What a road this movie has traveled. This is Sony’s big Summer 2011 comedy, but pre-bankruptcy MGM did all the heavy lifting. It paid $2 million for the Jay Scherick/David Ronn script and hired Kevin James at a bargain price before he made Paul Blart: Mall Cop, and then steered the pic through production. It should have been MGM’s swing for the fences, but the MGM financial crisis caused it to be turned over for distribution by its SPE partners. Release date is July 8th:
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dumb
Looks painful…
Home Run. Perfect family counter programming.
Dumb sells. Remember Dr. Doolittle?
Piece o shit.
When I was a kid we had Goonies, ET, Princess Bride, Never Ending Story, and on and on.
I feel bad for the kids now, because they have a lot of crap that will not stand the test of time.
They have Pixar. They won’t remember the junk, just like you don’t.
nicely did Eric. the shift is almost 100% to emptiness. Super 8 looks promising, ET 2, but promising for sure.
We had a lot of crap, too. Not defending crap, but we had it. If you don’t remember it, it’s because it didn’t stand the test of time.
Haha, like those do
Hello, Zookeeper trailer. Get fucked. Thanks.
this movie looks hilarious. if it ain’t your cup of tea don’t see. nobody is making you. stop bashing it. who cares about those old ass movies. let them stay in your so called “child hood” cause right now you seem to have a sorry ass life. haters will hate.
I agree. I had a big smile on my face watching this. It’s predictable just by the trailer but who cares. None of the films mentioned stand the test of time. All very dated and a few overrated.
sometimes, things unworthy of acclaim deserve criticism, you know, in order to keep the discourse active, pulsing, and not allow the status quo to fill the quality gap. key right?
Can’t wait to see this on acid!
Looks painfully dumb. Maybe ’cause I’m in my forties? Ahh, no. Seriously dumb. What is it with talking CGI animals? Where is the laughter, I don’t get it. Then again, I am no executive….
Since when do trailers have voice overs anymore?.. The whole thing seems very 1996.
How is Todd Garner still producing films? He has yet to make a good one
the script that sold for $2 million against $3 million was pretty damn good, also nothing that was in this trailer was in it. Funny how that happens.
I’m laughing for all the wrong reasons.
It is going to bring in similar numbers to Night at the Museum. Complete lock for success.
I’m tired of movies with fat characters whose sole life motivation is to get a girl. Are these films partially targeted for fat men who don’t get laid much?
LMAO!!!
Haters you just keep on Hhating, hey, if your good at something why stop, lol
Night at the Museum 3?
Kevin James is laughing all the way to the bank … amazingly, his movies are terrific! And, truth be told, he’s got a great screen presence.
Trailer looks hilarious … perfect countre-programming for summer!
People overreacting here… It’s a cute Kevin James film…. Exactly what i was expecting.. My kids will love it!
Guinness World Records awards Sony’s ‘Zookeeper’ with Most Cliches crammed in 75 minutes of film EVER
Wow psycho comments from jealous losers.
jadakiss- we could spend the entire day bashing this and it wouldn’t be enough. though, strangely excited for you that you think this looks good: you must find most movies nowadays to be oozing with appeal.
I saw the trailer last Friday attached to Pirates of the Caribbean. The entire audience was laughing like crazy. It definitely got the most reaction of all the trailers shown.
Gotta love the haters. This looks great. My kids are going to die laughing at this.
Nothing beats a feature length commercial for TGIF’s. Am I the only one who suddenly has the urge to eat loaded potato skins?