In case you’ve been living under a rock, the Adam Sandler hit movie “Happy Gilmore” is getting a sequel, nearly 30 years after the original. The news was first leaked by Christopher McDonald, who played “Shooter McGavin,” Happy’s nemesis in the 1996 film. Which, might I add, is one of the absolute best golfer names, ever, even if it is fictional.
Christopher, who, from this point forward, I will only refer to as his awesome fake-golfer-movie-villain name, Shooter, revealed the information while appearing on The Ken Carman Show with Anthony Lima. Adam Sandler, himself, confirmed this news recently on an appearance on The Dan Patrick Show.
I’m excited to catch up with the characters from the first “Happy Gilmore,” which is rumored to include Tiger Woods as the late Chubb Peterson’s son. Are Happy and Virginia Venet still a thing? Did he ever try out for hockey again? Did Mr. Larson ever get the nails removed from his head?
While there’s no timeline set for the release of the movie, we do know that it will be a Netflix release, as Sandler signed a production deal with Netflix back in 2014, with an extension in 2017 and 2020. His 4 Netflix films last year made him Hollywood’s top earner for 2023 with a salary of $73 million.
He starred in 2023’s “Murder Mystery 2” with Jennifer Anniston. He also starred in “You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah” with his wife, Jackie Sandler (who makes an appearance in all of Adam’s films) and his daughters, Sadie and Sunny. He provided the voice for the title character Leo in an animated film and he co-produced the action comedy “The Out-Laws.”
With the news of the sequel which, I’m sure any fan of the original will be excited about, I figured we’d take a look at some others.