[Music] Julie Bowen is officially returning for Happy Gilmore 2 Bowen previously played Virginia vennett the love interest of Happy Gilmore and a Pro Golf Tour public relations director in the 1996 comedy film between 1996 and joining Happy Gilmore tw's cast Bowen has had a variety of roles the most well-known being Claire duny in ABC's popular comedy series Modern Family along with parts in Lost Boston Legal and the 2021 Jenna Ortega Leed film The Fallout Netflix confirmed on x/ Twitter that Bowen is reprising her role for Happy Gilmore 2 as is Christopher McDonald as Shooter McGavin although McDonald's return was previously known check out the post below Happy Gilmore 2 has already begun filming with Sandler sharing a behind the-scenes image of Happy's memorable Boston Bruins Jersey other than Sandler Bowen and McDonald other cast members have not been announced yet and story details are still being kept Under Wraps can Happy Gilmore 2 break an Adam Sandler sequel Trend his previous sequels have not been well received despite his longtime career and the variety of projects He has undertaken Happy Gilmore 2 is only the fourth sequel that Sandler has made his other sequels are Grown-Ups 2 Hotel Transylvania 2 and murder mystery 2 all three of his previous sequels have received negative or lukewarm reactions from critics and general audiences with all three resulting in rotten scores except for Hotel Transylvania 2's barely fresh 64% audience score Happy Gilmore 2 has an opportunity to end Sandler's negative sequel Trend as a legacy sequel it already stands out from Sandler's previous follow-ups all of which were released three or four years after their predecessors Happy Gilmore is often considered one of Sandler's best movies which already makes Happy Gilmore 2 the most enticing sequel that the comedic actor has done yet hopefully the execution can match the anticipation as thrilling as it is to have Sandler Bowen and McDonald reunited the cast will be missing one of its most important members without Derek chubs Peterson played by Carl Weathers who passed away earlier in 2024 not having weather's comedic enthusiasm will make it difficult for Happy Gilmore 2 to live up to or surpass the original film it may not be able to accomplish this feat but it could still be the best received sequel to date in Sandler's career