Adam Sandler confirms that his next film with the Safdie Brothers has been heavily delayed by the strikes as “a lot of the film was gonna be shot during live baseball.”
We're not sure right now. We kind of missed the opportunity of baseball season because of the strike. A lot of it was gonna be shot during live baseball. So it's gonna take a minute. We're figuring it all out right now. I'm not sure when it's gonna happen.
The 2023 Major League Baseball season recently wrapped up, with Texas winning the World Series. This means, I would assume, that they would maybe want to shoot the film when the 2024 season begins in April — that is, if the project is not shelved before then.
In July, Benny Safdie had confirmed earlier reports that he would not co-direct the next Safdies joint with brother Josh Safdie, who will be directing the Sandler film on his own. They did co-write the screenplay.
The film was originally supposed to film this past winter but delays occurred. Last we heard, Josh’s film was aiming for a September 25th production start, but that obviously didn’t materialize due to the strike.
The film, rumored to star Sandler, Ben Affleck, Steve Harvey, Megan Thee Stallion and Gael Garcia Bernal, could have been a real banger. Here’s the synopsis I had gathered:
Set in the world of high-end sports card collecting in the 1990s, a retired Baseball pitcher (Affleck) attempts a comeback as a sports memorabilia agent (Sandler) attempts to capitalize on his success. Megan Thee Stallion is said to play Affleck’s girlfriend.
The Safdies are coming off the two biggest films of their filmmaking career, “Good Time” and “Uncut Gems.” Sandler delivered one of his great performances in the latter, right up there with his work in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Punch-Drunk Love.”
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