Adam Sandler

Adam Sandler to Star in and Co-Write CANDY LAND for Sony

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: January 31st, 2012 at 12:49 pm

Serious news alert: Adam Sandler is starring in the Candy Land movie. Hot on the heels of yesterdays news that Relativity will release a Taylor Lautner-free Stretch Armstrong in April 2014 comes word that Sony Pictures is in final talks to develop the Candy Land movie. The film was previously set up at Universal along with multiple other Hasbro board game movies, but the studio apparently realized this was a terrible idea and has been dumping Hasbro properties left and right. The only property they’re keeping is Battleship, which hits theaters this summer. Hit the jump for more, including what famous SNL scribe is writing the screenplay alongside Sandler.

Where Is Your God Now: GROWN UPS 2 Set for July 12, 2013

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: January 13th, 2012 at 10:35 am

I’m starting to think that if the world ends this year, it may not be so bad.  Last night, the new Rob Schneider sitcom, Rob, premiered to 13.5 million viewers.  Today, we’ve learned that Sony Pictures plans to release on Grown Ups 2 on July 12, 2013.  This is sad but not surprising.  Last month, we reported that Adam Sandler and screenwriter Fred Wolf were in talks for a potential sequel.  That happens when you make the highest grossing movie of your career ($271 million worldwide).  There’s no word if co-stars Kevin James, Chris Rock, Schneider, and David Spade will return, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they did.  I imagine Spade and Schneider work for cheese sandwiches and a smile.

Perhaps the underperformance of Jack and Jill ($88 million worldwide) may have driven Sandler to the first sequel of his career.  It’s disturbingly impressive that to this point he kept finding new ways to make awful films without resorting to making even worse sequels.  No other film is currently set for July 12, 2013. [ComingSoon]

Adam Sandler Considers GROWN UPS Sequel; America is to Blame

by Dave Trumbore    Posted: December 6th, 2011 at 4:34 pm

Believe it or not, from Adam Sandler’s extensive body of films, he has never made a sequel. Now some of you may argue that his basic plot is rehashed in 90% of his films (and I wouldn’t disagree), but the fact remains that there has never been a second installment of any of his films. It seems that the creative well has run even drier as Showblitz (via Variety) reports that Sandler is in talks with Grown Ups scribe, Fred Wolf to discuss a potential sequel. I can’t exactly blame him. Sony and Happy Madison Productions’  Grown Ups was the highest-grossing film for Sandler at a worldwide total of $271 million. Though Sandler is not yet signed on for the sequel, his involvement is contingent upon the script. Perhaps we’ll see him in a reunion with Kevin James, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider and David Spade. Hit the jump for more, including why this is all America’s fault.

New Posters for JACK AND JILL and GOON

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: September 23rd, 2011 at 8:44 am

At the end of Scott’s review for Human Centipede 2, you’ll find the film’s poster.  That poster is less horrifying and the movie is probably less horrifying than Adam Sandler’s upcoming “comedy” Jack and Jill.  I’m starting to suspect that Sandler may be some kind of evil genius who is conducting a social experiment to see just how awful he can make his movies and why people keep coming to see them.  Or he just likes money and doesn’t give a shit if his movies are terrible.

There’s also two new posters for Goon, a movie I dug when I caught it at TIFF.  Seeing a close-up of Jay Baruchel miming cunnilingus is also less horrifying than anything related to Jack and Jill.  Hit the jump to check out the posters.  Jack and Jill opens November 11th.  Goon has distribution but no release date has been announced.

First Trailer for JACK AND JILL Starring Adam Sandler

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: July 8th, 2011 at 12:03 pm

With the Kevin James “fat guy gets hit in the head with various objects” comedy Zookeeper opening today, it’s time for the trailer for an equally terrible-looking movie: the Adam Sandler-starred Jack and Jill. In the film, Sandler plays the dual roles of twin brother and sister Jack and Jill. Katie Holmes and Al Pacino (yes, that Al Pacino) co-star. The trailer looks like it could actually be a semi-amusing SNL sketch, but the premise holding up for a feature-length film seems more like a test designed to see how you fare under torture.

Hit the jump to watch the trailer. Directed by Dennis Dugan, Jack and Jill also stars Shaquille O’Neal, Dana Carvey, Regis Philbin and Santiago Segura. The film hits theaters November 11^th.

