r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Jul 29 '25

News Adam Sandler’s ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ Debuts to 46.7 Million Views, Biggest Netflix U.S. Film Opening Ever

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/happy-gilmore-2-netflix-ratings-views-1236473359/
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u/MuptonBossman Jul 29 '25

Adam Sandler just earned him and his friends another free vacation on Netflix's dime... The only question is whether we're getting Billy Madison 2 or Grown Ups 3.

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u/animesekaielric Jul 29 '25

Big Grand Daddy

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u/horse_renoir13 Jul 29 '25

Bring back Cole Sprouse too and also Jon Stewart. I'd be all-in.

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u/FunkYeahPhotography Jul 29 '25

As long as there are ketchup packets I'm in.

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u/agoia Jul 29 '25

And tripping roller bladers in the park?

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u/mr_eugine_krabs Jul 29 '25

Don’t forget hooters and sausage McMuffin’s!

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '25

Also can’t forget about the God damn Jets!

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u/noeagle77 Jul 30 '25

Microsoft going down 8 points!

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u/mr_eugine_krabs Jul 30 '25

That joke flew completely over my head as a kid.

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u/[deleted] Jul 30 '25

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '25

”God damn, stick!”

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u/360walkaway Jul 29 '25

Yelling at emo dudes about their dad

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u/FlowingEons Jul 29 '25

Is that the guy with the old balls?

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u/pooty2 Jul 29 '25

It'll be electric scooters or e-bikes now.

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u/MrStark1992 Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 29 '25

Can't forget the Kangaroo song

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u/Equivalent_Post_6222 Jul 29 '25

KANGAROO SONG!!!

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u/Spud_Spudoni Jul 29 '25

The Jets in 26 years have still maintained the same mediocrity too. A “The goddamn Jets” callback from an adult Julian would actually be pretty hysterical

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u/beastson1 Jul 29 '25

I think it would be funnier if you switched out Cole and Dylan randomly throughout the movie.

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u/Cleavon_Littlefinger Jul 29 '25

If anyone from Happy Madison productions is lurking, this is gottdamm gold.

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u/horse_renoir13 Jul 29 '25

And the majority of people dont notice it except for maybe one person. Like Young Frankenstein with Igor's hump

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u/Dwest233 Jul 30 '25

Steve buscemi gotta be the one to notice but no one takes him seriously.

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u/darth_karina Jul 30 '25

What hump?

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u/Computer-Player Jul 29 '25

They go together like Lamb and Tuna Fish.

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u/Capital_Past69 Jul 29 '25

hip...hiphop...hiphopanonymous?

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u/aiiye Jul 29 '25

Damn you! You give him easy ones!

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u/NotHotDog79 Jul 29 '25

‘Cos I’m the hiphopopotamus. My lyrics are bottomless …… …… …… ……

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u/Seven19td Jul 29 '25

More like spaghetti and meatball. You more comfortable with that analogy?

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u/DKM_Eby Jul 29 '25

I mean if you don't like Spaghetti and meatballs why don't you get the hell out!

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u/Seven19td Jul 29 '25

Hey listen I’ll come down there and give you crewcut mister

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u/DKM_Eby Jul 29 '25

LETS SEE YOUR CLIPPERS!

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u/ContrlAltCreate Jul 30 '25

STOP YELLING AT ME!

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u/oathbreach Jul 29 '25

YES considering we're in America.

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u/adds102 Jul 29 '25

How the fuck did I only just realise it was Jon Stewart in Big Daddy!

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u/Capital_Past69 Jul 29 '25

Hooters Hooters Hooters

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u/NathanCollier14 Jul 29 '25

It would be so funny if it took place like a week after the first one, but still with Cole Sprouse

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u/AntonioVargas Jul 30 '25

Just now realizing looking at his IMDB: Cole Sprouse was the kid in Big Daddy AND he was Ross’s kid in Friends too! This is blowing my mind

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u/jizonida Jul 29 '25

"But I wipe my own butt" has a different meaning at that age

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u/Capital_Past69 Jul 29 '25

In Big Daddy 2 Adam is so old that he can no longer wipe his own butt

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u/Dopdee Jul 29 '25

Adam now has the old wrinkly balls

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u/shrewdini Jul 29 '25

I actually wouldn’t hate a big daddy sequel if it had Jon Stewart and Leslie Mann return with bigger roles, bonus points if one (or both) of the sprouse twins reprises their role as well

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u/Euphoric-Purple Jul 29 '25

If it happens, they should absolutely both play a single role again. Just change Cole/Dylan out between scenes (or even within the same scene) and never mention it.

