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EXCLUSIVE: Kevin James is back in business with The Zookeeper director Frank Coraci. Coraci is set to direct the untitled mixed martial arts picture that James will make his next star vehicle for Sony Pictures Entertainment. Deadline revealed the film when it first took shape last fall, with James playing a physics teacher who moonlights as a mixed martial arts fighter to raise money and save the music program his students love. He makes it all the way to the UFC.
SPE was eager to be back in business with James after Paul Blart: Mall Cop turned into a sleeper hit, and The Zookeeper tested so high that Sony slotted the film for released on July 8, 2011.
Allen Loeb wrote the MMA film, and James is producing with Todd Garner. Coraci makes his second film with James after teaming with Adam Sandler on such films as The Wedding Singer, The Waterboy and Click.
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this duo — coraci and james — is the closest thing to blockbuster money in the bank.
$100 m box office, without breaking a sweat for “zookeeper”. same for the upcoming martial arts flick, too. these guys have nailed the big tent-pole comedy schtick.
who would have thunk kevin james would get bigger than jim carrey or eddie murphy?
he’s on track. kudos to him. nice guy to boot.
Jeff Sussman crushes Rory Rosegarten…Wow!
i hope you aren’t being serious @the saint.
Kevin James ALWAYS plays the same character in every film. the fat lovable one. hes like Michael Cera only fat.
A movie about a schlub making the UFC could actually be funny, if only to counter all the formulaic boxing movies of the past 5 years. I can’t figure out what’s going with that movie he has coming out with Vince Vaughn though. I saw the commercial for that 5 times over the weekend but still have no idea what it’s actually about. You see a friend’s wife cheating on him? Tell him. Movie over.