Summary

Will Ferrell ’s role in his upcoming Netflix serial has a deal in rough-cut with the return of one ofAdam Sandler ’s mosticonic movie characters . At Netflix Upfront on May 15 , 2024 , the banner announced thata new comedy serial publication created by and starring Will Ferrell is in the works . Ferrell co - create the serial publication with fellow comedianRamy Youssef and writer - manufacturer Josh Rabinowitz . Youssef will also star alongside Ferrell in an undisclosed role and help as showrunner and executive producer with Rabinowitz .

This Netflix series already mark off a major first for Ferrell in the TV world . Though he famously got his big break as a main cast member onSaturday Night Liveand has played guest roles on sitcomslikeThe Officeand30 Rock , this will serve as Ferrell ’s first lead role in a scripted comedy show . Limited details have been unveil , but the seriesbears one major law of similarity with an upcoming undertaking involving fellowSNLalum Adam Sandler that was confirmed the same Clarence Shepard Day Jr. asFerrell ’s Netflix show .

Actor

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season As SNL Cast Member

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Will Ferrell

Happy-Gilmore-Adam-Sandler

21 - 27

1995 - 2002

Adam Sandler

Ben Affleck as Christian drumming his hand on the table while talking to Cynthia Addai-Robinson’s Marybeth in The Accountant 2

16 - 20

1990 - 1995

Will Ferrell brought countless of slap-up characters and impersonations to Saturday Night Live , but which were the comic ’s best ?

Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and Adam Sandler as Danny in Just Go with It

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Will Ferrell’s Upcoming Netflix Golf Show Creates A Battle With Adam Sandler’s Happy Gilmore 2

Netflix Announced The Legacy Sequel To Sandler’s 1996 Golf Comedy The Same Day As Ferrell’s Golf Show

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The same dayNetflix announced that Will Ferrell will star as a " fictional golf game legend " in his newfangled seriesGOLF , the banner also confirmed the upcoming legacysequel to Adam Sandler’s1996 golf comedyHappy Gilmore . Co - write by Sandler with his longtime authorship partner , Tim Herlihy , Happy Gilmorestars Sandler as the titular character , an incompetent hockey player who enters a pro golf tournament to save his grandmother ’s habitation from foreclosure after discovering his untapped gift in the mutation .

Sandler already confirmedHappy Gilmore 2was in developmentwith Netflix in April , but the streamer had yet to give the official word until now . Sandler has released a net ton of Netflix titles after inking a development good deal with the streamer in 2015 under his production company , Happy Madison ( a combining ofHappy GilmoreandBilly Madison , his first characteristic quislingism with Herlihy in 1995 ) , butHappy Gilmore2marks his first Netflix sequel to a non - Netflix property . account item have yet to be expose , butHappy Gilmore 2will no doubt see Sandler ’s titulary zany fall to the green .

Happy Gilmore 2 and golf game could be arriving around the same time , scar Ferrell and Sandler against each other in a ( friendly ) battle of the Netflix golf game funniness .

Headshot Of Adam Sandler In The Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2024 at Barker Hangar.

At the instant , neitherGOLFnorHappy Gilmore 2have been present release dates . However , the fact that they were both announced at Netflix Upfront suggests thatHappy Gilmore 2andGOLFcould be arriving around the same time , pitting Ferrell and Sandler against each other in a ( friendly ) battle of the Netflix golf drollery . If they do end up releasing in bicycle-built-for-two , it could be a fun promo or crosswalk chance for Netflix if Sandler made a cameo as Happy Gilmore inGOLF .

Adam Sandler Netflix Movies

claim

Headshot Of Christopher McDonald In The Hollywood Reporter and SAG-AFTRA’s 74th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

Role

The Ridiculous 6(2015 )

Tommy

Headshot Of Julie Bowen

The Do - Over(2016 )

Max

Sandy Wexler(2017 )

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Sandy Wexler

The Meyerowitz Stories(2017 )

Danny

Adam Sandler leaning against a post in Happy Gilmore

The Week Of(2018 )

Kenny Lustig

slaying Mystery(2019 )

Happy Gilmore 2

Nick Spitz

Hubie Halloween(2020 )

Hubie Dubois

Hustle(2022 )

Stanley Sugerman

slaying Mystery 2(2023 )

You Are So Not ask for To My Bat Mitzvah(2023 )

Danny Friedman

Leo(2023 )

Leo

Spaceman(2024 )

Jakub Prochazka

With Adam Sandler teasing the possibility of a Happy Gilmore 2 in development , there are some smart as a whip type who deserve to be in the subsequence .

Why The Stakes Are So Much Higher For Happy Gilmore 2

Adam Sandler’s Legacy Sequel Has Been A Long Time Coming

While bothGOLFandHappy Gilmore 2are exciting projects for their respective comedians , the stake are much higher forSandler’sHappy Gilmoresequel . There is a certain trinket toGOLFgiven that it’sWill Ferrell ’s first scripted comedy show , which comes with its own set of anticipation . However , as the long - awaited follow - up to a ' XC cult classic , Happy Gilmore 2is under a draw more pressure . Happy Gilmore 2will have to not just live up to the originalAdam Sandlercomedy and retake what buff loved about it , but in reality experience worth the wait after nearly 30 old age .