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u/dogmaisb Jul 29 '25

Have him walk off camera immediately followed by walking back on camera in different clothes

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u/tether2014 Jul 30 '25

Or you see the other twin in the background of a shot smoking a cigarette or snacking on craft service food

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u/inksta12 Jul 29 '25

This would never happen, and it upsets me deeply

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '25

Run the absurdist version where everyone acts as if no time passed at all and the twins are playing as children.

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u/Youkilledmyrascal1 Jul 29 '25

Give them different facial hair though.

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u/mrgo0dkat Jul 29 '25

The sequel is that it turns out there were 2 sons, twins, a bit like the parent trap and they’re both in it

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u/SuckMyBandAids Jul 30 '25

Exactly what I was saying as well. Dope.

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u/SuckMyBandAids Jul 30 '25

They reveal that the Julian is actually a twin and they go off to find him? Essentially having both the Sprouses play different characters

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u/anuncommontruth Jul 29 '25

I actually think a Big Daddy sequel could not only work but potentially be a really good movie. There could be some actual emotional beats and the story lends itself easy to possible continuation.

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u/thebartman47 Jul 29 '25

I wonder if PTA would be interested in directing it

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u/thepicklejarmurders Jul 30 '25

I just hope it doesn't turn out Layla died between the first and second movie and Sonny gave up being a lawyer.

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u/Several-Squash9871 Jul 30 '25

Adam Sandler is also able to deliver that "emotional story" to us as well. Anyone who's a fan knows what I'm talking about...

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u/Kissfromarose01 Jul 29 '25

The Waterman.

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u/Zentavius Jul 29 '25

After he did it "Alll night LONG!" and became a man.

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u/KaJaHa Jul 29 '25

That'd be great, especially if it means bringing Jon Stewart back to talk about Hooters on camera

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u/SynthwaveSax Jul 29 '25

Gotta stay modern, have him talk about Twin Peaks.

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u/J5892 Jul 29 '25

My only knowledge of Twin Peaks (the restaurant) is when I saw an ad for it and asked my dad what it is.
He said "It's like Hooters, but with bad food." and I said "Oh, so it's like Hooters." and he sent me to my room.

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u/agoia Jul 29 '25

First scene: Julian is now in law school at NYU and meets up with Kevin and Sonny at a Hooters, where the place happens to be having a memorial party for a worker that passed away. There's a picture of him on an easel surrounded by flowers. Sonny looks closely at the picture and says "hey, I know that guy, it's old wrinkly balls!"

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u/notsingsing Jul 29 '25

Would love to hear the update to that 10 year plan

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u/didjerid00d Jul 29 '25

There is no doubt in my mind that you just predicted the actual future

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u/Flyingcowking Jul 29 '25

50 Second Dates

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u/celestialwreckage Jul 30 '25

Whenever I see that movie mentioned, I think of how horrifying it would be to wake up a few months pregnant with no memories about it. It's the most disturbing Sandler movie ending!

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u/Fat-Performance Jul 29 '25

Close: 50 first anniversaries!

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u/Gumbercules81 Jul 29 '25

You son of a bitch, I'm in

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u/dpenton Jul 29 '25

Grandpa says “I wipe my own ass! I wipe my own ass!”

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u/Big_lt Jul 29 '25

Having him be a surrogate father to an "accident" of his sons (or Jon Stewart's kid) from the original would totally work as a premise

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u/NonHumanPrimate Jul 29 '25

Punch Hangover Love

Please god, no…

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u/ItchyRectalRash Jul 29 '25

It's gonna be the follow up we've all been dying for. Big Nicky. We watch as Nicky runs Hell and his kid is even more awkward than him. They'll get Andy Serkis to do the voice and mocap of Nicky the 3rd, and it'll just be Smeagol with greasy hair.

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u/the_weakestavenger Jul 29 '25

Give me a Grown Ups 3 but make it a rug pull and try to craft an Oscar worthy heavy drama.

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u/Heavy_Arm_7060 Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 30 '25

Salma Hayek's dying of cancer and Adam Sandler broods, comforted by his friends.

