Netflix to Adam Sandler: You Are SO Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah!
Sandler's entire family is on the guest list for Netflix's adaptation of the YA novel, along with Idina Menzel, Sarah Sherman, and Luis Guzmán
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One of the biggest moments in any young Jewish girl’s life is her star-studded bat mitzvah (featuring performances by Halsey and Charlie Puth, of course), which happens just a few months before she starts production on a film about a different young Jewish girl’s coming of age with her entire, very famous family.
At least, that’s how life goes if you’re Sunny Sandler, Adam Sandler’s daughter. The entire Sandler clan (including Sandler’s wife, Jackie, and other daughter, Sadie) are set to star in the upcoming Netflix film, You Are SO Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah!, which is, ironically, exactly what Sunny told us when we tried to RSVP to hers.
Sandler’s Uncut Gems co-star, Idina Menzel, will also star in the film, along with SNL’s Sarah Sherman and Luis Guzmán (Boogie Nights).
You Are SO Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah! is based on Fiona Rosenbloom’s 2005 YA novel of the same (deliciously catty) name. The story follows 13-year-old Stacey Friedman as she prepares for her perfect day. Her well-laid plans–and guest list—are dramatically altered, however, when she catches her best friend, Lydia Katz, kissing mega-crush Andy Goldfarb.
The novel also features a scene in which Stacey is cut out of a coveted BCBG dress in a mall dressing room, which has stuck with this particular author to this day (shudder). Bat mitzvahs are an endless well of cringe comedy, as we saw to brilliant effect in the recent season of Pen15, and we can’t wait to see what kind of magic Sandler creates out of this rich source material.
You Are SO Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah! is the latest project to come out of Netflix’s partnership with Sandler and his Happy Madison productions. The film will be directed by Sammi Cohen (Crush) from a screenplay by Alison Peck (Work It). Sandler is producing the film with Happy Madison executive Tim Herlihy and Alloy Entertainment’s Leslie Morgenstein and Elysa Koplovitz. Barry Bernardi, Judit Maull and Kevin Grady are also executive producing for Happy Madison.
No word on release date yet, but we know we’ll be anxiously checking our mailboxes for an invite as soon as they go out.
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Didn’t Bob’s Burgers do this?
Hasn’t Luis Guzman been in anything since Boogie Nights?
He was in an iconic episode of Community, thank you very much.
Yes, I remember that.
yeah but you can’t count the episodes after that…that was only the statute even if he got residuals
Was The Limey before or after?
I always have it after. But you do you, baby.
IMBD is a thing you know. He’s been in a lot including best picture nominated movie Traffic.
Intergalactic Masturbate-to-Boobies Database?
Sure!
If the Spider doesn’t leave several inane comments on every article they’ll cease to exist. God how I wish they’d lose their password.
A movie I want to see less than Love and Thunder.
Saw it (Love and Thunder). Abysmal. And I am very forgiving when it comes to Marvel movies… I usually love them. It was a hot mess. Very disorganized. A let down.
I got the vibe it was written by focus groups. I adore Natalie Portman.That being said, not buying her at all here.
This is pretty overwrought. No, it wasn’t abysmal. Nobody’s best work, but still a fun day at the movies.
this is filming as we speak my buddy sent me this iconic rare sandler earlier today.
I’ve never seen him dressed casually before!
Are those other 3 his stunt doubles?
“Can somebody help me? I can’t figure out if my shorts are too big or my pants are too small!”
Anytime I see Sarah Squirm, I’m in. She could do Grown Ups 3 and Jack & Jill 2 and I’d do a double feature.
I am SO not watching this movie!Sorry, too easy.
I am SO can’t believe Adam Sandler had such cute kids.
You order the right sperm for the kids
A lot of people still ragging on Sandler for being Sandler, despite recent gems such as, well…Uncut Gems and Hustle.
I don’t understand…is the bat mitzvah in the Galapagos? Tanzania? Micronesia? Has he vacationed everywhere so he’s making a movie in LA again?Actually kind of cool how many women are involved with this (and jewish women too)
Who knew the way to make money in Hollywood is to just keep making bad movies