'Happy Gilmore 2' starring Adam Sandler has officially started production. Netflix announced Monday that the sequel to the 1996 comedy film is ready to start rolling. The streamer shared a photo on social media and wrote, quote, "Happy Gilmore 2 is officially in production." While Sandler posted the same picture on Instagram along with the message, "It ain't over. The way I see it… we've only just begun."
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00:00Happy Gilmore 2, starring Adam Sandler, has officially started production.
00:04Netflix announced Monday that the sequel to the 1996 comedy film is ready to start rolling.
00:12The streamer shared this photo on social media and wrote,
00:15quote, Happy Gilmore 2 is officially in production.
00:18Sandler posted the same picture on Instagram, along with the message,
00:21It ain't over. The way I see it, we've only just begun.
00:25Sandler, of course, delivers a similar line in the original movie to his rival,
00:28Scooter McGavin, played by Christopher McDonald.
00:31Plot details have not yet been shared about the sequel.
00:34Happy Gilmore starred Sandler as an unsuccessful hockey player
00:37who becomes an unlikely golf sensation thanks to his monster drives.
00:41McDonald let the cat out of the bag earlier this year
00:43when he said that a script for a sequel was in the works during a radio interview.
00:47The project was officially announced a couple months later.
00:50Sandler has said in recent media appearances that
00:52Benny Safdie will have a role in Happy Gilmore 2,
00:55and NFL star Travis Kelsey, a self-proclaimed fan of the first film, will make a cameo.
00:59McDonald will also reprise his role as Shooter.
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