Last week,Pitch Perfectfans were treated to a fourth installment in the musical universe of a capella singers.Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlinis a six-episode spin-off series that, as the title suggests, focuses on Bumper Allen (Adam Devine) and chronicles his participation in a music festival in Germany after one of his songs becomes a hit in the country. Now that the series is out, Peacock shared with Collider a behind-the-scenes clip in which the main cast talks about their experience during filming.
The focus is, of course, on Devine, whose title character finally gets the spotlight (even though he’s still not clear about how light works) after being in the sidelines in the original film trilogy. In Germany, Bumper has free reign to be the star, but of course he soon discovers that the competition is a lot more intense than he thought. Devine highlights that a lot of the comedy inPitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlinhails from the fact that the singer can’t let go of the fact that he didn’t make it as big as he thought he would, and that bruises his ego.
Pitch PerfectCast Has the Time of Their Lives in Germany
Also brought front and center to talk about the series are fan-favorite starsJameela Jamil(She-Hulk: Attorney at Law) andSarah Hyland(Modern Family). The trio’s constant digs at each other suggests that they had a lot of fun being mean onscreen. The cast also celebrates the German culture: As the series was filmed on location, they got to drink a lot of beer, get a taste ofschnitzel, and appreciate the city’s architecture and urban art.
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Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlinis created and written by five-time Emmy nomineeMegan Amram, who previously wrote forThe Good PlaceandParks & Recreation. Amram also serves as showrunner, and she developed the series for television along withElizabeth Banks– who starred in the film trilogy and directedPitch Perfect 2.
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ThePitch Perfectfilm series kicked off in 2012 and became a surprise hit after the movie grossed over $100 million at the box office. Its popularity only increased after a clip fromAnna Kendricksinging and performing hit single “Cups (When I’m Gone)” went viral. The sequels added almost $500 million to the franchise’s all-time gross, making it incredibly successful and leaving fans aching for more acapella competition stories.Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlinfollows up to the franchise five years after the premiere ofPitch Perfect 3.
You can stream all episodes ofPitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlinon Peacock now. Watch the behind-the-scenes clip below:
Check out the official synopsis of the series here:
Based on the film franchise that ignited a cultural phenomenon, PITCH PERFECT: BUMPER IN BERLIN is a new musical comedy series with a star-studded cast with Adam Devine, Sarah Hyland, Flula Borg, Lera Abova, and Jameela Jamil. Several years after we last saw him in Pitch Perfect, Adam Devine’s “Bumper Allen” moves to Germany to revive his music career when one of his songs becomes big in Berlin. The highly anticipated series filmed in Germany, brings all the aspects we love from the original film and more as we follow Bumper’s quest to transition from a capella amateur into bona fide superstar.
