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They may have been unique since The man against the beebut Netflix was not alone with Rowan Atkinson. The streamer announced today that filming has begun on a follow-up series, Man versus baby.

First released in May 2022, The man against the bee saw the actor who has been a British icon for decades now playing the role of Trevor, who, over the course of four episodes, went to war with a wily bee while staying in a posh mansion.

Atkinson’s return to Netflix is ​​somewhat surprising, given that The Sun was first reported in 2023 that Netflix had removed the series. Following its release, the show spent two weeks in the world top 10, attracting 43.61 million hours of television viewing. THE Netflix Engagement Reports suggest that the show garnered 11.6 million views between January 2023 and June 2024.

“We expect chaos. Man vs. Baby is now in production! » Netflix UK announced this morning on social media. The advert included four photoshopped images featuring crude cutouts of Rowan Atkinson’s face, which have been applied to various Netflix UK shows and films from recent years. In these images, his character interacts with babies. Fool me once, Sex educationAnd Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget were among the parodied titles.

Atkinson reprises the role of Trevor, but rather than battling a bee while house-sitting, he’ll be babysitting. Will this baby prove to be an even greater pain?

Atkinson is co-creator of the new series alongside Will Davies, with David Kerr directing.

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget. “Remove the old block.” (L to R) Bunty (Imelda Staunton), Mac (Lynn Ferguson), Rocky (Zachary Levi), Molly (Bella Ramsey), Ginger (Thandiwe Newton), Fowler (David Bradley) and Babs (Jane Horrocks) in Chicken Run : Dawn of the Nugget. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2023

Sex Education Season 4 (left to right) Gillian Anderson as Jean Milburn and Asa Butterfield as Otis Milburn in Sex Education Season 4. Cr. Thomas Wood/Netflix © 2023 – WSP00509.arw

Fool me once. Michelle Keegan as Maya Stern and Richard Armitage as Joe Burkett in Fool Me Once. Cr. Matt SquireNetflix © 2023

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