David Spade is following in Adam Sandler’s footsteps by making a movie that will only be available for streaming. Spade is working on a sequel to Joe Dirt for Sony’s online channel Crackle.
Joe Dirt 2 will be the first streaming sequel to a major studio film. According to Deadline, which first reported the news, Saturday Night Live writer Fred Wolf is writing with Spade and will also direct.
Sandler’s Happy Madison will be back to produce the project. The 2001 original was also a Happy Madison production and was released by Sony’s Columbia Pictures label. The film will be available next year on Crackle’s site and apps. (Apparently, it doesn’t take long to put a movie like this together.)
The original Joe Dirt cost just $18 million to make, but only grossed $28 million. Back in 2010, there were plans for a TBS animated pilot, but it never happened.
“I’m beyond stoked that Joe Dirt will finally hit the screens again on Crackle,” Spade said in a statement. “I’ve been sleeping in this wig for years and it will be nice to wear it in the daytime again.”
The deal comes just a few days after Sandler and Happy Madison agreed to make four movies exclusively with Netflix.
The deal with Spade is a huge coup for Crackle. The service is best known at the moment as the home of Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee series.