When you hear that Adam Sandler is starring in a new Netflix movie called Spaceman, you might expect Rob Schneider to turn up as a mission control engineer, shouting, “You can do it!” across the cosmos. In fact, Spaceman is closer to Uncut Gems than The Waterboy—it’s a surreal drama, a somber meditation on loneliness, avoidance, and regret. Sandler tells Vanity Fair that he hopes viewers will be braced for what they’re getting into. “The trailer lets you know what the vibe of the movie’s going to be,” he says. “I don’t think it’s going to throw anybody off. Netflix is presenting it in a way that you know what’s to be expected—that it’s not a comedy.”
Elsewhere in HWD, David Canfield tells us everything that happened at this year’s characteristically glitzy Oscar nominees luncheon; Carrie Preston talks about finally taking the lead in her new CBS procedural, Elsbeth; Richard Lawson reviews the disastrous Spider-Man–adjacent movie Madame Web; and Savannah Walsh whets our appetite for Scoop, an upcoming film about Prince Andrew’s incredibly miscalculated 2019 BBC special.
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