NEW YORK, July 25 (UPI) -- What We Do in the Shadows and Murder Mystery director Kyle Newacheck says the new comedy Happy Gilmore 2 was made for lifelong Adam Sandler fans like himself.
"I had to insert myself into the audience chair more than normal because I, too, am a fan of the first one, so I really tried to approach it with the love of the first one and I really enjoyed that," Newacheck, 41, told UPI in a recent Zoom interview.
"That's a critical part of my comedic DNA," he explained. "I was 12 when I watched it. I didn't know I wanted to be a director at that point, but I think it did inform me of what I should do."
He added that the sequel is made "with a lot of respect towards the first one and then a desire to make something new that stands on its own two feet."
Premiering Friday on Netflix, the movie finds the titular former hockey bad boy-turned-champion golfer (Adam Sandler) down on his luck and coming out of retirement to pay for a prestigious Parisian dance school for his teen daughter Vienna (Sunny Sandler).
