Why has there never been a Ted 3 in the cinema?

Seth MacFarlane explains why the cheeky little bear is on TV, streaming.

The first part gleaned 550 million dollars and 220 million for the second. In two films, Ted brought in almost $800 million for Universal Pictures. Suffice to say a good deal for the studio, which did not seek to push further. No Ted 3 in the cinema, but a new prequel series is currently telling the origins of the teddy bear on the Peacock platform (only in the United States and not yet broadcast in France).

Seth MacFarlane justifies in TVLine: “You know, there have never been any serious discussions about a Ted 3 At the movie theater.” The creator of the franchise continues and explains:

“After Ted 2we didn’t know if there was still an insatiable appetite to make more Ted. And that coincided with me wanting to go do the science fiction series, The Orville. So that fixed the problem. We didn’t talk about it for a while.”

Five years later Ted 2, Seth MacFarlane signs a new deal with NBCUniversal. And the entertainment giant then talks to him again about the teddy bear: “When I signed my contract with Universal, one of the first things they said to me was, ‘Would you consider doing a series Ted for Peacock? » First, I told them that I didn’t know what Peacock was… No, I’m kidding! I told them it was a tempting idea.”.

So MacFarlane begins to work on a concept: a pure studio sitcom (a la Friends) around Ted, and filmed live with the public. “We explored this idea for weeks. We had scenarios and everything. But creatively and technically, because it was a really huge challenge. Because it was the same tone. Ted also said Fuck all the time. We didn’t do Madame is served! We would have filmed in public and added the bear afterwards in CGI. I was very curious to make this work. The only reason we didn’t do it was because Peacock wanted to get the show done pretty quickly.”

Ted returns these days to Peacock (since January 11) with this classic series in the 1990s, which recounts his first years at school, with John his “owner”.