Adam DeVine Blasts Paramount+ For Canceling ‘Workaholics’ Movie 5 Weeks Before Filming

Adam DeVine is telling all about Paramount+‘s recent cancellation of the Workaholics movie, claiming that the production team was told the bad news just five weeks before they were set to begin filming. It sounds like Paramount+ really screwed the pooch on this one.

DeVine, who co-created the series alongside co-stars Blake Anderson and Anders Holmes, plus Kyle Newacheck, Connor Pritchard and Dominic Russo, took to Instagram to lament the recent cancellation.

“Welp, Paramount + decided to cancel the Workaholics movie. Obviously, this news is the loosest butthole,” the comedian wrote. “We were supposed to begin filming in 5 weeks.”

DeVine claimed Paramount+ told him and his co-creators that they “don’t fit their new ‘global’ strategy,” and went on to share that he’s “butt hurt” about the decision, saying, “We were so excited to bring the weird one last time.”

DeVine said that the movie is “out to other streamers,” and said he will further discuss the matter tomorrow on his podcast, Pod Important, which he shares with Holm, Newacheck and Anderson.

“As always, take it sleazy, and I’m out,” he concluded, signing off with his character’s name, Adam DeMamp.

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Holmes shared DeVine’s post on his Instagram story, writing that the movie “needs a new home.” Anderson echoed the sentiment on his own story, adding the comment, “Was really looking forward to this reunion. We’ll see what happens…”

Workaholics originally aired between 2011 and 2017 on Comedy Central, which is owned by Paramount Networks. Therefore, it only made sense that the show would find its revival on the studio’s namesake streaming channel.

The comedy series follows three roommates who work together at a telemarketing company, and their frequent interactions with their drug dealer. The show came to a natural end in season seven after receiving a two-season renewal. At the time of concluding, Variety reported that the three have other projects on the horizon.

Holmes went on to star in the Fox comedy series Champions, and more recently, the Netflix series Inventing Anna; Anderson has starred in a variety of animated projects and the comedy series Woke; and DeVine held the main role and executive produced the Pitch Perfect spin-off Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin, following a variety of roles in television and movies.

The Workaholics movie was announced in February 2021 along with a comedy line-up including a new Beavis And Butt-Head movie from Mike Judge and five Inside Amy Schumer specials.

DeVine seemingly teased the revival in 2020, posting a photo on Instagram alongside Holmes and Anderson and beat-up Volvo that is regularly seen in the series. “It’s a s’go in the Vo tho,” he wrote in the caption.