ADAM SANDLER ASSEMBLES STELLAR CAST FOR NETFLIX'S RIDICULOUS 6 MOVIE
The stars have aligned for Ridiculous 6, Adam Sandler's first movie for Netflix. Sandler co-wrote the script with frequent collaborator Tim Herlihy and will also produce via his Happy Madison company. Production begins in February.
The western comedy's cast reportedly includes several veterans of past Sandler movies, including Taylor Lautner, Steve Buscemi, Rob Schneider, Dan Aykroyd, Will Forte, Nick Swardson, Terry Crews, Jon Lovitz and Vanilla Ice.
Nick Nolte, Blake Shelton and Whitney Cummings have also been cast. Luke Wilson, Steve Zahn, Danny Trejo, Chris Parnell and Breaking Bads Huell, comedian-actor Lavell Crawford, are also expected to appear in the movie.
According to TheWrap, "Sandler will play man who grew up as an orphan among an Indian tribe. Lautner, Schneider, Wilson and Crews are poised to play his half-brothers, while the final half-brother has yet to be cast.Nolte will play Sandlers long-lost father; Parnell a bank manager; Lovitz a wealthy industrialist and Cummings his flirtatious wife. Forte and Trejo will play the leaders of rival gangs, while Buscemi will play a local jack-of-all-trade
