Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler on Oct. 26, 2022.Photo:Craig Barritt/Getty
Craig Barritt/Getty
Drew Barrymoreis on the hunt for news ofAdam Sandler’s rumoredHappy Gilmoresequel.
On the April 5 episode of Barrymore’s morning talk show, the actress and host, 49, shared recent reports that her longtime friend Sandler, 57, “may have written the first draft forHappy Gilmore 2” — and she went directly to her pal to find out more.
“Are you kidding me? I want it, I need it, and I stayed up last night with my daughter watchingBilly Madison,” Barrymore said during the show, noting another of Sandler’s classic 1990s comedies. “I sent Sandler a video of that, and then he sent me another video back and I’m waiting to see if he’s confirming about theHappy Gilmore 2script.”
While waiting on Sandler’s response, Barrymore noted thatChristopher McDonald, who costarred in the 1996 golf comedy, recently said thatSandler has shown him a first draftof aHappy Gilmoresequel script.
“So this just in, breaking news: I’ll just say this, from my source, that it is in process,” Barrymore later shared, presumably after receiving a response from Sandler himself. “There is a process and that process is in process.”
McDonald, 69, recently shared the news himself during a March interview onAudacy’s 92.3 The Fan.
“Maybe you should cut that out because I don’t want to be a liar, but he did show me that, and I thought, ‘Wow, that would be awesome,’ " he said, after claiming Sandler had shown him the script. “So it’s in the works. Fans demand it, damn it.”
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Adam Sandler in 1996’s Happy Gilmore.Universal/Kobal/Shutterstock
Universal/Kobal/Shutterstock
Sandler memorably co-wrote, produced and starred inHappy Gilmoreas a New England-area hockey player who takes up golfing as a means to make money in order to save his grandmother’s home from foreclosure. He finds success on the golf course with a signature hockey-style swing and tutelage from a former pro, “Chubbs” Peterson (Carl Weathers), and comes to clash with McDonald’s antagonist Shooter McGavin after joining a professional golf tour.
Aside from Sandler, McDonald and Weathers, who died at 76 in February,Happy Gilmore’s cast also featured Julie Bowen, Frances Bay, Allen Covert, Kevin Nealon and the lateJoe Flaherty, who died at 82 on April 2.
Adam Sandler (right) in 1996’s Happy Gilmore.Universal/courtesy Everett
Happy Gilmoremade $38 million at the domestic box office upon its release in 1996; it is unclear what story a potential sequel would follow.
source: people.com
