Adam Sandler says that his next film with Josh and Benny Safdie is “insane.” Sandler discussed the group’s follow-up to 2017’s Uncut Gems during a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
“They’ve been writing this movie we’re supposed to do together for a couple years. They just write hundreds and hundreds of pages,” Sandler told the outlet. “I’ll read them and I’ll say, ‘I like the part when this…’ And they’ll be like, ‘Oh, that’s not in it anymore. We did a whole other thing. We’re going to send you a new draft.’ They just don’t stop writing and thinking and coming at every angle they can, and this movie we’re going to do is pretty amazing.”
Sandler further added: “The first draft of the new one was 340 pages! It was insane and it was great.” While Sandler and the Safdie brothers have kept quiet about details regarding the film, Deadline reports that the story is set in the world of high-end card collecting. The untitled project could begin filming as early as Q2 2023.
Sandler previously discussed the project during a discussion with Entertainment Weekly back in April 2022. At the time, he said: “Their work ethic is bananas. They’re always working, always writing, always thinking. I don’t know what I can tell you, but it’s gonna be very exciting. It’s different. But I don’t want them to ever say, ‘What the hell did you tell him that for?’ So I’ll just let them talk [about it].”
He continued: “I love these guys, I love ’em. I mean, they’re incredible filmmakers… Of course, I would die to work with them again, because it’s a brand new feeling. But the funniest thing is when I would say to the Safdies, ‘Your future is so bright,’ they didn’t want to talk about that. They were like, ‘I just like ‘Gems,’ man.’ They just were so deep in it.”
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