Adam Sandler and Netflix gave followers a Chrismukkah present on Wednesday, dropping a teaser for the sequel to his 1996 movie “Happy Gilmore.”
“Happy Gilmore 2” is anticipated to debut on Netflix someday in 2025.
Sandler returns because the title character, a failed ice hockey player-turned-professional golfer. In the primary movie, Happy turns into an unlikely golf hero after he enters an expert competitors in hope of successful a money prize to assist repay his grandmother’s taxes.
“Happy Chanukah! Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! And Happy Gilmore to all!!!!!!” Sandler wrote Wednesday in an Instagram put up sharing the teaser.
Julie Bowen, who performed Happy’s love curiosity, Virginia Venit, and Christopher McDonald, who performed rival golfer Shooter McGavin, additionally reprise their roles within the sequel.
Screenwriter Tim Herlihy, a former “Saturday Night Live” author and longtime collaborator of Sandler’s, returned to co-write the script with him. Kyle Newacheck, who directed Sandler in Netflix’s “Murder Mystery,” helmed the sequel.
Newcomers to the ensemble embrace: rapper Bad Bunny, Margaret Qualley (recent off her position in “The Substance”), Nick Swardson (who usually collaborates with Sandler) and Benny Safdie (who wrote and directed Sandler’s “Uncut Gems” movie). The teaser additionally showcased a cameo from NFL celebrity Travis Kelce, who says, “It’s nice to see you again, Mr. Gilmore.”
Netflix announced the sequel in May.
In September, Sandler shared a photo of Happy’s Boston Bruins jersey on Instagram, writing: “It ain’t over. The means I see it… we’ve solely simply begun.”
In an interview with “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon in August, Sandler talked about how the sequel got here to be.
“People have been asking me for a very long time, ‘Do Happy Gilmore 2,’ and I used to be all the time like, ‘Nah, I’ll solely allow you to down,’” he said. “But then me and my buddy Tim Herlihy, we got here up with this concept. We’re actually enthusiastic about it. We wrote our asses off. We’re persevering with to attempt to make it a film that you just guys will like.”
The movie was shot in New Jersey this yr.
