Laura Dern has joined the cast of "Little Fockers," the third film in the "Meet the Parents" franchise, reports The Hollywood Reporter. They join the cast which reunites members from the first two films, including Ben Stiller, Teri Polo, Robert Deniro and Blythe Danner.

Dern will play the headmistress of the school where the Fockers kids attend.

Paul Weitz is directing the film for Universal based on a screenplay by John Hamburg and Larry Stuckey.