The existence of a script for “Happy Gilmore 2” has been confirmed by Drew Barrymore.
The daytime talk show host revealed the news in a preview clip from Friday’s episode of her eponymous show.
“I want it. I need it. And I stayed up last night with my daughter watching ‘Billy Madison,’” Barrymore says in the video. “I sent Sandler a video of that, and then he sent me another video back, and I’m waiting to see if he’s confirming about the ‘Happy Gilmore 2’ script.”
Later, she seemed to confirm the movie’s existence after checking her phone. “This just in, I have breaking news,” Barrymore says. “I’ll just say this, from my source, that it is in process.”
She continued, “There is a process, and that process is in process.”
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