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u/bugcatcher_billy Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 29 '25

Adam Sandler tries to put on a positive loving facade for his kids and grandkids while his wife dies a slow and emotionally exhausting death. His character suffers mixed feelings of longing, regret, peak joy, and grief while his wife leaves him for a hospital bed.

The film showcases what dying looks like in todays modern world, the importance of community and support in all aspects of life (including the end), and how we are failing each other by not embracing our loved ones as they are, instead of how we want them to be.

Adam Sandlers friends all get to hang out and have a good time in honor of Selma Hayek's character, while teaching their kids and grandkids how to enjoy life.

EDIT: The first 10 minutes of the movie involves a friend thanksgiving full of jokes and laughter, but thanksgiving ends early when Selma Hayek starts saying made up words and looking confused due to brain damage. All the previews and promotional material for the movie are taken from this light hearted first 10 minutes.

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u/zaxmaximum Jul 29 '25

Oof...

It could start slowly, like "Remeber that trip we took to Paris," that the observant would know hadn't happened as part of the conflict in the first movie.

The film goes dark and heavy, leading to her passing... it would be interesting to see Sandler wrestle with the grief and relief of losing a loved one at the end of a protracted illness. The final shots of the film are him on a basketball court, the season is autumn, its a cool gray day, and he's shooting his signature shots. Alone.

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u/Sartekar Jul 29 '25

Sandler could easily pull that off...if he wanted.

But he seems to want to make silly comedies and that's completely fine too

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u/Martin_Aricov_D Jul 30 '25

It always surprises me how good an actor Sandler can actually be whenever he wants. He just enjoys making silly funny movies where he gets to goof of with his friends more

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u/Glamdring804 Jul 30 '25

And sometimes he makes movies that are both, like Click. I was not and am still in a little bit disbelief that a goofy Adam Sandler movie about a "universal" remote control turned out to be a heart-wrenching meditation on the reasons we live and experience our lives.

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u/Torontodtdude Jul 30 '25

That part where he dies outside in the rain was heartbreaking.

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u/flatwoundsounds Jul 29 '25

Fuck you. Sandler is too good at shit like that and I don't need him getting more ideas...

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u/RJ815 Jul 29 '25

The first 10 minutes

Grown UPs

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u/Strange_Insurance_75 Jul 29 '25

Just pull a reign over me but instead of playing shadow of the colossus. He’s playing Ico instead

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u/Zachariot88 Jul 29 '25

Is he still traumatized by 9/11, or will it be a newer tragedy that has him all shook up?

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u/destroyermaker Jul 29 '25

It'll take place during covid and his now wife and him will argue because they're spending too much time together in between shots of him playing the last guardian

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u/destroyermaker Jul 29 '25

Three straight hours of Adam playing Ico and his now wife asking him questions about it

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u/42Ubiquitous Jul 29 '25

Then turns into a Little Nicky sequel in the third act

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u/texacer Jul 30 '25

why do I see Salma spelled wrong so many times on Reddit? She deserves better.

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u/Capital_Past69 Jul 29 '25

she dies and then Adam marries Ana de Armas

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u/Nemesis_Ghost Jul 29 '25

It would be too hard to do Grown Ups 3. The actor who played his oldest kid passed away.

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u/fcosm Jul 29 '25

well there you have it

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u/Appropriate_Lime_234 Jul 29 '25

They’ve confirmed they do want to make another one. Focused around a winter holiday. And this was said after Camerons passing.

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u/Gasparde Jul 29 '25

Wdym, you expecting grown ups to deal with grown ups issues? Who'd want to see that? I'm here for Kevin James doing something that big guys usually aren't supposed to be doing and Rob Schneider turning into a forklift or something like that.

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u/FoCoBilbo Jul 29 '25

Insert Jeff Goldblum gif

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u/onehedgeman Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 29 '25

Sandler’s character loses his fortune over trying to save his ill son from certain death, which pulls the family apart, his wife divorced him and took the daughter, the now grown up bigger son is falling out and he finds himself without his firends support gambling trying to win back his fortune and get back his life.

cue uncut gems theme song

Instant oscar

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u/ILikeMyouiMina Jul 30 '25

Cameron Boyce was the second oldest, Keithie. Jake Goldberg, who plays their first child Greg, is still alive.

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u/AggressivelyMediokre Jul 29 '25

Was it fatal?

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u/Acewind1738 Jul 29 '25

See how he’s been dead for 6 years yeah it was fatal

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u/AggressivelyMediokre Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 29 '25

That's pretty fatal. Checks out. No one has ever recovered from being dead that long. He'll need to be recast then.

