yet

Netflix confirmed on Monday that The Inbetweeners 3 has started filming in the UK, with Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison and Joe Thomas all back as Will, Jay, Neil and Simon. The film will stream on Netflix rather than open in cinemas, and the announcement carried no release date.

That platform switch is the part worth noting. The first two films, released in 2011 and 2014, were theatrical releases that reached streaming months later. This one is being made for the service directly, so the day it lands is the day everyone with a Netflix subscription can watch it.

Who is coming back?

All four leads are confirmed by name in the announcement, playing the same characters. Series creators Damon Beesley and Iain Morris return to write the film, and this time they are directing it as well.

• Simon Bird as Will McKenzie
• James Buckley as Jay Cartwright
• Blake Harrison as Neil Sutherland
• Joe Thomas as Simon Cooper

Claire Jones produces alongside Patrick Holland of Banijay and Mark Lesbirel of Fudge Park. Caroline Levy, Caroline Leddy, Phil Gilbert, Suzanne Knight, Tom Jordan and Farhana Bhula are executive producers, with Morris and Beesley also credited. No supporting cast has been named yet, so anyone hoping for a particular returning face is working from speculation rather than an announcement.

When can you watch The Inbetweeners 3 on Netflix?

There is no date. Netflix confirmed the start of production and nothing about when the film will appear. Some published reports have pointed to 2027 as the likely window, but that is an estimate based on typical post-production timelines for a comedy feature, not a commitment from the platform.

Filming beginning in September does make a 2026 arrival implausible. A film that starts shooting now needs editing, scoring and a marketing run before it goes live, and Netflix tends to announce dates for its bigger originals a few months out rather than at the point cameras roll.

What did the announcement video show?

Netflix released a short production announcement clip showing the four actors climbing into the yellow 1996 Fiat Cinquecento from the show's second series. The car fails to start. It runs as a first look rather than a trailer, and no footage from the actual film exists yet.

Beesley and Morris said in a joint statement that "it's been super-fun hanging out with our friends again, and we're going to work hard every week to ensure there are no problemos making this new film for humans."

Does this cost extra to watch?

No. A Netflix original film is included on every plan, including the ad-supported tier, at whatever you already pay. That does matter more than it used to in the UK, where Netflix raised prices across the board in September, taking the ads plan to £7.99 and Premium to £20.99.

Streaming quality still tracks your plan rather than the film. The ads tier and Standard cap at 1080p; 4K and HDR are Premium-only. If you watch through a set-top platform, the film will show up in the Netflix app the same way anything else does — including on newer bundled TV services such as Vodafone TV in the UK.

What this says about Netflix and British comedy

Netflix has been buying back into established UK properties rather than only commissioning new ones, and a reunion film with a guaranteed audience is a cheaper route to a big viewing week than an untested original. The same logic explains its recent run of returning titles, from Doc season two to The Diplomat's fourth season.

For viewers, the practical takeaway is narrow but real: the third film in a series that twice sent people to cinemas is now something you will watch at home, on a subscription you probably already have, on a date nobody has announced yet.