You may remember that last year, there was a lot of buzz surrounding the new Josh Safdie film that was going to star Adam Sandler. However, just when production was supposed to begin, the strikes happened. And unfortunately, a big part of the film, which was to take place at live baseball games, couldn’t be filmed when the strike ended, effectively shelving the project. However, it sounds as if Safdie and Sandler are hoping to get it going again. 

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We don’t typically cover comedy specials here at The Playlist. That isn’t because we don’t enjoy them, but there are just so many, it’s difficult to keep up. But one way to ensure that we’ll pay attention to a specific comedy special is to get Josh Safdie to direct it.

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As seen in the trailer for Adam Sandler’s new comedy special, “Love You,” the comedian is back to doing his stand-up routine, and he’s gotten one of the Safdie Brothers to direct.

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5.14.2024 Update: The news is now official, and Netflix has green-lit the film. Happy with their arrangement, Netflix continues to stay in the Adam Sandler business as the streaming giant is developing a sequel to his 1990s golf comedy “Happy Gilmore.” Christopher McDonald, who played the original film’s villain, Shooter McGavin, and recently appeared in projects like “Hacks” and Marvel’s “Secret Invasion,” revealed on the Audacy radio show 92.3 The Fan that a sequel to the sports comedy is in the works.

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Noah Baumbach‘s next project for Netflix is shaping up to be one of Hollywood’s buzziest upcoming projects. Deadline reports that Laura Dern, Billy Crudup, and Riley Keough join previously cast George Clooney and Adam Sandler for the still-untitled film. It’s Crudup and Keough’s first time working with Baumbach (as it is with Clooney), but a reunion between the writer-director and Dern (as it is with Sandler).

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Filmmaker Johan Renck’s moody new existential relationship astronaut movie with Adam Sandler, “Spaceman,” debuts today on Netflix. It’s the filmmaker’s first feature in 16 years, following 2008’s “Downloading Nancy,” but it’s not like he’s been away. After a career started in music videos—famous clips for artists like Madonna, Beyonce, Kylie Minogue, Robbie Williams, and more—Renck has spent the better part of the last decade in the world of television (before that, in the late 90s and early aughts he was a singer-songwriter using the moniker Stakka Bo).

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Imagine a movie akin to a sad David Bowie song about an astronaut drifting alone into the dark abyss of space, contemplating his life, his lost love, his past, and an uncertain, perhaps soon-to-be-shortly doomed future. Sing the wistfully estranged and reflective “Space Odyssey” tune and the lamenting iconic line, “Tell my wife I love her very much, she knows!” That’s Swedish filmmaker Johan Renck’s “Spaceman” in a nutshell, which makes for possibly the weirdest, most existentially lonely movie Adam Sandler has ever starred in.

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In this uncertain world, one thing remains very clear when it comes to the filmmaking duo of the Safdie Brothers and their ongoing collaboration with Adam Sandler. While the filmmakers Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie, who directed Sandler in the film “Uncut Gems,” have parted ways to direct their own solo movies, their friendship and collaboration with the Sandman remains strong.

While the upcoming Josh Safdie film starring Adam Sandler, said to be set in the world of 1990s baseball card trading and memorabilia, may be in doubt—Safdie may have lost his window to shoot Sandler in the feature to do the 2023 SAG/AFTRA and WGA strikes—their bond remains solid.

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It seems as if Adam Sandler is only really interested in making two types of films—his standard-issue, pretty terrible Netflix comedies and his every-so-often dramatic films that are beloved by most. Judging by the trailer, “Spaceman” firmly fits the latter category. We’ll just have to wait and see if the quality can rival his other dramatic turns.

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“Spaceman” is a film that follows the story of an astronaut who is on an incredibly long solo journey to the farthest reaches of our solar system.

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Another day, another rumor essentially confirmed. So, you’ll remember that in April 2022, it was reported that Adam Sandler and The Safdie Brothers (“Good Time”) were going to make a follow-up film to their critically acclaimed collaboration “Uncut Gems.” The movie, for Netflix, was supposed to shoot in the late winter of 2023 for a 2024 release. But then the WGA/SAG-AFTRA strikes happened and messed up all plans.

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It’s been over three years since “Spaceman” was originally announced. And at the time, the film instantly became one of our most anticipated. This is a film from an accomplished filmmaker starring Adam Sandler as an astronaut in a sci-fi drama. Sign us up! Well, over the past three-plus years, we didn’t hear much about the film. But thankfully, it appears Netflix is finally ready to release it.

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So the rumors from earlier this year are true: Noah Baumbach is returning to Netflix for his next film. But the rumor mill got the leads of the film wrong or at least one-half of them. Deadline reports that George Clooney and Adam Sandler will star in Baumbach’s next picture, a coming-of-age story about adults.

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It’ll be the first time Baumbach and Sandler team up since “The Meyerowitz Stories,” an earlier Netflix romp for two guys who are almost Netflix-exclusive at this point.

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After the release of “Uncut Gems,” the idea of Adam Sandler reteaming with the Safdie Brothers was something people became very, very excited about. And then, it seemed as if our prayers were answered, as it was reported that Sandler and the Safdies, particularly Josh Safdie, were going to work together on a brand-new film. Things were coming together nicely. The script was finished.

