Adam Sandler’s lucrative deal with Netflix gives him the complete creative freedom to do whatever he wants, so the idea of him returning to the well and crafting sequels to some of the most popular titles in his back catalogue doesn’t appear very high on the agenda. The 53 year-old tends to rope in a recurring crew of directors, writers and actors anyway, and based on his recent output, originality has hardly been a stumbling block towards success.
There’s also the fact that Grown Ups is the only live-action Sandler vehicle to ever get a sequel, with the Happy Madison head honcho more than happy to travel to some glamorous European locations in Murder Mystery or head to China for his latest effort Hustle instead of revisiting one of his earlier titles where he didn’t have the name value, reputation or budget to be handed a blank...
There’s also the fact that Grown Ups is the only live-action Sandler vehicle to ever get a sequel, with the Happy Madison head honcho more than happy to travel to some glamorous European locations in Murder Mystery or head to China for his latest effort Hustle instead of revisiting one of his earlier titles where he didn’t have the name value, reputation or budget to be handed a blank...
- 12/2/2020
- by Scott Campbell
- We Got This Covered
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