Netflix has announced that production has started on Adam Sandler’s latest film for the streaming service, MURDER MYSTERY, which reunites Sandler with his JUST GO WITH IT co-star Jennifer Aniston.
The duo will be joined by Luke Evans (Beauty and the Beast and an ensemble cast including Gemma Arterton (Their Finest, The Girl With All The Gifts), Luis Gerardo Mendez (Club de Cuervos, Nosotros Los Nobles, Time Share), Shioli Kutsuna (Deadpool 2), David Walliams (Little Britain), Adeel Akhtar (The Big Sick, Murdered By My Father, Four Lions), John Kani (Captain America: Civil War, Black Panther, The Lion King), Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (The Meg, True Detective, The BFG),with César Award winner Dany Boon (R.A.I.D. Special Unit, Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis), and Academy Award nominee Terence Stamp (Miss Peregrine’s, The Limey, A Song For Marion).
Here is the official synopsis for the movie: When a NYC cop (Adam Sandler) finally takes his wife (Jennifer Aniston) on a long promised European trip, a chance meeting on the flight with a mysterious man (Luke Evans) gets them invited to an intimate family gathering on the Super Yacht of elderly billionaire Malcolm Quince. When Quince is murdered, they become the prime suspects in a modern day whodunit.
Calling the shots on this one is Kyle Newacheck (Game Over, Man!, Workaholics), bringing to life a script penned by James Vanderbilt (The Amazing Spiderman, White House Down, Zodiac).
Filming began this week in Montreal and will also film in locations throughout Europe. Netflix will release the film worldwide in 2019.
