Kevin James, star of the upcoming comedy, Zookeeper, is attached to play a physics teacher whose school faces drastic cutbacks. In an attempt to save his best friend’s job and the music program his students love, he moonlights in the octagon as a mixed martial arts fighter, ultimately leading to match in the UFC.

The untitled MMA comedy will be fast-tracked and start production next year.

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The script, by Allan Loeb, centers on a man (Vaughn) who discovers that his best friend’s wife (Ryder) is cheating and finds himself in a moral dilemma of whether he should tell the guy. Tatum would play Ryder’s tattooed and pierced lover (THR). Principal photography is beginning next month in Chicago with a January 14th, 2011 release date set.

Tatum will be appearing on the big screen this September 24th in the Kevin Macdonald feature The Eagle of the Ninth and is in the middle of filming his role in Son of No One with Robert De Niro.

James is going to appear in the new Dennis Dugan film Grown Ups this June 25th, co-starring alongside Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, David Spade, Rob Schneider and Salma Hayek. He’s also part of the cast on The Zookeeper, a romantic comedy coming out in theaters on July 8th, 2011.

Grown Ups bursts into theaters on June 25th from Happy Madison Productions and Columbia Pictures. Watch the UK trailer below from Coming Soon.:

The Adam Sandler and Fred Wolf story centers on five good friends and former teammates who reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend after their high school basketball coach passes away. Grown Ups marches into theaters on June 25th from Columbia Pictures. Watch the new trailer below and let us know what you think.:

Grown Ups in HD

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The story, penned by scribes David N. Weiss and J. David Stem, is about a mythical race of little blue creatures that must deal with each other and humans, particularly an evil sorcerer obsessed with capturing them for his own sinister purposes. Already lending their voice to the feature is Katy Perry, Jonathan Winters, George Lopez, Alan Cumming, Kevin James with Neil Patrick Harris and Hank Azaria making up some of the live action cast.

The Sony Pictures Animation and Columbia Pictures feature comes out in theaters on July 29th, 2011.

Paul Blart: Mall Cop

The King of Queens actor is appearing in a couple of films this year which include The Zookeeper and Grown Ups. Grown Ups also includes Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, Salma Hayek and David Spade. The upcoming Happy Madison Productions and Columbia Pictures film comes out on June 25th.

Set to be released under Columbia Pictures on June 25th, check out the new international trailer below from Cinema Blend. Let us know what you think of it.:

The poster shows off Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, David Spade and Rob Schneider in their cuter and younger days. Grown Ups is directed by Dennis Dugan and comes out in theaters under Columbia Pictures on June 25th, 2010. Here’s the poster below from Daily Reviews.:

Are you a fan of “King of Queens”?

Jon: Seen it a few times, thought it was okay. I’m personally not a fan of sitcoms, so I won’t be seeing it anytime soon. I know it has fans and I don’t want to irk them off, but it’s that I just don’t care something like this exists.

Donny: Never seen the show.  I just recently got into television, but that one flew under my radar.  

Why in the hell did you two see this?

Donny: My kid really wanted to check it out.  When he saw the trailer he  instantly got excited about seeing it, and I get excited when he wants to catch a movie, even a movie as bad as this one.  

Jon: I had a free ticket from Best Buy in my hands and I’ll see anything for free. Although, I must admit, I only do this for you, our beloved readers.

How was it?

Jon: Okay, let’s do an experiment. We have to do this in unison by the way. Just repeat after me: “Paul Blart: Mall Cop. Paul Blart: Mall Cop. Paul Blart: Mall Cop. Paul Blart: Mall Cop! Paul Blart: Mall Cop!! Paul Blart: MALL COP”!!! I bet by the time you said out loud the sixth Paul Blart: Mall Cop, you smirked. Bravo! You laughed more than I did seeing this. For more fun, repeat “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” and use different tones in your voice, it’ll add more creativity than this film and you’ll have a better time too. Hell, add Redbull and say it, and boy, you’ll be tripping over words having a ball.

Actually, you think I’m stupid don’t you? Why, I’m still that Jon that has all of the insights into film and I still love Citizen Kane, but when the credits finally came up after these 87 excruciating minutes, I was so bloody close to turning around and yelling, “What’s wrong with you people? This isn’t comedy! This is barely TV movie quality. I know we’re in a recession, I know you want some stress relief, I know you’re Middle Class, hard-working people, but there’s no way you can convince yourselves that this was funny!” I wanted to ask everyone why, why would they waste $7 on this, then it came to me. They’re not readers of Killer Film and they don’t know any better.

I’m harsh, I got to let up, but this was so epically terrible. Bad guys are really bad because they wear leather, have tattoos everywhere, and have extreme sports skills. Fat people are funny to laugh at because they’re so fat and love food and can’t fit into clothes correctly. Really? Don’t assault our intelligence. If I was a bigger person, I would be so made at Kevin James for how he portrayed overweight people. It’s like being racist to your own kind, it’s so retarded, but you can bet it’ll be number one at the box office. Sad, sad, sad. Go see Hotel for Dogs if family entertainment is what you’re seeking. So, Donny, did you want to see Hotel for Dogs?

Donny:  Actually Jon I don’t want to see Hotel for Dogs, but my son does, which means I’ll probably end up catching it sooner or later (hopefully he’ll just Netflix it).  Also, I didn’t hate this flick as much as you did.  Was it a great movie?  Nope.  I’m not even sure it was a good movie, but it was better than The Spirit.  I know I’m going to catch heat for that comment, but at least I knew going into this one that I was going to be seeing a Nickelodeon quality flick.  I knew it was going to be goofy, and I knew it was probably going to blow goats.  But it still wasn’t as bad as your making it out to be.  If you want to see a truly bad movie, then check out any of Ulli Lommel’s flicks.  

I’m not saying that this was an awesome flick, but for parents taking their children to the movies for a little family entertainment it’s not so bad.  It is what it is, a flick that follows the same formula that every other family film about following your dreams and living up to your potential does.  It doesn’t offer up anything new, but it also didn’t put amazing actors like Samuel L. Jackson into an embarrassing movie trying to pass itself off a good either.  It’s a goofy family film and anyone wanting more than that out of this movie is going to be seriously disappointed. 

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars

Grade?

Jon: ½ *

Donny: **1/2