Adam Sandler's animated musical comedy 'Leo' is getting a sequel.Netflix's co-ceo Ted Sarandos has confirmed they are "firing on all cylinders" to make a follow-up to the hit 2023 flick.The positively reviewed movie tells the story of a tuatara longing for the wild and worried about dying who is taken home by different students per the assignment of a strict substitute teacher, but gets himself caught up in the troubles of each student, and offers great advice to each of them.Speaking to The Wrap, Sarandos said: "We're kicking around Leo 2 right now. The animation team is firing on all cylinders."On why it pulled in the viewers, he continued: "Look, I think Leo resonated for the same reason The Sea Beast did last year. People love it. And they do watch it over and over again, which drives engagement and attachment."Leo and The Sea...
- 1/25/2024
- by Lizzie Baker
- Bang Showbiz
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for Leo, Dior’s Carousel of Dreams at Saks and a number of starry FYC screenings.
The Holdovers special screening
Focus Features hosted a special screening of The Holdovers in L.A. on Friday, followed by a Q&a moderated by filmmaker Taylor Hackford that featured director Alexander Payne, Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa, writer/producer David Hemingson and editor Kevin Tent. The event, held at the London West Hollywood, also featured a surprise meet up between Giamatti and Jeffrey Wright, who followed up a role in the Focus release Asteroid City with American Fiction.
Dominic Sessa, Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Alexander Payne Jeffrey Wright and Paul Giamatti
The Skatepark Project Gala
The Skatepark Project held its first-ever gala on Friday, celebrating more than...
The Holdovers special screening
Focus Features hosted a special screening of The Holdovers in L.A. on Friday, followed by a Q&a moderated by filmmaker Taylor Hackford that featured director Alexander Payne, Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa, writer/producer David Hemingson and editor Kevin Tent. The event, held at the London West Hollywood, also featured a surprise meet up between Giamatti and Jeffrey Wright, who followed up a role in the Focus release Asteroid City with American Fiction.
Dominic Sessa, Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Alexander Payne Jeffrey Wright and Paul Giamatti
The Skatepark Project Gala
The Skatepark Project held its first-ever gala on Friday, celebrating more than...
- 11/22/2023
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The lessons in Netflix’s new animated coming-of-age musical Leo might be clichéd, but they are presented with enough heart to turn even the most cynical viewers into fans of the titular reptile.
Leo, voiced by Adam Sandler, is a lizard, and he’s lived in the same classroom for nearly 80 years. Hundreds of fifth-graders have walked through the halls of Fort Myer Elementary School, so there’s not much Leo hasn’t seen when it comes to angsty preteens and their anxious parents. Their aesthetics and preoccupations have changed — the most recent class of students are glued to their phones and no longer sporting mohawks — but their problems are largely the same. From his tank, which he shares with a turtle named Squirtle (Bill Burr), Leo observes each new batch of kids with a distant curiosity.
All of that shifts when Leo overhears an adult during parent-teacher conferences remarking on his age.
Leo, voiced by Adam Sandler, is a lizard, and he’s lived in the same classroom for nearly 80 years. Hundreds of fifth-graders have walked through the halls of Fort Myer Elementary School, so there’s not much Leo hasn’t seen when it comes to angsty preteens and their anxious parents. Their aesthetics and preoccupations have changed — the most recent class of students are glued to their phones and no longer sporting mohawks — but their problems are largely the same. From his tank, which he shares with a turtle named Squirtle (Bill Burr), Leo observes each new batch of kids with a distant curiosity.
All of that shifts when Leo overhears an adult during parent-teacher conferences remarking on his age.
- 11/18/2023
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After 85 minutes of mediocrity, “The Week Of” finally lands on one inspired bit, and then there’s another half hour to go. Long Island family man Kenny Lustig (Adam Sandler), joined by his wife (Rachel Dratch) and kooky brother (Steve Buscemi) attempt to sabotage town hall by capturing a bunch of bats and unleashing them into the building’s chimney in the middle of the night. It doesn’t really matter how, or why, this scheme comes together — the out-of-nowhere cartoonishness speaks for itself, and stands out in a sea of mediocrity in yet another half-hearted Sandler project for Netflix that underserves the wealth of talent involved.
If that cast doesn’t hook you, Netflix has more bait: “The Week Of” also features Chris Rock, another recent addition to the Netflix Cinematic Universe (Ncu) with his far more endearing standup special “Tambourine.” In that one-hour set, Rock lands more effective...
