What to know
Happy Gilmore 2 script has apparently been written… Last week Christopher McDonald revealed that a script for Happy Gilmore 2 has been written. The actor, who played the iconic villain Shooter McGavin in the 1996 comedy said this during a radio interview with 92.3 The Fan in Cleveland, “I saw Adam [Sandler] about two weeks ago, and he says to me, ‘McDonald, you’re gonna love this,'
“I said, ‘What?’ He says, ‘How about that,’ and he shows me the first draft of ‘Happy Gilmore 2.’ So, it’s in the works. Fans demand it, dammit!” It’s unclear where in the development process the movie is actually at, but Deadline’s sources say the movie is in development at Netflix. Which makes sense considering Sandler has a big overall deal there. In 2022, Sandler told Variety it would be fun to bring back Happy as an old man on the senior golf tour and have him still dealing with his anger issues. Sounds good to me. ⛳️
Joker: Folie a Deux is a full-on jukebox musical… It will reportedly feature covers of 15 well-known songs, including “That’s Entertainment.” But might also have one or two originals. Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir is reportedly infusing the songs with “her distinctive, haunting [music] cues.” This is going to end up being pretty divisive, but I love the idea of a big budget ($200M) comic book movie being an actual musical. And if you’ve got Lady Gaga, are you not going to have her sing? 🎶
Catherine O’Hara, Kathryn Hahn, Ike Barinholtz & Chase Sui Wonders to star in Seth Rogen’s Apple comedy series about a movie studio… This is the first I’m hearing of this show, but if it’s anything like Platonic, it will definitely be worth watching. Rogen certainly knows a thing or two about the subject matter. 🍎
Scarlett Johansson is your new Jurassic Park franchise lead… I’m surprised she’s jumping into another massive franchise but the money must have been good. According to some reports, Jennifer Lawrence passed on the part. 🦖
Ryan Coogler producing jukebox musical based on Prince’s hits… The word I’m not seeing in the article is “biopic,” so it seems this isn’t a bio musical a la Rocketman but maybe an original story like Mamma Mia? Unclear. 💜
Euphoria season 3 is delayed, but HBO says it’s still going to make it eventually… The cast is a little bit busy these days. I’m not sure it even needs to return. 👩🎓
Titanic door sells for $718,750 at auction… That’s it? I guess the winner can now find out for themselves whether two people could have stayed on it. 🚪
Da’Vine Joy Randolph joins Michel Gondry’s Pharrell Williams biopic… Love it. 👀
John Tucker Must Die sequel in the works with original cast… Sure, why not.
Golden Globes staying put on CBS for 5 years… You can’t kill the Globes. 🌐
The Penguin show gets a trailer… Colin Farrell is back in the makeup. 🐧
What’s new
We Were the Lucky Ones — Mar 28 | Hulu historical miniseries | Ⓜ️
The Beautiful Game — Mar 29 | Sports drama film on Netflix | Ⓜ️
Jerrod Carmichael: Reality Show — Mar 29 | HBO/Max comedy doc series | Ⓜ️
Godzilla x Kong: New Empire — Mar 29 | Monster movie in theaters | Ⓜ️
A Gentleman in Moscow — Mar 30 | Paramount+ historical miniseries | Ⓜ️ 68
Parish — Mar 31 | AMC crime drama series | Ⓜ️