The actor was joined by his wife Jackie and their two daughters, Sadie, 19, and Sunny, 16, at the 'Happy Gilmore' sequel's New York City premiere on Monday, July 21

Adam Sandler said he had to rewrite Happy Gilmore 2 following Carl Weathers ‘ death. The actor and comedian, who is reprising his role as Happy Gilmore in the sequel to his beloved 1996 sports comedy, recently told Collider that Weathers’ Derick “Chubbs” Peterson was planning to return for the new movie before he died last year at age 76 .

Happy Gilmore 2 is coming, nearly thirty years after the first film, which was released in 1996. The movie is directed by Kyle Newacheck, with Adam Sandler and Tim Herlihy as the writers.