Adam Sandler Teases ‘Happy Gilmore 2’
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Adam Sandler Teases ‘Happy Gilmore 2’

Posted on by Amelia Pressman

Adam Sandler and Netflix gave fans a Chrismukkah gift on Wednesday, releasing a teaser for the sequel to his 1996 film “Happy Gilmore.”

Happy Gilmore 2 is expected to release on Netflix sometime in 2025.

Sandler returns as the title character, a failed ice hockey player turned professional golfer. In the first film, Happy becomes an unlikely golf hero after he enters a professional competition in hopes of winning a cash prize to pay back his grandmother’s taxes.

“Happy Hanukkah! Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! And happy Gilmore everyone!!!!!!!” Sandler wrote in an Instagram post on Wednesday, sharing the teaser.

Julie Bowen, who played Happy’s lover Virginia Venit, and Christopher McDonald, who played rival golfer Shooter McGavin, also reprise their roles in the sequel.

Screenwriter Tim Herlihy, a former “Saturday Night Live” writer and longtime Sandler collaborator, returned to co-write the script with the actor. Kyle Newacheck, who directed Sandler in Netflix’s Murder Mystery, directed the sequel.

New additions to the cast include: rapper Bad Bunny, Margaret Qualley (fresh off her role in “The Substance”), Nick Swardson (who regularly collaborates with Sandler) and Benny Safdie (who wrote and directed Sandler’s “Uncut Gems” film ). The teaser also featured a cameo from NFL superstar Travis Kelce, who said, “Nice to see you again, Mr. Gilmore.”

Netflix announced the sequel to the film in May.

In September, Sandler shared a photo of Happy’s Boston Bruins jersey on Instagram and wrote, “It’s not over yet. The way I see it… we’ve only just begun.”

In an interview with “The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon in August, Sandler discussed the making of the sequel.

“People have been asking me for a long time, ‘Make it happy, Gilmore.'” 2,’ and I always thought, ‘No, I’m just going to disappoint you,'” he said. “But then me and my buddy Tim Herlihy came up with this idea. We’re really excited about it. We wrote our asses off. We’re still trying to make this a movie that you guys will enjoy.”

The film was shot in New Jersey earlier this year.

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