The first movie in Adam Sandler’s Netflix contract is called Ridiculous 6, which sounds like a pretty accurate title already. For one thing, he’s cast Vanilla Ice as iconic American author Mark Twain. Vanilla Ice. Just let that percolate for a minute.
Ridiculous 6 is not a sequel to a series of earlier Ridiculous movies, but is a parody of Westerns like The Magnificent Seven. (Incidentally, Quentin Tarantino has a Western called The Hateful Eight coming out later this year. Don’t get these two movies confused.)
Sandler recently signed a four-picture deal with Netflix, which is branching out into in-house movie production. In the original announcement, Sandler said, “I immediately said yes for one reason and one reason only… Netflix rhymes with Wet Chicks.”
Aside from Vanilla Ice’s more minor role as Mark Twain, Ridiculous 6 stars Adam Sandler as a man who grew up in a Native American tribe, with Taylor Lautner, Rob Schneider, and Luke Wilson playing his half-brothers. The cast also includes a whole host of other well-known actors including Nick Nolte, Danny Trejo, Steve Buscemi, and Dan Aykroyd. TV personality and country singer Blake Shelton will play Wyatt Earp, just in case the Vanilla Ice stunt casting wasn’t enough.
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