British TV Series & Film ‘The Inbetweeners’ Getting US Adaptation

Those who keep up with comedy on the other side of the pond are likely already familiar with “The Inbetweeners,” a show that follows the misadventures of four high school boys who navigate the comedic waters of high school. The Inbetweeners Movie was released in 2011 and became the highest grossing comedy of all time in the UK, and now Paramount Pictures is hoping to bring that success stateside by creating an American version of the film. But this shouldn’t be another case of losing all the comedic juice in translation because the show’s co-creator, Iain Morris, is set to write and direct the new US adaptation. For your reference, here’s the red band trailer for the UK film adaptation of The Inbetweeners: This news from THR is particularly interesting considering that MTV has just announced the Americanized version of “The Inbetweeners” for TV to premiere this August, so there’s a lot …