2 0 1 0 , ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁that ▁D ust in ▁Hoff man ▁would ▁be ▁repr ising ▁his ▁role ▁as ▁Greg ' s ▁father , ▁Bern ie ▁F ocker . ▁When ▁the ▁movie ▁was ▁in ▁pre - production , ▁the ▁stud ios ▁couldn ' t ▁reach ▁an ▁agreement ▁with ▁Hoff man , ▁but ▁agreed ▁on ▁terms ▁to ▁bring ▁him ▁back ▁for ▁the ▁film , ▁though ▁his ▁role ▁was ▁significantly ▁smaller ▁than ▁in ▁the ▁previous ▁film ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁agreement ▁coming ▁after ▁the ▁initial ▁film ing . ▁As ▁such , ▁they ▁had ▁to ▁shoot ▁the ▁scenes ▁and ▁edit ▁them ▁to ▁fit ▁his ▁character ▁into ▁the ▁movie . ▁ ▁Release ▁In ▁January ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁the ▁release ▁date ▁for ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁pushed ▁back ▁from ▁July ▁ 3 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁to ▁December ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁because ▁Universal ▁hoped ▁to ▁benefit ▁from ▁the ▁long ▁Christmas ▁week end . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁tra iler ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁June ▁ 2 4 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁It ▁was ▁then ▁shown ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁show ings ▁of ▁G rown ▁U ps ▁and ▁D inner ▁for ▁Sch mu cks . ▁A ▁second ▁tra iler ▁was ▁released ▁online ▁November ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁attached ▁with ▁Mor ning ▁Gl ory , ▁Un sto pp able ▁and ▁Sky line . ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁the ▁UK ▁and ▁US ▁on ▁December ▁ 2 2 , ▁ 2 0