Happy Gilmore returns! After almost 30 years, Adam Sandler
returns to the green (and wields his unorthodox swing) in a new look at the long-awaited comedy sequel, Happy Gilmore 2
. Coming to Netflix
2025, the follow-up will find Sandler back as one of his most beloved characters, the ice hockey player-turned-golfer with severe anger issues as he faces off once again with his arch-rival, Christopher McDonald’s Shooter McGavin. You can check out this latest look at Happy Gilmore 2, courtesy of the “Next on Netflix” event, below.
Released way back in 1996, the first Happy Gilmore stars Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen, and the late, great Carl Weathers, and follows an unsuccessful ice hockey player with a red-hot temper, Happy, who discovers a newfound talent for golf. While the first movie was met with a mixed response upon release, it has since garnered a cult following, with many excited to see the return of Gilmore and the continued rivalry between him and the villainous Shooter McGavin.
Netflix officially ordered a sequel to the beloved sports comedy last year, with Sandler returning as the titular character and penning the script alongside the original movie’s writer, Tim Herlihy. For the sequel, Sandler will reunite with Murder Mystery director Kyle Newacheck, with the filmmaker behind the likes of What We Do in the Shadows, Workaholics, Community, and Parks and Recreation taking over the helm from Happy Gilmore director Dennis Dugan.
Who Stars in ‘Happy Gilmore 2’?
The sequel will bring a few more familiar faces back alongside Adam Sandler as Happy Gilmore. Christopher McDonald (Thelma & Louise, The House Bunny) returns as Shooter McGavin, with Julie Bowen (Modern Family, Hubie Halloween) all set to return as Virginia Venit. Ben Stiller (Tropic Thunder, Zoolander) is also back as Hal L., the scene-stealing orderly who tortured Happy’s beloved grandma in the first movie.
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The rest of the cast includes Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, AKA Bad Bunny (Bullet Train), NFL champion Travis Kelce (Grotesquerie), Conor Sherry (The Terminal List), Ethan Cutowsky (Shameless), Maxwell Jacob Friedman (The Iron Claw), Philip Fine Schneider, Scott Mescudi, AKA Kid Cudi (Trap), Margaret Qualley (The Substance), Benny Safdie (Oppenheimer), and Nick Swardson (Just Go with It). The sequel will also include cameos from several pro golfers, including Keegan Bradley, John Daly, Rickie Fowler, Collin Morikawa, Jack Nicklaus, and more. Plot details for Happy Gilmore 2 have yet to be confirmed, but it is expected that Happy will take a younger golfer under his wing, with the pair going head-to-head with Shooter McGavin and his new protégé.
Sadly, several prominent Happy Gilmore stars are no longer with us, including The Price is Right host Bob Barker, Carl Weathers, and Joe Flaherty. Sandler, though, has promised that Happy Gilmore 2 will pay tribute to all of them, with the actor saying, “somehow they’ll be involved.” We’ll see how when Happy Gilmore 2 lands on Netflix later this year.
This story originally appeared on Movieweb
