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Greater than a decade after the hit film was launched, a Pleased Gilmore sequel is lastly within the works.
Netflix announced in May 2024 that there could be a Pleased Gilmore 2, with Adam Sandler reprising his function.
The cult basic launched in 1996, adopted the story of an unsuccessful ice hockey participant (Sandler) who found a expertise for golf and competes in a {golfing} event to avoid wasting his grandmother’s residence from foreclosures. Alongside Sandler, the sports activities comedy additionally starred Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen, Frances Bay, Carl Weathers, Allen Covert, Kevin Nealon, Peter Kelamis, Richard Kiel, Dennis Dugan, Joe Flaherty, Jared Van Snellenberg, Robert Smigel, Will Sasso, Lee Trevino, Bob Barker, Verne Lundquist, Mark Lye, David Kaye, Ian Boothby, Alice Dinnean and Ben Stiller.
In March 2024, McDonald, who performed Sandler’s nemesis Shooter McGavin within the movie, beforehand stated that Pleased Gilmore 2 was in growth.
“Right here’s a fast intel. I noticed Adam about two weeks in the past and he says to me ‘McDonald. You’re going to like this,’” he shared in an interview on 92.3 “The Fan” in Cleveland on the time. “I stated, ‘What?’ And he says ‘How about that? And he reveals me a primary draft of Pleased Gilmore 2.”
Maintain scrolling to be taught extra concerning the Pleased Gilmore sequel: On the finish of the 1996 movie, Pleased Gilmore (Sandler) makes use of a trick shot to win the Tour Championship and the gold jacket, finally successful his grandma’s home again.
When the sequel was confirmed in Might 2024, Netflix shared that Sandler was anticipated to reprise his function. Three months later, Sandler confirmed the information and shared that Travis Kelce was additionally going to be joining him in the film.
“The entire thing was to get to hang around with Travis. That’s why we put it collectively,” Sandler stated of the film on an August 2024 episode of Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast. “We’re going there [to New Jersey]. Travis, by the best way, thanks, I heard you speaking about [Happy Gilmore 2] in your present, you guys.”
The comic teased he had a particular function in thoughts for the NFL star, however they finally determined to not pursue that path.
“We had been speaking about you taking part in my son whereas we had been writing it, actually, like, six months in the past,” Sandler continued. “We had been like, think about if Travis was my first child, how humorous that will be. Only a badass.”
That very same month, Netflix introduced that Julie Bowen and Christopher McDonald are set to return for the sequel. “Shooter McGavin and Virginia Venit, please report back to the inexperienced,” Netflix wrote through X whereas asserting the information. Minutes later, the streaming service revealed Unhealthy Bunny would additionally be a part of the solid.
In December 2024, Sandler additionally confirmed rapper Eminem was making a “humorous as hell” cameo within the movie throughout an look on The Dan Patrick Present.
“Eminem was cool. He got here by, he was nice,” the actor stated on the time, although he didn’t dish on what function the rapper performs within the movie. “I’ve identified Eminem for a very long time, he’s an excellent man and he got here in and was humorous as hell. I believe we simply frolicked a day with Eminem and he simply shot and shot and he was insane. He stated one million issues we will use and one million that we’re glad we’ve got him on tape.”
Whereas Netflix has but to disclose particulars about what the plot of the sequel will likely be, Sandler stated he has already been engaged on the script.
“We’ve been jammin’ and [writing],” he shared on “The Dan Patrick Show” in April 2024. “Now we have one million concepts already, we simply acquired to make it a film and ensure we’re enthusiastic about folks having fun with it. We love Pleased Gilmore. We don’t need to let anyone down.”
“We’re very a lot collectively,” Bowen confirmed throughout an look on the Today present in September, referring to her and Sandler’s characters.
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