(CNN) – Nearly 30 years later, Adam Sandler returns to the golf course for the sequel to “Happy Gilmore” with a new co-star, Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny, as confirmed by Netflix.
Sandler will reprise his role as the neurotic star of the hit golf comedy, alongside original characters Julie Bowen as the PR director and Christopher McDonald, who plays his arch-nemesis Shooter McGavin.
“The production of the film has begun,” Netflix reported in a note posted on its website on Tuesday. However, it did not provide details on the release date or plot.
And Sandler posted a picture of a “Happy Gilmore” T-shirt on his Instagram account, accompanied by the message: “This isn’t over. The way I see it… we’ve only just begun.”
The award-winning Latin singer, who made his series debut in 2021 playing Arturo “Kitty” Páez in the series “Narcos” and in 2022 on the big screen with an appearance alongside Brad Pitt in “Bullet Train,” has not commented on his participation in the new film.
Sandler co-wrote “Happy Gilmore” and became one of his most popular films. It is about Happy Gilmore (Sandler), an aspiring hockey player with a peculiar personality who discovers that he is an exceptionally talented golfer with a slapshot-style swing.
He enters a golf tournament to try to win money to save his grandmother's house, which is about to be lost. Gilmore becomes a golf legend, but his outrageous temper and unconventional style provoke the ire of professional McGavin.
The 1996 comedy stars Julie Bowen, Frances Bay, Kevin Nealon and Carl Weathers, who died last month at age 76, alongside Sandler and McDonald.
“Happy Gilmore” premiered during a fateful era for Sandler, who starred in other beloved comedy classics throughout the 1990s, including “Billy Madison,” “Big Daddy” and “The Waterboy.”
CNN's Alli Rosenbloom contributed to this report.
