Adam Sandler has reunited with some old friends as production begins on Grown Ups 3, more than a decade later.
On Thursday, the 3x Golden Globe nominee shared the first set photo with his co-stars from the comedy franchise, after Netflix announced in May that the upcoming third installment is in the works at the streamer, directed by Kyle Newacheck from a script by Sandler and Tim Herlihy.
“We missed you!” wrote Sandler with a set photo of himself at a restaurant table with co-stars Chris Rock, Kevin James, David Spade, Rob Schneider, Salma Hayek, Maya Rudolph, Maria Bello, Bailee Madison, Deon Cole and Sandler’s wife Jackie Sandler.
Starring Sandler and frequent collaborators out of his Happy Madison universe, the Grown Ups franchise revolves around a set of childhood friends who are brought back together as adults over the course of a summer vacation.
Directed by Dennis Dugan, both prior Grown Ups films were released theatrically by Sony’s Columbia Pictures. The first, released in the summer of 2010, did around $272M worldwide, with 2013’s Grown Ups 2 grossing around $247M. Netflix is the natural destination for the next film in the series, given that Sandler has been under a production deal with Netflix for over a decade, resulting in 10+ films and other projects.
Adam Sandler, Jackie Sandler, Jack Giarraputo and Herlihy are producing Grown Ups 3, with Kevin Grady and Judit Maull exec producing.
