‘Happy Gilmore 2’ script is written, Shooter McGavin confirms
Happy and Shooter’s story might not be over. š
Adam Sandler has been taking bold and less conventional (for him) roles lately. Over the last few years, heās been Howard Ratner in the tense āUncut Gems,ā Stanley Sugarman in the basketball dramedy āHustleā and Jakub ProchĆ”zka in the sci-fi thriller āSpaceman.ā Heās even working on the upcoming Noah Baumbach coming-of-age drama opposite George Clooney and Laura Dern.
With all that said, at his core, Sandler loves to make laugh-out-loud comedies starring himself and his friends, which is why it makes a lot of sense that we might have another āHappy Gilmoreā sooner rather than later.
While on Audacyās 92.3 The Fan, Shooter McGavin actor Christopher McDonald revealed that he had recently come across Sandler and saw a first draft of the much-anticipated sequel. McDonald has been as outspoken about his love for the 1996 golf classic as much as any of us, so he certainly seems excited to potentially return to his beloved villain role.
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āI saw Adam [Sandler] about two weeks ago, and he says to me, āMcDonald, youāre gonna love this,’ā McDonald said. āI said, āWhat?ā He says, āHow about that,ā and he shows me the first draft of āHappy Gilmore 2ā. Maybe you should cut that out [of the show] because I donāt wanna be a liar, but he did show me that, and I thought, āWell, that would be awesome.ā So, itās in the works. Fans demand it, dammit!ā
The original movie made just under $40 million in theaters, however, it quickly became a cult classic and home-video behemoth. Itās nearly 30 years later and Happy Gilmore is a name synonymous with golf. Itās honestly shocking weāve made it this long without a follow-up.
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Itās too bad that the late Bob Barker and Carl Weathers will not be in the sequel,Ā both passing awayĀ within the last year. The exaggerated Barker character and Chubbs respectively are integral to the āHappy Gilmoreā obsession after all these years. We’re sure Sandler will include a tip of the cap to both of them.