Netflix has premiered the first trailer for “Murder Mystery 2,” the sequel to the Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston-led 2019 comedy about a married couple who are caught up in a murder investigation on board a billionaire’s yacht.
Though the film received mixed reviews, Netflix reported that 30.9 million households watched the film in the first 72 hours, making it the biggest opening weekend for a film in the company’s history at that time.
Ultimately Netflix reported that the film was viewed by up to 83 million accounts worldwide in its first four weeks of release – the fifth most-watched original film on Netflix.
The new film begins four years later as Nick and Audrey Spitz (Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston) are now full-time detectives struggling to get their private eye agency off the ground.
They’re invited to celebrate the wedding of their friend, the Maharaja (Adeel Akhtar), on his private island. But trouble follows the Spitzes again when the groom is kidnapped for ransom soon after the festivities begin – making each glamorous guest, family member, and the bride herself a suspect.
The new entry sends Nick and Audrey Spitz on a high-stakes case that finally gives them everything they’ve ever dreamed of: a shot at their detective agency finally becoming successful…and their long-awaited trip to Paris.
Jeremy Garelick helms the film, which also stars Mark Strong, Mélanie Laurent, Jodie Turner-Smith, Kuhoo Verma, with John Kani, and Dany Boon. The film releases on the service on March 31st.