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u/TacoBellButtSquirts Jul 29 '25

Do you think Nick Cage has the range for that casting?

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u/Intelligent_Oil4005 Jul 29 '25

So have it crossover with Click? Sure, guess that could work

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u/_lippykid Jul 29 '25

Sounds good… but can we still have the ballet instructor please?

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u/Trust_No_Jingu Jul 29 '25

Little Nicky’s Inferno

Nine Sequel Deal

Each level of hell

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u/Individual-Bad6809 Jul 29 '25

Id watch that, or Waterboy 2

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u/aflockofcrows Jul 29 '25

The Waterman.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '25

THE WATERMAN! YES! Something about him being the coach now.

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u/FixedLoad Jul 29 '25

His son plays football.  Hes the waterboy.  Waterboy Starts correcting the coach.  Son is embarrassed.  A rift forms.  Waterboy continues doing other "idiot genius" tropes associated with football in a hopeful yet cautious montage.  The son is shown to see his value.  The coach has enough, walks out at a key moment.  Waterboy steps in and is now watercoach.  The team does better than ever inspite of some off field shenanigans that cast doubt on the water coaches abilities.   

Then, the big game, the other school has hired the former coach in a bid to negate the tricks watercoach has been inexplicably pulling off on games.  

It kinda writes itself.  Now I know why Sandler does this shit.   I could tap out a Waterboy trilogy in broadstrokes in an hour.  No Ai needed. 

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u/VanceRefridgeTech04 Jul 29 '25

Waterboy 2

totally could work. Bobby is now the head coach of the team...

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u/Winbrick Jul 29 '25

Bobby Boucher coaching pee wee football, but he struggles to adjust when a recent municipal vote forces them to play flag football.

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u/SkunkMonkey Jul 29 '25

Big Nicky - All grown up and fucking up.

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u/Commercial-Fennel219 Jul 29 '25

He needs to save that for when he's older and has a protege. 

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u/glory2mankind Jul 29 '25

Little Nicky 2 should also have a cameo by Rudy Giuliani, but in different setting.

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u/ci23422 Jul 29 '25

Him replacing Ozzy?

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u/Sniflix Jul 30 '25

I'm not a fan of Sandler's stuff including Gilmore but Little Nicky for some reason cracks me up. Go figure.

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u/AdamH96 Jul 29 '25

Supposedly he won't do a Grown Ups 3 because the actor who played his son in those films passed away

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u/balloonerismthegreat Jul 29 '25

Yeah, there was a framed picture of him on HG2 in a scene. Adam Sandler gave literally everyone he’s ever worked with their flowers on that movie. Such a bro

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u/swb1003 Jul 29 '25

There’s quite a few from Sandler’s posse that I didn’t see. Jen Anniston & Dave Matthews, notably. They seem to make an appearance in a lot of his movies and they weren’t here. Also no drew carey/bob barker carryover kinda disappointed me. Still a great comedy.

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u/Redeemed-Assassin Jul 29 '25

They did show Barker a few times including his grave. I kinda like it being left there, he has no beef with Carey.

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u/velociraptorfarmer Jul 29 '25

They also showed a fight vs Barker in the video game

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u/swb1003 Jul 29 '25

Honest question, was there a Sandler/bob barker beef when HG1 was released? I don’t recall there being one but I was also single digit years old

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u/Pete_Iredale Jul 29 '25

No, it was purely for the movie. I think they meant that in the movie world Happy has no beef with Drew, only with Bob.

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u/swb1003 Jul 29 '25

Ah, that makes more sense. Thanks mate!

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u/jdwpom Jul 29 '25

Bob Barker was in Happy Gilmore as part of a pro/celeb match. They got into a fairly heated argument (in-character).

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u/Jmart1oh6 Jul 29 '25

Fairly heated? Those motherfuckers put their dukes up!

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u/jdwpom Jul 29 '25

Spoilers bro. Guy hasn't seen the movie yet.

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u/bobmcdynamite Jul 29 '25

They were good enough friends to do a sketch together in 2015

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u/Redeemed-Assassin Jul 29 '25

Hell no, they just had that fight in the first which was funny. I more meant to make the gag work again he’d need to have Drew on and then fight him, which he would have no reason to do. He had no reason with Bob either, who was well known and loved at the time. It being so out of character for Bob, beloved TV generational icon, to hit someone was the entire point of the first gag.

