Jennifer AnistonandAdam Sandlerare back for more mayhem and laughs inMurder Mystery 2.
PEOPLE has an exclusive clip and a first look at the poster for the upcomingNetflixwhodunnit comedy, serving as a sequel to the wildly successful 2019 filmMurder Mystery.
“Did we die? Are we in heaven right now?” Nick Spitz (Sandler, 56) asks in the clip as he and wife Audrey (Aniston, 54) step off a helicopter onto a stunning, sunny island to attend the wedding of their friend the Maharaja (Adeel Akhtar).
“Okay, ah! I would stop,” Audrey says with her colorful cocktail in hand, poking her husband on the arm as everyone smiles and laughs awkwardly.
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Murder Mystery 2.Scott Yamano/Netflix
According to an official synopsis, the film is set four years after the first and follows Nick and Audrey, who “are now full-time detectives struggling to get their private-eye agency off the ground when they’re invited to celebrate the wedding of their friend the Maharaja on his private island.”
“Buttrouble follows the Spitzes againwhen the groom is kidnapped for ransom soon after the festivities begin — making each glamorous guest, family member and the bride herself a suspect,” the synopsis continues.
It concludes, “Murder Mystery 2sends 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.”
Poster forMurder Mystery 2(2023).Netflix
Aniston told PEOPLE in Juneabout making the sequel, saying, “It was three months away from home. And that was challenging, only because I hadn’t been away from my dogs since the [beginning of the]pandemic. Also, Ukraine was a stone’s throw away.”
TheFriendsalum added that she felt “so useless” making a comedy after Russian PresidentVladimir Putinlaunched hisinvasion into Ukrainein February 2022, but soon remembered the importance of laughter.
“I reminded myself that this is what people need. People want to laugh. People need comedies. People like to not think for a minute,” Aniston said.
Murder Mystery 2is streaming March 31 on Netflix.
source: people.com
