Fore! ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ is indeed in development, per Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore

Eva Hartman April 5, 2024 Almost three decades28 years

later, it’s still all in the hips.

Adam Sandler confirmed rumors that a

sequelsqueal

to “Happy Gilmore” is in development, following Christopher McDonald’s accidental leak last month that Sandler had shown him a first draft of the script.

on Audacy’s 92.3 The Fan last month.

“Dude,” Sandler said, recounting his conversation with McDonald on

the

Wednesday’s “Dan Patrick Show,”

Wednesday,

“we’ve been talking about a

‘

Happy 2

‘

and we’re working on some stuff… But don’t tell anybody.”

Of course, a secret like that didn’t stay secret for too long.”Netflix is excited about it,” the comedian admitted The comedian spilled more info,

noting that

‘s

he’s collaborating with

his former

college roommate Tim Herlihy on the project and wants to use it as an opportunity to honor

the late

Bob Barker, Carl Weathers and Joe Flaherty, in addition to staying true to the original cast.

“Netflix is excited about it,” he said. Of course, a secret like that didn’t stay secret for long.

Drew Barrymore, a longtime

Sandler

friend and castmate

,of Sandler’s,

exclaimed I want it, I need it,” in reaction to the news on her talk show on Thursday.

Later in the

segmant segment

, Barrymore checked her phone

, reporting and then reported

to the audience: This just in, I have breaking news…. Ill just say this, from my source, that [

‘

Happy Gilmore 2

‘

] is in process.”

There’s no set timeline yet, but fans

of the 1996 original

can rest assured

:that Happy

will be picking up a nine iron once again.

one more time in the sequel they’ve waited so long to see.