Netflix celebrates '2 billion hours' of Adam Sandler by extending its deal with the comedy star by four films
It looks like Netflix's love affair with Adam Sandler will continue as the streaming service took to Twitter to announce that it has extended its deal with the star by four films. The tweet also noted that two billion hours of Adam Sandler content has been streamed on the platform.
The tweet from @NetflixFilm on Friday said, "Ya'll watched 2 billion — yes *billion* — hours of Sandler on Netflix. Now the Sandman is making four more movies at Netflix."
Earlier, the streaming service announced that Sandler's comedy, 'Murder Mystery' -- which also stars Jennifer Aniston -- was its most popular movie in 2019, and the single most-watched piece of content on its service in 2019 in the US, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Singapore, and the UAE. According to Netflix, it was watched in over 83 million households in its first four weeks.
Netflix first signed a deal with Sandler and his production company, Happy Madison Productions, in 2014 to produce and star in four films exclusively for the streaming service. That deal was extended for another four films in 2017.
Sandler's work with Netflix includes 'The Ridiculous 6' -- which earned a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes -- 'The Do-Over', 'Sandy Wexler', 'The Week Of', and 'Murder Mystery', along with a stand-up special, '100% Fresh'.
Sandler also starred in the critically acclaimed drama, 'Uncut Gems' which was co-financed by Netflix, however, the film was not part of Sandler's deal with Netflix. The movie was premiered internationally on the streaming service on Friday. However, US audiences will have to wait till May to watch the movie on Netflix.
In the statement announcing the deal extension, Ted Sarandos, Netflix's Chief Content Officer said, "Whether you know him as Sandman, the Water Boy, Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, Nick Spitz or simply Adam, one thing is clear: our members can’t get enough of him. They love his stories and his humor, as we saw with Murder Mystery. So I could not be more excited to extend our partnership with Adam and the Happy Madison team and deliver more laughs around the world.”
