‘Happy Gilmore’ Director Returning for Role in Netflix Sequel (Exclusive)

Universal launched Pleased Gilmore on Feb. 16, 1996, and it has since come to be a cult hit and among Sandler’s most cherished titles. Dugan would later on direct Sandler in a variety of various other effective funnies, consisting of Large Dad, I Currently Articulate You Chuck & Larry, You Don’t Mess With the Zohan, Simply Select It, and Grown Ups and its sequel. Dugan has actually additionally helmed such films as Trouble Kid, Beverly Hills Ninja and National Safety.

Dugan started his home entertainment job as an actor. Along with cameos in a lot of his own jobs, he has shown up in the 2024 launches Knox Goes Away starring Michael Keaton and the Spanish-language feature Daddy There Is Just One 4.

Extra just recently, Dugan composed and routed the Diane Keaton-led comedy Love, Weddings & Other Catastrophes, which struck theaters in 2020. He composed and starred in the one-act play The Audition, which was produced in New York City earlier this year.

Dugan, who is an executive producer on Pleased Gilmore 2, will repeat his role of pro golf trip commissioner Doug Thompson that he originated in the 1996 funny. Kyle Newacheck is helming the brand-new film that is presently in production and has not yet announced a launch date.

Sandler is back as lead character Pleased Gilmore, presented in the original as an unsuccessful hockey player who comes to be an unlikely golf sensation, due to his mammoth drives. Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen and Ben Stiller are amongst the returning faces from the first film, while new enhancements to the actors consist of Benny Safdie, Bad Rabbit, Margaret Qualley and Scott Mescudi, together with cameos from Travis Kelce and golf player John Daly.

Going back to produce the follow up are Sandler, Tim Herlihy, Robert Simonds and Jack Giarraputo. Sandler and Herlihy composed the movie script for Happy Gilmore 2 after having actually penned the original movie’s manuscript.

During a previous interview with THR, Dugan remembered that he had actually unsuccessfully tried to cast a pre-fame Sandler in a function for his 1992 motion picture Mind Donors. Years later, when Dugan consulted with Sandler and other members of the original Pleased Gilmore’s team to pitch himself as the director, the celebrity promptly acknowledged Dugan for his previous assistance, and the filmmaker landed the gig without having to pitch a solitary word.