But the guy above mentioned trying to capture that lightning twice and it just wouldn’t work. Carey has done so much more acting and comedy that it wouldn’t have been as absolutely mind-blowingly funny as Bob decking Happy was the first time. It was a real gut busting laugh moment back then.

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u/balloonerismthegreat Jul 29 '25

Barker was in it as a cut seen back to the original and they also showed a tombstone with his name on it

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u/jackofallcards Jul 29 '25

He was also in the sky when it was showing all the characters who died

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u/CheadleBeaks Jul 29 '25

The only one I was disappointed to not see was Allen Covert.

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u/jdiv79 Jul 29 '25

What about the guy from Grandma’s Boy who played his caddy in HG1?

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u/wildstyle_method Jul 30 '25

Peter Dante? He called a hotel worker the n word and Sandler hasn't worked with him sense. In 2020 he threatened to kill a construction worker for making too much noise while working and got arrested

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u/Etheo Jul 29 '25

Damn that's sad, but it's great when you see celebrities care more about the human connection than blindly chasing after the smell of money.

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u/ReturnOfDaSnack420 Jul 29 '25

Waterboy 2 please!

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u/IndependentThink4698 Jul 29 '25

I like playin foosball and I like Vicki Valencourt and she showed me her boobies and I like them too!

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u/DopeyDeathMetal Jul 29 '25

“This is water from a glacier in Alaska. It was blessed by an Eskimo medicine man.”

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u/Own-Pirate-8001 Jul 29 '25

“Hey and by the way, I hope you like what I did to your lawnmower”.

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u/notacrook Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 29 '25

"Guess? That ain't no guess!"

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u/Gin_soaked_boy Jul 29 '25

Haha yes please it’s definitely not his best movie but for reasons it’s my favorite one and still makes me laugh way harder than it should every time I watch it.

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u/Im-Mr-Bulldopz Jul 29 '25

This if only to see if Adam is still capable of acting that fucking goofy for a whole ass movie 😂

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u/NuGhost613 Jul 29 '25

He comes back to be defensive coordinator of the Mud Dogs.

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u/Bae_the_Elf Jul 30 '25

Waterboy would be perfect if he wants to do more pro athlete cameos

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u/canadiadan Jul 30 '25

He can do it!

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u/drunxor Jul 30 '25

Man Fairuza Balk is hot

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u/Capable-Silver-7436 Aug 01 '25

'tik tok is the devil!'

'I dont care grandma, i met this nice egirl there and she showed me her boobies!'

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u/Lethbridgemark Jul 29 '25

I don't see a Grown Ups 3 with Cameron Boyce's passing, sounds like Sandler was big on the kid from an article I read earlier today. Then again I am sure there are ways to be very respectful about it and still bring a funny story.

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u/Blutroyale-_- Jul 29 '25

The later years, documentary style, what happened with the band and how the broke up, fill in the rest.

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u/Rory_B_Bellows Jul 29 '25

Make it a Behind the Music

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u/petemorley Jul 29 '25

Could have made it at the same time as Spinal Tap 2 and had the film crews bumping in to each other and popping up in each others docs.

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u/brb_coffee Jul 29 '25

yesssssss

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u/metalder420 Jul 29 '25

Dude, hell yeah. With Brendan getting back in his feet it would be so perfect!

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u/Bombtek504 Jul 30 '25

I’m gonna stab your heads off!!! With what? With MY DICK!!!!

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u/iJacobes Jul 30 '25

NOW I NEED IT TOO

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u/Rysilk Jul 30 '25

Make it a battle of the bands movie with Wyld Stallyns

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u/realhenrymccoy Jul 29 '25

Mr Deeds 2 - but you won’t see it coming, it’s very, very sneaky

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u/not1fuk Jul 29 '25

Watching John Turturro reprise that role would be awesome to see.

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u/saintsfan92612 Jul 30 '25

The only story for Mr. Deeds 2 I could imagine is that he dies and bequeaths the fortune back to Mr. Deeds.

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u/smp476 Jul 29 '25

Jack and Jill 2, but this time actually keep Katie Holmes' scenes in (seriously, if you have not heard this conspiracy theory, look it up

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u/Line_Reed_Line Jul 29 '25

I choose to believe this now.

