Pitch Perfect 4: Cast, release date, plot and everything you need to know

Pitch Perfect 4 has yet to be confirmed despite the cast's constant teases for a fourth outing of the Barden Bellas.

The cast of the much-loved franchise reunited virtually in August 2020 for a special cover of Beyoncé's 'Love On Top', with all the proceeds going to UNICEF, but the performance didn't come with any confirmation of Pitch Perfect 4.

It's perhaps not a surprise since Pitch Perfect 3 received the worst reviews of the series by some distance and grossed $100 million less than the second movie at the box office, and was touted as the end of the Bellas "as we know them".

But if anybody can make the fourth movie happen, it's the cast and it's a possibility until Universal says otherwise, so here's everything you need to know about a potential Pitch Perfect 4.

Pitch Perfect 4 release date: When is Pitch Perfect 4 released?

Well, as of right now, a fourth movie hasn't been confirmed so it doesn't have a release date and it's tricky to guess when we might expect it.

Fans got excited for the possibility of a Pitch Perfect 4 when Rebel Wilson shared a photo with her co-stars Brittany Snow, Anna Camp and Chrissie Fit in October 2018 with all the cast members holding up four fingers.

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Alas, nothing has really happened since that photo despite Wilson teasing in November 2018 that she'd be filming another "musical film in the next 12 months". (It seems that she was actually teasing Cats.)

So right now, it's impossible to say when a fourth movie would be released. It'll need to be confirmed first.

Pitch Perfect 4 cast: Who's coming back for Pitch Perfect 4?

While it may have been hinted that any fourth movie would bring in a new batch of Bellas, it's now hard to imagine it wouldn't feature the stars who made the franchise such a hit.

So that's the likes of Anna Kendrick as Beca, Rebel Wilson as Fat Amy, Brittany Snow as Chloe, Anna Camp as Aubrey, Hailee Steinfeld as Emily (who joined the Bellas in the first sequel), Hana Mae Lee as Lilly (AKA Esther as we discovered in the third movie) and Ester Dean as Cynthia.

It seems that any fourth movie would come about because the cast wants to get back together for more a cappella goodness. When Pitch Perfect 3 was released, Wilson enthused about doing "four or five" movies and Kendrick said that the cast would do them "forever".

While promoting her new show Perfect Harmony, Camp told ET Online she was "down" for a fourth Pitch Perfect movie. "I love those girls," she added, "and I love playing my character, so if they needed me I would be there, for sure."

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Hopefully any fourth movie would also bring back Elizabeth Banks and John Michael Higgins as brilliantly sarcastic commentators Gail and John.

But will the fourth movie bring back the boys after the likes of Skylar Astin and Ben Platt were absent from Pitch Perfect 3? Director Trish Sie explained that it was down to "scheduling stuff" and didn't rule out future appearances.

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Pitch Perfect 4 plot: What will Pitch Perfect 4 be about?

The third movie saw the Bellas head out on what was supposedly a farewell tour, reuniting three years after the second movie for an overseas USO (United Service Organisations) tour. As always, a competition was involved with the prize a chance to open for DJ Khaled.

But DJ Khaled doesn't want the Bellas, he just wants Beca and after a convoluted run-in with some gangsters, Beca opens for DJ Khaled after getting the blessing of the Bellas, before they all come together for one final performance.

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Perhaps aware it was the final movie, every character got an ending – such as Beca getting a job with DJ Khaled, Aubrey reconnecting with her father, Chloe getting accepted into vet school, Emily going back to Barden University and Lilly getting together with DJ Dragon Nutz.

So any kind of plot for Pitch Perfect 4 would have to engineer a way for the Bellas to get back together, hopefully not just for another competition.

Anna Camp has another idea for what future movies could be. "We wanna do it until we're old and we're acting in a retirement home," she told Collider, adding they could catch up with the Bellas every five or ten years.

"Does Fat Amy have kids? Do Fat Amy and Bumper have a family? How cool would that be, in about five years to see what happens to all of these characters that you know and love."

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Ian Sandwell

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