Adam Sandler to Lead Voice Cast for Animated Family Film HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: July 5th, 2011 at 12:56 pm

Sony Pictures Animation has lined up the voice cast for their 3D family comedy Hotel Transylvania.  Adam Sandler, King of the Family-Films-I-Never-Want-to-See, will play the lead voice of Dracula, the head of the lavish “five-stake” resort for monsters, Hotel Transylvania.  Dracula tries to prevent his teenage daughter Mavis from adventuring into the outside world, but runs into a complication when an ordinary guy (voiced by Andy Samberg) stumbles into the hotel and falls for Mavis.  The voice cast also includes Kevin James as Frankstein, Fran Descher as his bride Eunice, David Spade as Quasimodo, Steve Buscemi and Molly Shannon as a pair of married werewolves, and Cee Lo Green as a Murray the Mummy.  Genndy Tartakovsky (Samurai Jack) will direct.

Hit the jump for the press release which includes a longer synopsis and the box office clout of Sandler as if that were some indication his movies were actually good.  Hotel Transylvania is due out September 21, 2012.

6 Clips from Kevin James ZOOKEEPER

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: June 25th, 2011 at 10:05 am

With director Frank Coraci’s (Click, The Wedding Singer) Zookeeper opening July 8, we’ve been sent six clips from the film.  Starring Kevin James in a remix of Night at the Museum (instead of a museum, he’s at a zoo), the pic is probably going to make a boat load of cash for Sony if James’ track record is any indication.  In case you don’t pay attention to box office numbers, James is pretty close to a sure thing.  While many thought Paul Blart: Mall Cop was a joke, it went on to make $183 at the worldwide box office.  Even Grown Ups, which got beaten with a club by critics, went on to make $271 million worldwide.  So, even though you couldn’t pay me to watch Zookeeper, I know kids are going to love it and it’s going to make a lot of coin.  Hit the jump for the clips and full synopsis.  Zookeeper also stars Rosario Dawson and Leslie Bibb and it features the voices of Cher, Nick Nolte, Adam Sandler, and Sylvester Stallone.

BILLY MADISON and HAPPY GILMORE Blu-ray Reviews

by Andre Dellamorte    Posted: June 4th, 2011 at 8:00 am

Billy Madison hit theaters in 1995, which means that Adam Sandler’s starring vehicle formula has been going strong for over fifteen years. Making a name for himself on Saturday Night Live at the tail end of one of the great runs of the show, Sandler’s manic energy and comic voices turned him into a breakout talent. And though he had appeared in a number of movies by that point, Billy Madison was his first starring vehicle – which did “eh” business at the box office. By 1996’s Happy Gilmore his numbers had improved some, but the one-two punch of The Wedding Singer and The Waterboy didn’t come until 1998. As such there’s an innocence and a strangeness to these earlier efforts that are both familiar and different than the star Sandler became. The formula was there: Man-child grows up, finds love. Our reviews of Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore follow after the jump.

ZOOKEEPER Trailer Looks as Terrible as You’d Expect

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: May 17th, 2011 at 11:00 am

There are lots of movies I’m looking forward to and I’m happy when I get to report on films like Rampart or The Wettest County in the World.  But the site isn’t simply about the films I like.  Sometimes I have to report on films that crumple up my soul and chuck it in a waste bin of sadness.  With that in mind, the trailer for Zookeeper has gone online.  The “family film” stars Kevin James as a zookeeper who discovers that animals can talk and that they’ll help him win back the girl of his dreams (Leslie Bibb) even though he’s clearly going to end up with a fellow zookeeper played by Rosario Dawson.  Oh, and the animals are voiced by celebrities like Cher, Nick Nolte, Adam Sandler, and Sylvester Stallone because of course they are.

Hit the jump to see the trailer filled with slapstick and uncomfortable production placement for TGI Friday’s.  Zookeeper opens July 8th, but maybe go see something else instead, like paint drying.

SEX DRIVE Scribes in Talks to Helm I HATE YOU DAD Starring Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg

by Adam Chitwood    Posted: March 4th, 2011 at 4:16 pm

Sean Anders and John Morris, the screenwriters of Sex Drive and Hot Tub Time Machine, are in talks to helm the Adam Sandler/Andy Samberg comedy vehicle I Hate You Dad. Variety reports that this would mark the directorial debut for Morris (Anders directed Sex Drive). I Hate You Dad centers on a father who moves in with his son and immediately starts feuding with the son’s bride-to-be. The original script, by David Case, subsequently received a rewrite by David Wain and Ken Marino (Role Models). I Hate You Dad was slated for a June 22^nd, 2012 release last month. Anders and Morris most recently scripted Mr. Poppers Penguins which stars Jim Carrey.

