Adam Sandler returns to Netflix

Adam Sandler returns to Netflix

Adam Sandler’s $250 million deal with Netflix is ​​the gift that keeps on giving. In keeping with this Christmas Day and the start of Hanukkah, the streamer has released the first teaser for Happy Gilmore 2, the highly anticipated sequel to the 1996 sports comedy. Check out the teaser, which Sandler shared with a special holiday message. on X here or in the Instagram post below.

According to the teaser, the film is expected to release on the streaming platform in 2025. Sandler reprises his role as a failed hockey player turned unlikely golf hero in Dennis Dugan’s original 1996 film. This time, Kyle Newacheck, co-creator of “Workaholics” and producer/director of “What We Do in the Shadows,” takes the lead (who is also a professional pickleball player!). Julie Bowen, Christopher McDonald, Ben Still and others also return to the roles they started in 1996.

Newacheck also directed Netflix’s 2109 Murder Mystery, one of Adam Sandler’s other Netflix films. The teaser arrives on the day Netflix broadcasts two NFL games live on the platform for the first time. This time the cast is joined by Bad Bunny, Margaret Qualley, Nick Swardson, Kid Cudi and NFL player Travis Kelce (seen in the trailer). IndieWire previously broke the news that Sandler’s Uncut Gems co-star Benny Safdie would also be starring in the sequel. “He will have a big part in that,” Sandler said at the time.

Sandler co-wrote the new film with Tim Herlihy, as he did the 1996 film.

Check out the Happy Gilmore 2 teaser below.

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