Unhealthy Bunny (actual identify Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) has been solid to hitch Adam Sandler in Netflix‘s Comfortable Gilmore 2.
Information of the sequel to the 1996 {golfing} comedy was confirmed again in Could by the streaming service, who can be overseeing manufacturing of the movie.
Plot particulars in regards to the sequel — which formally began manufacturing this month — are being saved underneath wraps, so it’s presently unclear who the rapper can be enjoying. Julie Bowen and Christopher McDonald will reprise their roles from the unique, whereas Kyle Newacheck (Homicide Thriller) will direct.
Throughout an look on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday (August 20), Sandler himself stated that the movie would begin taking pictures this September.
“It’s good. We labored onerous on the script. We didn’t wish to let anybody down. We got here up with an concept — we wrote our asses off,” he stated. Watch the total interview under.
As well as, Sandler revealed that the movie will embody an look by NFL star – and Taylor Swift beau – Travis Kelce. “What a giant, good-looking man. Humorous and funky as hell,” Sandler stated. “He’s a stud and he’s so humorous.”
The unique movie starred Sandler because the titular Comfortable Gilmore, a hockey participant with anger administration points who discovers he’s additionally good at golf.
Gilmore enters a golf event to win cash to avoid wasting his grandmother’s home, dealing with off with the smug Shooter McGavin (McDonald) alongside the way in which. The movie additionally starred the late Carl Weathers and Bob Barker.
Comfortable Gilmore is again! Adam Sandler will reprise his iconic position in a model new film coming to Netflix. pic.twitter.com/AERdtqlJ6j
— Netflix (@netflix) Could 15, 2024
Elsewhere, Sandler not too long ago claimed that the Will Smith Oscars slap was “one of the best factor that ever occurred” to Chris Rock. He supplied that the incident led to Rock’s standup turning into “wild once more” and “outrageous”.
Sandler’s most up-to-date movie was the Netflix sci-fi drama Spaceman, through which he performed the astronaut Jakub Prochazka, who encounters a creature on the fringe of the photo voltaic system.
In 2020, Sandler teamed up with the Safdie Brothers for the critically acclaimed movie Uncut Gems. In a glowing five-star assessment, NME Flood wrote: “Wanting nit-picking, there actually is not any method to criticise this movie. As a number one man, Sandler has by no means been higher – flipping from revved-up mood tantrum to cuddly teddy bear in seconds flat. Such is the essential acclaim his efficiency has acquired that the actor has promised to “make a crappy film on function” if he doesn’t win an Oscar. After Uncut Gems, you surprise if he’s able to that anymore.”
Elsewhere, Sandler additionally not too long ago launched his new Netflix stand-up particular, titled Adam Sandler: Love You.
