After a nearly four-year break from “Ramy,” during which Ramy Youssef starred in “Poor Things,” co-created “Mo” and “#1 Happy Family USA,” and appeared in HBO’s “Mountainhead,” a belated return to the Hulu series now sounds like a real possibility. Youssef said he and his collaborators have recently started talking “more seriously” about what comes next, adding that they have “a pretty clear idea” for more “Ramy.”
“It’s always in my head, figuring out the right time,” Youssef said about the show during a recent appearance on Variety’s Awards Circuit podcast, while promoting his new comedy special “Ramy Youssef: In Love.” “We kind of just started to talk more seriously about how to figure out—we’re wrapping up—we have a pretty clear idea for something for a little bit more.”
Youssef stopped short of calling it a new season, a special, or any specific format, and Hulu has not yet issued a formal announcement. But the comments suggest that “Ramy,” which last aired its third season in 2022, has not been quietly retired. If anything, Youssef suggested that time away from the series has made the idea of returning to it feel more compelling.
“For me, almost every year that passes, it feels more relevant and more exciting in a lot of ways,” he said.
Created by Youssef, “Ramy” premiered in 2019 and quickly established itself as one of the sharpest, most personally specific comedies on television, following Ramy Hassan, a first-generation Egyptian American Muslim in New Jersey, as he struggled with faith, family, sex, ego, and the gap between spiritual aspiration and daily behavior. Across three seasons, the show moved from intimate coming-of-age comedy into something thornier and more morally uneasy, with Ramy repeatedly trying to become a better man while often making life worse for everyone around him.
That would make a return especially interesting now. Youssef is no longer the same artist who launched the series seven years ago, and the world around “Ramy” has only grown more politically charged. The possible “Ramy” return was not the only thing Youssef mentioned. He also said he is writing a feature film that he would direct for A24, which produced “Ramy.”
“I’m never crazy about talking about things before they happen,” Youssef said. “But I’ve been writing a film that I would direct for A24, so that’s something that’s been very, very fulfilling and exciting.”
Youssef did not reveal the film’s title, plot, cast, or timeline. The “Ramy” comments were similarly open-ended, but they suggest the series has not been fully put to bed. For now, he has two projects in motion: a potential return to Hulu and a first feature as writer-director for A24. Let’s hope both come to fruition sooner rather than later.