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What does it mean to have a bucket list? Leo the Lizard faces his own mortality in the new film “Leo.” Thinking he has only one year to live, the reptile sets out for one final adventure with fellow classroom pet Squirtle the Turtle. This emotional animated journey comes from Robert Smigel, Adam Sandler, and Paul Sado — with Sandler voicing the elderly lizard.

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Maybe it’s the nature of the non-theatrical platform, maybe its streaming churn, and maybe it’s just #TooMuchContent, but as we and many pundits have noticed in recent years, Netflix film tend to come and go, never leaving any lasting cultural footprint. But given that the zeitgeist has already moved on, perhaps this is a small plea to not lose sight of the sweet and charming new awkward teen comedy, “You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitsvah,” a new Happy Madison comedy starring Adam Sandler, his family and many of the familiar faces that make up his acting friend social sphere.

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Sure, Adam Sandler is making films with the Safdies and delivering solid dramatic performances in films like “Hustle,” but let’s not forget, the actor-producer is still going to continue to make Netflix films. But unlike his typical live-action comedies, it appears Sandler is ready to deliver an animated kids film for Netflix with “Leo.”

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As seen in the teaser, “Leo” tells the story of an old lizard (Sandler) and his terrarium-make turtle (Bill Burr), as they embark on another year as classroom pets.

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It’s hit or miss when it comes to Adam Sandler‘s Netflix projects. On the one hand, there’s the highs of “Uncut Gems” (more a Safdie Bros./A24 joint than a Netflix one, but the streamer did help with distribution). Then there’s the lows of “The Ridiculous 6” and and the “Murder Mystery” movies.

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The first “Murder Mystery” from 2019, written by James Vanderbilt (“Zodiac”), was a fun star-studded throwback to the 1980s Agatha Christie films like 1982’s “Evil Under the Sun,” with salt of the earth Brooklynites Nick and Audrey Spitz (Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston) thrown into the mix. The script was a smart, genre-savvy affair coupled with Sandler-style lowbrow comedy, a combination that almost worked, but was undone by the lackluster direction by Kyle Newacheck.

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Everyone’s wondered what The Safdie Brothers would do next after “Uncut Gems” in 2019. Well, around this time last year, news started to swirl that the Safdies would team up with Adam Sandler again on their next project. Then Netflix joined the project in last October. And now there’s another party circling the project, too, and it’s last person most moviegoers would expect…

READ MORE: Adam Sandler Says His New Safdie Brothers Film Shoots Winter 2023 & Suggests It’ll Be Just As Intense As ‘Uncut Gems’

Deadline reports that Megan Thee Stallion (née Megan Pete) is in talks to star alongside Sandler in the Safdies’ upcoming film for Netflix.

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Ever since audiences experienced “Uncut Gems,” they were clamoring for another collaboration between Adam Sandler and the Safdie Brothers. There’s something about those guys working together in that film that produced real brilliance. And thankfully, a reunion is in the works, and according to Sandler, the Safdies are definitely not short of ideas for the upcoming film. 

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Speaking to THR, Adam Sandler teased the next collaboration between him and the Safdie Brothers, the writers and directors of “Uncut Gems” and “Good Time.” While Sandler wasn’t here to divulge any plot specifics, it’s clear the actor is jazzed about working with those filmmakers again.

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If we’re going to look at pioneers in the streaming space, while we want to namecheck David Fincher who took “House Of Cards” to Netflix in 2013—one of the first big A-list talent milestones in the streaming era—not far behind him has to be comedian Adam Sandler. When Netflix started hyper analyzing its data in the early 2010s, its algorithms told them that Sandler’s movies were super popular globally.

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After 16 years in the weeds—tons of projects in development, none of them panning out, projects that could have included Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale, Daniel Craig, and more—filmmaker Todd Field returned last year with the critically acclaimed “TÁR” starring Cate Blanchett (#1 on our list of the Best Films of 2022). It’s a bold, audacious drama, and it will likely be nominated for several Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, and more.

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Rumor time, I guess, something we try and stay away from when possible, but it’s the dregs of news out there; still technically the holidays for us, and maybe we can make one exception for something that doesn’t sound entirely far-fetched.

According to the New York Post, Brad Pitt and Adam Sandler will star in a new Noah Baumbach film for Netflix.

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Yes, it’s the Post as a source which is one strike against it, but to be fair, they were the outlet that recently broke the correct breaking news or DC’s “Batgirl” film getting canceled, and yes, this is the same writer.

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It would seem as if every Quentin Tarantino film always features at least one surprising, standout performance. The headline actors always deliver, but the real surprise is how amazing some of the supporting cast turns out to be, as those characters often are the more risky, interesting roles. And in the case of “Inglourious Basterds,” one of the standout, supporting roles is the Bear Jew, played by Eli Roth.

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Adam Sandler has to be loving life right now. Not only does he continue to make hit films for Netflix, but he’s been able to truly flex his more dramatic chops with his recent film “Hustle,” as well as the oft-discussed, awards-caliber performance in “Uncut Gems.” And apparently, his roles in auteur projects is nowhere near done.

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It’s been almost three since The Safdie Brothers unleashed their last film, “Uncut Gems,” upon the world. And what a propulsive, manic, tense, delirious cinematic experience that one was, with Adam Sandler acting his heart out as gambling addict Howard Ratner. If “Good Time” didn’t make known that The Safdies mean business, then “Uncut Gems” finished the job. But that doesn’t answer the question on everybody’s mind: what’s their next project, and when is it coming out?

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