Laura Dern has joined the cast of Universal Pictures' "Little Fockers," the sequel to "Meet the Fockers." Paul Weitz is helming and the title might change. Most of the main players return including Ben Stiller, Teri Polo, Robert De Niro, Blythe Danner and Owen Wilson. Jessica Alba has also joined the cast recently.
Dern will play the headmistress of the elementary school the Fockers' kids attend.
Jay Roach and Jay Rosenthal produce. John Hamburg rewrote the original script by Larry Stuckey.
Dern's last project was in "Tenderness" with Russell Crowe, Jon Foster and Sophie Traub. John Polson directed that crime thriller.