EXCLUSIVE: Skilled wrestler Maxwell Jacob Friedman, aka MJF, of AEW fame is the most recent to hitch the forged in Netflix‘s Happy Gilmore 2, starring Adam Sandler.
Particulars of his position are underneath wraps, as is the sequel’s plot. Others on board embrace Julie Bowen and Christopher McDonald, who reprise their respective roles as Virginia Venit and Shooter McGavin, the love curiosity and professional golfer antagonist of Adam Sandler’s title character. Lately, Sandler has additionally teased that Travis Kelce is on board for a cameo, with manufacturing now underway and Dangerous Bunny has additionally joined the forged.
After working with Sandler on Netflix’s Homicide Thriller, Kyle Newacheck is directing from a script by Sandler and Tim Herlihy, who’re producing alongside Jack Giarraputo and Robert Simonds. The unique movie’s director, Dennis Dugan, is exec producing alongside Judit Maull, Kevin Grady, David Bausch and Barry Bernardi.
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One in all Sandler’s hottest movies, Glad Gilmore follows his failed hockey participant with a robust slapshot and a unstable mood. When Glad’s grandmother, who raised him, is threatened with eviction from her dwelling as a consequence of unpaid taxes, Glad discovers that he has a pure expertise for golf, particularly driving the ball unimaginable distances. With the assistance of retired golf professional Chubbs Peterson, performed by the late Carl Weathers, he decides to hitch the PGA Tour to win sufficient cash to save lots of his grandmother’s home. Nevertheless, Glad’s unorthodox and aggressive taking part in model clashes with the standard etiquette of golf, making him unpopular with PGA officers and different gamers like McGavin, a smug and boastful golfer who sees Glad as a risk to his personal profession aspirations.
Launched by Common Photos, the movie directed by Dennis Dugan grossed over $82 million worldwide and retains a cult following to at the present time.
Since making his appearing debut with the discharge of A24’s The Iron Claw (a movie on which he additionally served as Govt Producer) on Christmas Day 2023, MJF has stayed very busy. He not too long ago wrapped manufacturing on the impartial comedy The Floaters, starring alongside Seth Inexperienced and Aya Money. He additionally went on to ebook and shoot Clark Duke’s sophomore characteristic movie Stranglehold taking part in one-half of massive unhealthy duo alongside Ron Perlman, going through off in opposition to Jake Lacy, Ashley Benson, and Justin Lengthy.
He’s repped by Activist Artists Administration and CAA.