Hollywood’s Top Earners in 2010

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: February 2nd, 2011 at 8:05 pm

Vanity Fair has posted their annual list of the Hollywood folk who earned the most from making movies in 2010, and I love that they break every total down into upfront fees, back-end, and ancilliary revenue.  The top 10 is split between actors — Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Adam Sandler, Taylor Lautner, Robert Downey Jr. — and producer/directors — James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, Christopher Nolan, Tim Burton, Todd Phillips.  Hit the jump to see how they ranked and what they earned.

6 Movie Clips from Adam Sandler’s JUST GO WITH IT

by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub    Posted: January 31st, 2011 at 10:31 am

Columbia Pictures has sent over 6 clips from Adam Sandler’s latest comedy, Just Go With It.  The film is directed by Dennis Dugan (Happy Gilmore, Grown Ups) and stars Sandler as a plastic surgeon who must enlist the help of his assistant (Jennifer Anniston) to pose as his soon to be ex-wife in order to cover up a lie he told while romancing a young schoolteacher (Brooklyn Decker).   The film also stars Dave Matthews, Kevin Nealon, Rachel Dratch, and according to IMDb, Nicole Kidman.

While Sandler movies clearly follow a similar formula, a huge percentage gross over $100 million dollars.  And when you factor in worldwide grosses, you’re talking $200 million.  Say what you will about the films he makes, as he’ll brush off all snarky comments with hundred dollar bills.  Hit the jump for the clips.

Will Adam Sandler Be a FAT MAN for Miguel Arteta?

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: January 29th, 2011 at 7:26 pm

In 2003 Columbia Pictures picked up Fat Man, a spec script from Mike Weiss (The Simpsons) about “an 800-pound man who drops 600 pounds with the help of a nurse he finds more appealing than a Happy Meal.”  Adam Sandler’s production company Happy Madison was set to produce, though Sandler had no particular intention to star.

Flash forward eight years: director Miguel Arteta is at Sundance promoting his latest film Cedar Rapids, and the subject of Fat Man comes up.  Arteta is not formally attached to the project, but he hopes that if Sandler “gets the gumption to do it” he will be the one in the director’s chair.  Hit the jump to read the whole of what Arteta had to say about the project.

Adam Sandler and Andy Samberg Are Father and Son in I HATE YOU DAD

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: January 13th, 2011 at 8:53 pm

Adam Sandler is in talks to play Andy Samberg’s father in I Hate You Dad though less than twelve years separate their ages in real life. According to THR, “The story centers on a father who moves in on the eve of his son’s wedding and promptly begins feuding with the bride-to-be.”  Columbia Pictures first picked up the project in August 2008 from a script by David Caspe that has since been rewritten by David Wain and Ken Marino (Role Models). 

I Hate You Dad is one of several possible starring vehicles for Sandler including Narco, The $40,000 Man, and Valet Guys with Kevin James.  Sandler will next be seen in Just Go With It opposite Jennifer Aniston (February 11th), followed by Jack and Jill opposite Adam Sandler in drag later in the year.  Samberg has supporting roles in the upcoming big screen comedies Friends With Benefits and What’s Your Number.

With all due respect to Kevin James, Samberg/Sandler is a more exciting comedic prospect if only thanks to the novelty.  And that’s before you factor in the invigorating potential of a script from Wain and Marino.

Adam Sandler Attached to Headline Remake of French Comedy NARCO; Offered the Lead in THE $40,000 MAN

by Brendan Bettinger    Posted: December 11th, 2010 at 8:33 pm

Adam Sandler is attached to star in Narco, a remake of the 2004 French film The Secret Adventures of Gustave Klopp.  The original is about a man with narcolepsy who dreams of action heros each time he falls asleep.  (One of these was played by Jean-Claude Van Damme.)  According to Pajiba, Clay Tarver (Joyride) is scripting the remake for Sandler’s production company Happy Madison.

Hit the jump for the trailer for Gustave Klopp, plus details on the offer out to Sandler to star in The $40,000 Man.

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