Adam Sandler plays a washed-up basketball scout in the teaser for Netflix's Hustle
The sports drama feature is another production by Lebron James
Lebron James is sticking to what he knows by producing another basketball film, albeit a vastly different one than the dreaded Space Jam: A New Legacy. For Netflix’s Hustle, Adam Sandler has been recruited to lead the film about a washed-up former basketball scout who happens upon an incredible talent.
Sandler stars in Hustle as the down-on-his luck scout who discovers a promising player (Juancho Hernangómez) with a tarnished past in Spain. Sandler’s character takes the athlete under his wing, and brings him to the States where sets out to take the hidden star all the way to the NBA.
The full cast of Hustle includes Queen Latifah, Ben Foster, Kenny Smith, Ainhoa Pillet, Raul Castillo, Jordan Elizabeth Hull, Maria Botto, Heidi Gardner and Robert Duvall. Hernangómez, a Spanish-born NBA player currently playing for the Utah Jazz, makes his acting debut in the film.