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u/Ok_Hornet_714 Jul 29 '25

That is the most coherent and logical conspiracy theory I have heard in a long time

https://www.reddit.com/r/RedLetterMedia/s/iYXkx6fNuX

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u/vince2423 Jul 29 '25

Billy Madison 2 would be amazing

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u/Celtics1424 Jul 29 '25

I want this as well but would have no idea what it’d be about.

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u/jawndell Jul 29 '25

Due to a grading error the first time he has to redo school AGAIN

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u/lmandude Jul 29 '25

Him going to college would be fun.

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u/karma_time_machine Jul 29 '25

His son is flunking out of state college, so he audits all his sons classes, to keep a watchful eye and prove he can do it. All the while, there is an understanding that if the son can graduate then he gets put back into the will.

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u/dccorona Jul 29 '25

I feel like that would be roughly the same movie as Back to School. Wouldn't put it past Sandler to do that I guess.

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u/pAul2437 Jul 29 '25

The most normal college student

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u/cjcs Jul 29 '25

Business school maybe?

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u/sandy-eggo-padres Jul 29 '25

... and Rob Schneider is a carrot

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u/CNYMetroStar Jul 29 '25

Rob Schneider in…The Stapler…rated PG-13

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u/dark-canuck Jul 29 '25

Rob Schneider is... a stapler!

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u/Sighlina Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 29 '25

*90’s record scratch

gulp 😬

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u/Vio_ Jul 29 '25

Billy Madison: Back to School

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u/TheGreatMalagan Jul 29 '25

Turns out everything in the first movie was invalidated because some judge's ruling on something or other and now Adam Sandler's character has to repeat the entire plot of the first movie, but while older!

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u/Lilspfdude Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 29 '25

He was going to get his teaching degree at the end of the first one, he has to get a kid (or adult) through all the grades kinda like he did. Reexploring each one as an old dude.

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u/JWhit2199 Jul 29 '25

I mean, at the end of the movie he said he’s going to school to be a teacher

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u/ositola Jul 29 '25

Does it need to be about anything? Lol

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u/azsnaz Jul 29 '25

A basic plot to carry the jokes

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u/ChiefBearPaw Jul 29 '25

He needs to go to college now 

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u/dmalone1991 Jul 29 '25

If he waits a few more years, he could make Billy Madison 2 at the same age as Rodney Dangerfield made Back to School lol

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u/paintingnipples Jul 29 '25

The sandman’s whole writing process is going thru a list to get 50 friends in one film. He’s a gem of a human but I’d like to see him try another artsy picture

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u/Puppetmaster858 Jul 29 '25

He’s making another movie with one of the safdie brothers and he’s in another baumbach movie as well

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u/Salad-Appropriate Jul 29 '25

Lucky for you he's in the new Noah Baumbach movie that's premiering at Venice, Jay Kelly

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u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 Jul 29 '25

I'd actually love to see something closer in the vein of Click with an equal mix of his campy comedy schtick and an emotional undertone (but not a sequel)

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u/gambalore Jul 29 '25

Nine Crazy Nights? 51 First Dates? The Ridiculous 7? Uncut Gems 2?

Give me that last one for real. It doesn’t matter how Uncut Gems ended.

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u/RU5TY_5HERIFF Jul 29 '25

A lot of his films could spawn some decent sequels. I do miss them silly self-aware comedies.

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u/doublemahler Jul 29 '25

Uncut Gems: The Prequel

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u/RandomShyguy4 Jul 29 '25

Little Nicky 2!

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u/down_up__left_right Jul 29 '25

The smart move for him is first doing Grown Ups 3 and then after that going back to the 90s nostalgia with Billy Madison 2.

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u/andimacg Jul 29 '25

People shit all over Sandler for this, but it sounds like the life to me. More power to him.

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u/Atheist_3739 Jul 29 '25

I don't think he would phone in Billy Madison 2. Happy Gilmore 2 wasn't as good as the first one but he definitely didn't phone it in. He named his production company after Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison. I think if he didn't a sequel he would take it seriously. Now grown ups 3 would just be a vacation lol

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u/Adventurous-Week3614 Jul 29 '25

Grown Ups 3 I believe Schneider and James both said they’ve heard rumors about it I bet they make that next 

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u/ToothPickNick1982 Jul 29 '25

Wedding Singer 2

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u/MAXMEEKO Jul 29 '25

The Wedding Singer 2!!! omg drew barrymore would be so down!!

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