The inherent problem with any franchise set in a high school or college is that, even if your protagonist is a freshman, you can get at most 4 movies out of the series, one for each year. You had better plan for that by the sequel, bringing new freshmen into the storyline in Part 2, so that they can be there for Part 5, because your hero needs to graduate in Part 4.
There are 3 Pitch Perfect movies so far, and they can't go beyond 4 because the older Bellas will have graduated by now, and those who were freshies in Part 1 will graduate at the end of Part 4.
The other solution? See what their lives are like post-graduation. Surely some of them will go on to be glee-club and choir directors and at places like...
McKinley High, home of New Directions. Also nearby are their rivals, the preppie Warblers.
So it stands to reason that some of the Pitch Perfect alums (or those of their rivals, the Treblemakers) may start teaching the New Directioners (or their rivals, the Warblers).
While, sadly, several of the Glee cast members have passed on in real life, the remaining actors still available.
A cast consisting of former Pitch Perfect and Glee singers, plus new cast members, will extend both series... and make new stars.
Imagine McKinley High with Sue Sylvester as the superintendent, Will Schuester as Principal, and Aubrey as the head of New Directions. Bumper, having flamed out in pop music, now runs the Warblers. The story also encompasses what's happening at Barden, where some former Glee cast members like Mercedes and Artie now teach music.
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