In this upcoming season of summer blockbusters, a romantic comedy is surprisingly getting a lot of attention.
Blended, opening May 23, is the third comedy collaboration between comedy stars Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore following their successful onscreen pairings in the hit romantic comedies 50 First Dates and The Wedding Singer.
The amazing duo star as single parents thrown together on vacation with their families. The vacation starts after a disastrous blind date, where single parents Lauren (Barrymore) and Jim (Sandler) agree on only one thing: they never want to see each other again. But when they each sign up separately for a fabulous family vacation with their kids, they are all stuck sharing a suite at a luxurious African safari resort for a week where their attraction grows as their respective kids benefit from the growing relationship.
Blended also stars Joel McHale (NBC’s Community) as Lauren’s ex-husband, Mark, and Wendi McLendon-Covey (Bridesmaids) as her best friend, Jen, as well as Kevin Nealon (Weeds) and Jessica Lowe (RobotDown) as an overly romantic couple also vacationing at the resort. Terry Crews (The Expendables 2) plays the resort’s singing host and Dan Patrick (ESPN SportsCenter) as Dick.
Playing the kids are: Bella Thorne of Disney Channel’s Shake it Up, Emma Fuhrmann and Alyvia Alyn Lynd as Jim’s daughters; and Kyle Red Silverstein and Braxton Beckham as Lauren’s sons.
Blended is directed by Frank Coraci, who previously worked with Sandler and Barrymore on The Wedding Singer and also directed Sandler in the hit comedies The Waterboy and Click.
Collaborating with Coraci behind the scenes are director of photography Julio Macat (Pitch Perfect), production designer Perry Andelin Blake (Here Comes the Boom), editor Tom Costain (Grown Ups) and costume designer Christine Wada (Bridesmaids).
With such an experienced cast and production crew, Blended is sure not to disappoint its audience. The movie is predicted to surpass $100 million dollars in the box office and hopefully will make up for Sandler’s previous blunders Jack and Jill and That’s my Boy.
I am certainly looking forward to this movie that is hopefully even funnier than its hilarious trailer.