Adam Sandler’s Happy Gilmore sequel is moving forward, with the actor confirming that filming will start in New Jersey next month.
News of the sequel to the 1996 golfing comedy was confirmed back in May by Netflix, who will be overseeing production of the film, although no timeframe for filming or release was offered at the time.
Now, during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday (August 20), Sandler himself said that the film will start shooting in September.
“It’s good. We worked hard on the script. We didn’t want to let anyone down. We came up with an idea — we wrote our asses off,” he said. Watch the full interview below.
In addition, Sandler revealed that the film will include an appearance by NFL star – and Taylor Swift beau – Travis Kelce. “What a big, handsome guy. Funny and cool as hell,” Sandler said. “He’s a stud and he’s so funny.”
Happy Gilmore is back! Adam Sandler will reprise his iconic role in a brand new movie coming to Netflix. pic.twitter.com/AERdtqlJ6j
— Netflix (@netflix) May 15, 2024
The original film starred Sandler as the titular Happy Gilmore, a hockey player with anger management issues who discovers he’s also good at golf. Gilmore enters a golf tournament to win money to save his grandmother’s house, facing off with the arrogant Shooter McGavin along the way. The film also starred Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen, Carl Weathers and Bob Barker.
Elsewhere, Sandler recently claimed that the Will Smith Oscars slap was “the best thing that ever happened” to Chris Rock. He offered that the incident led to Rock’s standup becoming “wild again” and “outrageous”.
Sandler’s most recent film was the Netflix sci-fi drama Spaceman, in which he played the astronaut Jakub Prochazka, who encounters a creature at the edge of the solar system.
In 2020, Sandler teamed up with the Safdie Brothers for the critically acclaimed film Uncut Gems. In a glowing five-star review, NME‘s Alex Flood wrote: “Short of nit-picking, there really is no way to criticise this film. As a leading man, Sandler has never been better – flipping from revved-up temper tantrum to cuddly teddy bear in seconds flat. Such is the critical acclaim his performance has received that the actor has promised to “make a crappy movie on purpose” if he doesn’t win an Oscar. After Uncut Gems, you wonder if he’s capable of that anymore.”
Sandler will also be releasing a new standup special on Netflix, titled Love You, on August 27.
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