Adam Sandler didn’t get the Oscar nod he deserved for his performance in Uncut Gems, meaning he’ll soon be forced to deliver the “so bad on purpose” movie he promised. (“But…Hubie Halloween,” you declare, to which we reply, “Ray Liotta cackling in a clown wig.”) Might Hustle, his upcoming team-up with LeBron James, be Sandler’s looming shit missile? Or will it be the latest Sandler film to be announced, a Netflix space drama from Chernobyl director Johan Renck?
Probably not. Renck did great work on the harrowing Chernobyl, and the story, adapted from Jaroslav Kalfar’s The Spaceman of Bohemia, sounds like another strong vehicle for Sandler’s more serious side. Sandler will star in the as-yet-untitled film as an astronaut who’s “sent to the edge of the galaxy to collect mysterious ancient dust.” Lurking in the shadows of his spaceship, meanwhile, is a “creature from the beginning of time” that’s trying to help him pick up the pieces of his shattered earthly life. Hopefully it’s not that silly penguin.
The premise is rich in comedic potential and tinged with a touch of loneliness, and we’re interested to see how Renck tackles such high-concept material after the grounded misery of Chernobyl. Or, hell, maybe the guy’s sick of drama and just wants to do something dumb. Cast David Spade as the creature. Have it be shaped like a giant dick. Tagline idea: “In space, no one can hear you fart.” We’d watch it.
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It must’ve been tough booking a vacation in space.
The edge of the galaxy looks a lot like Cancun for some unexplained reason.
I’d ask if Sandler was going to Hell next, but he did do Lil’ Nickey. Did he team up with Freddie in his Halloween movie?
And on a morbid note, the actor who played Adam Sandler’s kid in the movies passed away last year
“I want the space monster to win the tip. I want the space monster to get 10 victims before the first half of the movie. I want the over on jump scares and relieved sighs-turned-screams. And I want the astronaut to beat the spread on flesh wounds delivered. This is how I win.”
Why don’t they just remake Jerry Lewis’s Way…Way Out from 1966? It would be about as bad, and probably a lot funnier.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Way…Way_Out
Lurking in the shadows of his spaceship, meanwhile, is a “creature from the beginning of time”
Beginning of Time . . . or End of Days?
Didn’t he kind of already exam his life in Click?Stealth sequel where the alien is Christopher Walken? I can buy that (no, not just the character he’s playing).
Joke around as much as you like, but Sandler has proven himself to be an extremely talented actor. I’m glad he’s taking this project on. Punch Drunk Love and Uncut Gems are his two best films, and I’m looking forward to this.
Meyerowitz Stories deserves a nod here, too.
I really need to remember to watch that.
Too bad he rarely uses said talent. He’s done 70+ films and literally those are the only two I can thikn of where I would even consider him a great actor. In most films, he just phones it in. Pixels is the epitome of that..And no, I’m not joking around.
You should watch The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected). It’s another Sandler movie that is critically allowed to like.
I also bring up those two films as his standouts, but also include The Meyerowitz Stories as well. I think his flaw is that he’s lazy (like me) and would rather do hang out films with all of his comedy buddies at some random resort than do the work that he is more than capable of (and is really good at). If he makes it to 88 he’ll get an honorary Oscar, but he’ll never get one for a singular film.
I keep forgetting to watch that. Thanks for the reminder!
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In the source story, the protagonist travels to a spot between the orbits of Earth and Venus. That makes a lot more sense than “the edge of the galaxy”, IMO, unless the movieis set more than 50,000 years in the future.
And now that the teaser (and more info) has finally appeared (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/adam-sandler-is-a-haunted-astronaut-in-the-first-teaser-for-netflix-s-spaceman/ar-AA1lJKds?OCID=ansmsnnews11), we find that he’s going to the edge of the solar system, not the galaxy. I am pleased.