Hustle is a 2022 American sports comedy-drama film directed by
Jeremiah Zagar from a screenplay by Taylor Materne and Will Fetters and co-produced by and starring
Adam Sandler as a down-on-his-luck NBA scout who discovers a raw but talented basketball player in Spain (Juancho Hernangómez) and tries to prepare him for the NBA draft. The film also stars
Queen Latifah,
Ben Foster,
Robert Duvall, Heidi Gardner, and current National Basketball Association player Anthony Edwards. LeBron James produced through his SpringHill Company banner. Hustle was released on June 8, 2022, by
Netflix . The film received positive reviews from critics, with Sandler's performance singled out for praise and earned him his first Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.
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