Adam Sandler has been a prominent face in Hollywood for a very long time. Having ruled the comedy genre with extremely successful projects like Grown Ups, Blended, the Hotel Transylvania series, Bedtime Stories, and Murder Mystery, the actor has made a name for himself as being incredibly talented as well as a hilarious actor.
In the film industry, it is quite a common practice for people to take inspiration from, or straight out copy older works from different platforms and by different people. This has been done by some of the most famous projects that have, in reality, been based on some other work. What is uncommon, however, is this coping going completely uncredited and it would seem that Adam Sandler’s Click almost got sued for doing this.
Adam Sandler’s 2006 Comedy Movie, Click
Adam Sandler‘s Click was extremely loved by fans, not just because of its humor and amazing cast, but also its incredibly interesting concept. The movie followed a workaholic architect, Michael Newman played by Adam Sandler, who found a magical remote that allowed him to rewind and fast forward to different moments in his life.
Though he initially misused this power for his own gain, things quickly took an unfortunate turn when the remote accidentally gets set on auto-pilot, and he was left powerless as his entire life fell apart around him. Though this concept seems quite unique, it is quite interesting to find out that something similar had already been done nine years before Click came out.
Adam Sandler’s Click Was Copied From A Kids Television Show?
In 1997, the Goosebumps television series released an episode that followed the same concept as the Adam Sandler movie, even having the same name, Click. The episode followed Seth Gold who also found a remote that he could use to control the people around him and misused his power, which eventually led him to face terrible consequences for his actions.
It was revealed that Scholastic, Inc. tried to sue Sandler and his production team on grounds of plagiarizing the work of R.L. Stine in his book, Tales to Give You Goosebumps, the work that the episode was based on. It would seem however that this conflict was resolved behind the scenes between the two parties involved and the similarities that were very evident were chalked up to being coincidental.
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Source: The Looper
