Maybe Netflix have very strict policies and viewing requirements to continue betting on the renewal of a series or generate a sequel to a film, but in the same way, the leaders of “the big red N” They know how to press artists who dazzle and create strong links with their subscribers. So the examples of Rian Johnson and Daniel Craig and the multi-million dollar deal to continue expand the franchise of Daggers in the back or all the feature films signed with the star of Stranger ThingsMillie Bobby Brown. But the perfect example is undoubtedly that of Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler.
The two A-list actors have collaborated with the Californian brand on several occasions, although he may take the cake as the star-ranked leader. with more projects in the huge catalog of the platform. Sandler’s relationship with Netflix dates back almost to the dawn of the business model’s expansion, when the “boom” of video-on-demand companies had yet to take place. The New Yorker’s first foray into original content from the company came in 2015 with The ridiculous 6. Nonetheless, the agreement with Sandler to co-produce and star in stories dates back to a year earlier. Relationship which would be renewed in 2007 and a third time in the past 2020. Thus, the company founded by Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings found in comics, the economic production of stories that reached a wide audience, and in Sandler, a safe space that did not depend on his fragility to perform in the box -office. If we add to this the collaboration with Jennifer Aniston, success in their own productions is more than guaranteed. In this way, it was inevitable that Criminals in sight This wouldn’t be a treasure for Netflix subscribers who tend to seek light distractions and favor pure entertainment.
Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston
The unexpected couple has once again collaborated on this proposal, which is in fact a continuation of Criminals at seareleased in 2019 on Netflix itself. Which represented the seventh collaboration of the seven-time Razzie Award winner with the transmission terminal.
The original story starring Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler focused on the lives of a New York couple who leave for vacation in Europe. As extremely busy police officers, the couple were finally going to be able to spend some quiet time with their wife, but when they are the main suspects in a murder, it’s obviously not going to be a normal vacation. In the second part, the couple tries to develop their detective agency, when they suddenly find themselves immersed in the kidnapping of his friend the Maharajawhile he was celebrating his wedding.
Besides Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler, Criminals in sight completes its all-star cast with Melanie Laurent (fucking bastards), Score hard (Kick ass), Adeel Akhtar (Four Lions), John Kani (Black Panther), Jodie Turner Smith (The Acolyte), Tony Goldwyn (the last samurai) And Enrique Arce (Theft of money).
Criminals at sea realization 31 million views during its first three days and Criminals in sight did nothing more than increase these numbers when he landed on the platform. Before this saga, the two actors had collaborated in 2011, with the theatrical release of the romantic comedy follow me.
An unbreakable deal with Netflix?
The same year of Criminals at seaSandler created what is surely the best role of his career: rough diamonds. But this seriousness and this brilliant performance were unfairly treated by academics, without offering the actor a more than deserved nomination for the golden statuette. Despite this, his explosion as an actor did not prevent him from continuing to play his basic humorous roles, with particular attention to sports drama Clawwith the Spaniard Juancho Hernangomez. After that they would arrive No way you’re invited to my bat mitzvah, Lionhis Criminals in sight And the astronaut. The last thing we could find on Netflix is the monologue show called Adam Sandler: I love you which premiered last August under the direction of Joshua Safdie. In the future he will develop a new story to be broadcast in streaming, in which he will be accompanied by none other than George Clooney.
On the other hand, his co-star is awaiting the upcoming premiere of a completely different record. the drama Out of my mind which will arrive on Disney+ on November 22.
