Sandler plays Jack and Jill

MANILA, Philippines - Director Dennis Dugan re-teams with Adam Sandler for the eighth time in Columbia Pictures’ new comedy Jack and Jill.

In the movie, Jack (Sandler) was living an almost perfect life, with the exception of one, annoying constant — his twin sister Jill (also played by Sandler). Every year, he has to tolerate a Thanksgiving visit from his smothering sister, who doesn’t take long to turn his life upside down. As the weekend intrusion starts stretching into a month, the siblings fight, tease and bicker in the way only twins can. When it becomes clear Jill is never leaving, Jack sets into motion several schemes that he hopes will return Jill to where he loves her most — the other side of the country.

“What I found interesting was that somewhere partway through the production I thought of Adam as playing Jack, but I thought of Jill as if she were her own person. Adam didn’t walk around off-camera acting like Jill, but after a while, it was as if Jill was a woman we hired who happened to look remarkably like Adam.”

Sandler plays Jack, an advertising executive who is one commercial away from hitting the big time — or, if the deal falls through, unmitigated disaster. Into this turmoil comes his twin sister, Jill — who always makes things more complicated than they need to be.

“I knew Adam would have no problem playing Jill. The part he worked at was to play Jack,” says Steve Koren, who co-wrote the screenplay with Sandler. “Jack’s the kind of guy who’s a little bit on edge — he’s had to work to make that guy different from who he really is.”

Opening across the Philippines tomorrow, Feb. 22, Jack and Jill is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International.