{"id":1992052,"date":"2025-09-02T00:26:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T00:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1992052"},"modified":"2025-09-02T00:26:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T00:26:55","slug":"drew-barrymore-wants-to-remake-death-becomes-her-with-jennifer-aniston-and-adam-sandler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/drew-barrymore-wants-to-remake-death-becomes-her-with-jennifer-aniston-and-adam-sandler\/","title":{"rendered":"Drew Barrymore wants to remake \u201cDeath Becomes Her \u201dwith Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/drew-barrymore\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Drew Barrymore;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Drew Barrymore<\/a> has a fun suggestion for a project that would reunite her with former costars <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/adam-sandler\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Adam Sandler;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Adam Sandler<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/jennifer-aniston\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jennifer Aniston;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jennifer Aniston<\/a>: a remake of the 1992 dark comedy<em> Death Becomes Her<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve batted around some ideas,&#8221; Barrymore said in the new clip from her show. &#8220;As a joke, we say we&#8217;ll make the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/threes-company\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Three's Company;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Three&#8217;s Company<\/em><\/a> movie, but I&#8217;m really bullish on <em>Death Becomes Her<\/em>, a remake of that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Universal Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p> Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, and Goldie Hawn star in &#8216;Death Becomes Her&#8217; in 1992<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>The Substance<\/em>-esque dark comedy she mentioned, released in 1992, starred <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/goldie-hawn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Goldie Hawn;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Goldie Hawn<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/meryl-streep\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Meryl Streep;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Meryl Streep<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/bruce-willis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bruce Willis;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Bruce Willis<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/isabella-rossellini\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Isabella Rossellini;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Isabella Rossellini<\/a>. Directed by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/robert-zemeckis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Robert Zemeckis;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Robert Zemeckis<\/a>, it was the tale of actress Madeline (Streep), who takes an immortality treatment. It won an Oscar for its visual effects, was adapted into <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/michelle-williams-finally-meets-michelle-williams-11718081\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a Broadway show;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">a Broadway show<\/a>, and the film became a cult classic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The conversation started when Barrymore, who began hosting daytime TV&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/when-drew-barrymore-show-returns-for-season-6-11795459\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Drew Barrymore Show;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>The Drew Barrymore Show<\/em><\/a> in 2020, was asked which actor could lure her back to the big screen. Her last major acting role was in TV&#8217;s <em>Santa Clarita Diet<\/em>, which ended in 2019 after three seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Not surprisingly, Barrymore&#8217;s answer was Sandler, with whom she costarred in romantic comedies <em>The Wedding Singer <\/em>(1998), <em>50 First Dates<\/em> (2004), and <em>Blended<\/em> (2014).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;However,&#8221; Barrymore added, &#8220;Adam knows that I really want to work with him and Jennifer Aniston, together. They both know that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Barrymore costarred alongside Aniston in the 2003 ensemble <em>He&#8217;s Just Not That Into You<\/em>, and Sandler has made several movies of his own with the former <em>Friends<\/em> star.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>Sign up for <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.people.inc\/ew-tv-inline-offer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.people.inc\/ew-tv-inline-offer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:'s free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">&#8216;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">All three have teased that they would participate in a reboot of the &#8217;70s sitcom about a man and two women he&#8217;s not dating shacking up together in Santa Monica, Calif. The original <em>Three&#8217;s Company<\/em> starred John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, and Suzanne Somers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In 2023, they discussed the possibility on Barrymore&#8217;s show, while Aniston and Sandler promoted their collaboration for the movie <em>Murder Mystery 2<\/em>. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Hj6AL5uPEs8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Barrymore even volunteered;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Barrymore even volunteered<\/a> to take on Joyce DeWitt&#8217;s part of Janet, because Aniston didn&#8217;t want to cut her hair short.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Barrymore has previously had great success remaking &#8217;70s television properties, having starred in and produced 2000&#8217;s <em>Charlie&#8217;s Angels<\/em> and its 2003 sequel, <em>Charlie&#8217;s Angels: Full Throttle<\/em>, which together took in over $523 million worldwide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/drew-barrymore-wants-death-becomes-her-remake-with-jennifer-aniston-adam-sandler-11801431\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drew Barrymore has a fun suggestion for a project that would reunite her with former costars Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston: a remake of the 1992 dark comedy Death Becomes Her. &#8220;We&#8217;ve batted around some ideas,&#8221; Barrymore said in the new clip from her show. &#8220;As a joke, we say we&#8217;ll make the Three&#8217;s Company [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1992053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[310567,39659,360138,348806,26741,59570],"class_list":["post-1992052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-adam-sandler","tag-bruce-willis","tag-death-becomes-her","tag-drew-barrymore","tag-jennifer-aniston","tag-meryl-streep"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Drew-Barrymore-wants-to-remake-Death-Becomes-Her-with-Jennifer.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1992052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1992053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1992052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1992052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1992052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}