Bad Bunny to Join Adam Sandler in ‘Happy Gilmore’ Sequel

Dangerous Bunny is on to his subsequent film journey, becoming a member of Adam Sandler in Completely satisfied Gilmore 2 — the sequel to the cult-classic sports activities comedy movie launched in 1996 — The Hollywood Reporter revealed Tuesday (Sept. 10).

There aren’t any particulars but about Dangerous Bunny’s function.

The artist born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio made his performing debut in 2021 as Arturo “Kitty” Paez — a wealthy, well-connected child who will get concerned within the cartel life — for the drug-dealing drama Narcos: México on Netflix. He then moved on to movie, the place he starred reverse Brad Pitt in Bullet Prepare (2022) and Gael García Bernal in Cassandro (2023). Up subsequent, he has Darren Aronofsky’s crime thriller Caught Stealing at Sony Footage.

“It ain’t over,” Sandler wrote Monday on Instagram alongside a photograph of Completely satisfied’s Boston Bruins jersey, signaling the beginning of manufacturing. “The way in which I see it… we’ve solely simply begun.”

The unique Completely satisfied Gilmore follows the story of a failed hockey participant who discovers a expertise for golf and competes in paid tournaments to earn cash to forestall the foreclosures of his beloved grandmother’s home.

In accordance with The Hollywood Reporter, the forthcoming sequel is directed by Kyle Newacheck, who additionally directed the 2019 Homicide Thriller film starring Sandler and Jennifer Aniston. Unique solid members Julie Bowen and Christopher McDonald will return for the sequel: Bowen as Virginia Venit, Completely satisfied’s love curiosity, and McDonald as Shooter McGavin, an conceited golfer and the movie’s villain.

On The Tonight Present final month, Sandler confirmed that Kansas Metropolis Chiefs star Travis Kelce will seem in Completely satisfied Gilmore 2 as properly. “Travis has… he talked about it, so now we have a pleasant one thing for Travis,” Sandler stated of the gig that Kelce publicly pined for earlier this yr. “He’s gonna come by. He’s a really good man. You guys would love him in actual life. What a giant, good-looking man. Humorous and funky as hell. He’s a stud and he’s so humorous.”

The screenplay was co-written by Sandler and Tim Herlihy and might be co-produced with Jack Giarraputo and Robert Simonds. Dennis Dugan, who additionally directed the unique movie, will govt produce with Judit Maull, Kevin Grady, David Bausch and Barry Bernardi.

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