If that cast doesn’t hook you, Netflix has more bait: “The Week Of” also features Chris Rock, another recent addition to the Netflix Cinematic Universe (Ncu) with his far more endearing standup special “Tambourine.” In that one-hour set, Rock lands more effective...
- 4/27/2018
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Author: Zehra Phelan
Netflix has released another trailer for the upcoming comedy starring Adam Sandler and Chris Rock, The Week of.
Related: The Week of First Trailer
The comedy will follow two Dads, Adam Sandler and Chris Rock in the week leading up to their offspring’s nuptials to each other. However, things don’t quite go as smoothly as they would hope.
Also in trailers – Jared Leto stars in trailer for Netflix The Outsider
Written and directed by Robert Smigel, and co-written by and starring Adam Sandler. It co-stars Chris Rock, Rachel Dratch, Steve Buscemi, Allison Strong, and Noah Robbins. The film is the fourth and final film in the first four-film deal between Sandler and Netflix.
The film premieres on Netflix April 27th.
The Week Of Official Synopsis
The comedy tells the story of a devoted, middle-class father (Adam Sandler) determined to pay for his daughter’s wedding...
Netflix has released another trailer for the upcoming comedy starring Adam Sandler and Chris Rock, The Week of.
Related: The Week of First Trailer
The comedy will follow two Dads, Adam Sandler and Chris Rock in the week leading up to their offspring’s nuptials to each other. However, things don’t quite go as smoothly as they would hope.
Also in trailers – Jared Leto stars in trailer for Netflix The Outsider
Written and directed by Robert Smigel, and co-written by and starring Adam Sandler. It co-stars Chris Rock, Rachel Dratch, Steve Buscemi, Allison Strong, and Noah Robbins. The film is the fourth and final film in the first four-film deal between Sandler and Netflix.
The film premieres on Netflix April 27th.
The Week Of Official Synopsis
The comedy tells the story of a devoted, middle-class father (Adam Sandler) determined to pay for his daughter’s wedding...
- 2/28/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Wedding season is right around the corner, which means making sure that suit still fits, and embarking on finding the perfect gift, and keeping your fingers crossed that there’s an open bar. However, if you’re free of having to attend wedded bliss, you can join Adam Sandler and Chris Rock in their latest, and probably pretty juvenile joint, “The Week Of.”
Directed by Robert Smigel, and co-starring Rachel Dratch, Steve Buscemi, Roland Buck III, and Allison Strong, the story follows two fathers of the bride and the wacky hijinks that ensue when their kids get married.
Directed by Robert Smigel, and co-starring Rachel Dratch, Steve Buscemi, Roland Buck III, and Allison Strong, the story follows two fathers of the bride and the wacky hijinks that ensue when their kids get married.
- 2/27/2018
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Author: Zehra Phelan
Adam Sandler’s partnership with Netflix will soon deliver us another comedy with ‘The Week Of’, in which streaming service has released a new trailer.
The comedy will follow two Dad’s, Adam Sandler and Chris Rock in the week leading up to their offspring’s nuptials to each other. However, things don’t quite go as smoothly as they would hope.
Written and directed by Robert Smigel, and co-written by and starring Adam Sandler. It co-stars Chris Rock, Rachel Dratch, Steve Buscemi, Allison Strong, and Noah Robbins. The film is the fourth and final film in the first four-film deal between Sandler and Netflix.
The film premieres on Netflix April 27th.
The Week Of Official Synopsis
The comedy tells the story of a devoted, middle-class father (Adam Sandler) determined to pay for his daughter’s wedding despite the prodding of the wealthier father of the groom...
Adam Sandler’s partnership with Netflix will soon deliver us another comedy with ‘The Week Of’, in which streaming service has released a new trailer.
The comedy will follow two Dad’s, Adam Sandler and Chris Rock in the week leading up to their offspring’s nuptials to each other. However, things don’t quite go as smoothly as they would hope.
Written and directed by Robert Smigel, and co-written by and starring Adam Sandler. It co-stars Chris Rock, Rachel Dratch, Steve Buscemi, Allison Strong, and Noah Robbins. The film is the fourth and final film in the first four-film deal between Sandler and Netflix.
The film premieres on Netflix April 27th.
The Week Of Official Synopsis
The comedy tells the story of a devoted, middle-class father (Adam Sandler) determined to pay for his daughter’s wedding despite the prodding of the wealthier father of the groom...
- 2/2/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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