EMPTY CITY

Actor and comedian Adam Sandler has a new movie due out later this year that will be a 180 degree turn from all his others. Here is what The Chicago Sun-Times has to say about his new movie, Empty City.

Even Adam Sandler knows how to wipe the smile off his face.

The comedic star will take a drastic dramatic turn in a 9/11 drama called "Empty City," directed by Mike Binder.

Sandler plays a man whose family perishes during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. While he's grieving, he runs into his old college roommate played by Don Cheadle. The cast also includes Jada Pinkett-Smith, Liv Tyler, Cicely Tyson and Saffron Burrows.

"It's about a man who has been through a terrible thing," Sandler tells GLARE. "He lost his family in September 11. He's having a hard time living life and being in the moment. So he begins to pretend that he never had a family."

"That's when he bumps into Don Cheadle who is a friend from dental school," Sandler says.

He adds that the movie is a stretch for him. "It's really a heavy-duty movie about friendship and one of the most interesting scripts I've ever read."

The film is due out later this year.