The Jason Sudeikis mustache makes a comeback. “Ted Lasso”, the dramatic on a fiercely optimistic American football coach in London, is expected to come back for a fourth season, Apple TV +announced on Friday.
The streamer did not say when the new episodes would become available or where they are in the production process. In a press release, Sudeikis, the star of the show and executive producer, suggested that the new episodes would be to take risks.
“In season four, the people of AFC Richmond learn to jump before looking at, discovering that wherever they land is exactly where they are supposed to be.”
Ted Lasso The character was presented for the first time by Sudeikis in 2013 to promote the coverage of NBC Sports of the Premier League in England. In a short film, Lasso was the coach of the Tottenham Hotspur Club of London. It was quickly clear that he knew little – even nothing – on football.
“They will play hard during the four quarters,” said Lasso about players at a simulated press conference. “Do we have goals this season?” Absolutely. We will win a lot of matches and we will participate in the playoffs. “” There are no playoffs “, a journalist is corrected by the public. The song was so popular that Sudeikis was exploited to take up the character the following year.
The idea came to write a spectacle around the character, but he failed to materialize until Bill Lawrence (“scrubs”, “Cougar Town”) helped recover it by Apple TV +. “Ted Lasso” made his debut in August 2020, in the middle of the locking of the pandemic. This version of Lasso was the new coach of a fictitious football team in London called AFC Richmond. The joyful disposition of Lasso allowed him to win even the bravest fans of football fans, not to mention the tired viewers to stay inside.
“This is the version of me that I want to be able to be,” said Sudeikis at the AP before its beginnings. “He has ups and downs like anyone. But he is eternally optimistic and full of hope and sincere. »»
“Ted Lasso” won seven Emmy Awards Primetime Emmy, including an exceptional series of comedy for his first two seasons. He made stars of his support distribution, notably Brett Goldstein, Hannah Waddingham and Juno Temple.