Blake Shelton, Will Forte & More Sign on for Adam Sandler's RIDICULOUSNESS 6

By: Jan. 26, 2015
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TheWrap reports that Adam Sandler has revealed the cast of his first movie for Netflix, RIDICULOUS 6. Among those set to star in the upcoming Western spoof are Taylor Lautner, Nick Nolte, country music star Blake Shelton, Whitney Cummings, Luke Wilson, Steve Zahn, Danny Trejo, Chris Parnell and Lavell Crawford.

Also reported to have signed on are Steve Buscemi, Rob Schneider, Dan Aykroyd, Will Forte, Nick Swardson, Terry Crews, Jon Lovitz and Vanilla Ice. Sandler and Tim Herlihy penned the script.

The synopsis for the project is as follows: Sandler will play man who grew up as an orphan among an Indian tribe. Lautner, Schneider, Wilson and Crews are poised to play his half-brothers, while the final half-brother has yet to be cast. Nolte will play Sandler's long-lost father; Parnell a bank manager; Lovitz a wealthy industrialist and Cummings his flirtatious wife. Forte and Trejo will play the leaders of rival gangs, while Buscemi will play a local jack-of-all-trades. Shelton is in line to play Wyatt Earp, while Vanilla Ice has been tipped to play Mark Twain.

Production on the project is set to being next month.

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