On Wednesday, Hustle producer-star Adam Sandler reacted to earning his first-ever nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award for outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role.
The 56-year-old Frat Packer - who boasts 74.3M social media followers - tweeted: 'Thank you to everyone at SAG. That was real cool. And love to all.'
Adam played against type as jaded Philadelphia 76ers scout Stanley Sugerman in Jeremiah Zagar's critically-acclaimed $21M-budget basketball dramedy also starring Juancho Hernangómez, Robert Duvall, and Queen Latifah.
Sandler faces heavy competition in such a serious category against Elvis' Austin Butler, The Banshees of Inisherin's Colin Farrell, The Whale's Brendan Fraser, and Living's Bill Nighy.
The Brooklyn-born comedian has been heavily campaigning during awards season after participating in several roundtables, podcasts, and accepting an honorary Gotham Award.
For the first time ever, the 29th Screen Actors Guild Awards - taping February 26 at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Century City - will be broadcast through Netflix's YouTube channel rather than TBS/TNT as in the past.
Adam's Happy Madison Productions allegedly signed a $275M four-movie deal with the streaming giant in 2020, and Murder Mystery 2 starring Sandler and Jennifer Aniston drops sometime in March on Netflix.
In Jeremy Garelick's who-done-it sequel, the SNL alum and the 53-year-old Friends alum reprise their roles as NYC police officer Nick Spitz and his hairdresser wife Audrey Spitz.
Murder Mystery 2 - shot in France, Hawaii, and the Caribbean - also features Mark Strong, Mélanie Laurent, Jodie Turner-Smith, Enrique Arce, Tony Goldwyn, and Annie Mumolo.
But first, Adam will next bring his US concert tour to the United Center in Chicago on February 5.
