Before he took his talents almost exclusively to Netflix and became arguably the single biggest draw on a streaming service that boasts over 190 million subscribers worldwide, Adam Sandler was one of the few stars in the business who could open a movie at the box office based on the strength of his name and personal brand alone.

The actor’s filmography has raked in over $5.5 billion globally, which is even more impressive when you consider that he doesn’t really tend to make sequels. In fact, outside of his voice role in the animated Hotel Transylvania franchise, the only one of Sandler’s star vehicles to get a second installment has been Grown Ups, a rarity when the majority of Hollywood’s biggest earners always have at least one series under their belts that consists of three or more films.

However, insider Daniel Richtman is now claiming that a sequel...