By Katey Rich
It's been two years since Paul Blart: Mall Cop was a sleeper hit for Sony, but Kevin James is still a big star with room, apparently, to grow. After all he was second-billed in the ensemble for Grown Ups, which grossed a stupefying $271 million worldwide, and he'll be back this summer with The Zookeeper, another PG-rated comedy like Paul Blart that Sony expects to be another massive hit. And even with that movie's release six months away, James is already planning to team back up with its director, Frank Coraci, to keep the money ball rolling.
According to Deadline, Coraci has been brought on to direct an untitled comedy that will star James as a high school physics teacher who moonlights as a mixed martial arts fighter in order to raise the money to save his school's music program. This being a Kevin James comedy, he rises in the ranks to the UFC, and presumably only encounters the kind of physical indignities that cause big belly laughs for the audience, not lasting damage.
Coraci's last film was Click, another surprise hit with James buddy Adam Sandler, and he also teamed up with Sandler for The Waterboy and The Wedding Singer– basically, he's got exactly the pedigree you're looking for in something like this. And at this point you know whether or not you're going to want to see a Kevin James movie in which he falls down a lot, so make your plans accordingly. The Zookeeper hits theaters July 8 next year, and if it's a hit, expect the MMA movie around the same time in 2012.
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I love this guy. This is gonna be a funny MMA movie. :)
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Heard about this a few months ago, pretty excited about it! Anyone know approx release date? 
Sometime in 2012. I am looking forward to it as well, this guy always makes me laugh. :)
...this should be great,can't wait to see the fighters that are in it.I wonder if BLAF gives him access to the UFC fighters and events?I bet he does,great free advertising.
CARRYYYYYYYYY !!!!!
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By "blog" you mean you just post a bunch of MMA articles that other people wrote... good luck with that.
Yep, it's aggregation. And thanks.
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By "blog" you mean you just post a bunch of MMA articles that other people wrote... good luck with that.
Seriously, everyone has a "blog" which is filled with content authored by other people. This blog in particular...the front page has 2 paragraphs written by someone else on another website, you can CLICK HERE FOR MORE to read another 5 paragraphs on the blog website, and then you have to CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING which finally brings you to the original source.
A comedy MMA movie? They should call it "Strikeforce".
I hope that they are smart about this, and that Zuffa extends every courtesy.
that would be so smart, with mass exposure.
A great opportunity for them.
BE SMART!
HE SEEMS LIKE A GENUINELY COOL GUY................BUT HIS MOVIES ARE TERRIBLE.
Should be good. I bet Chuck is in it.
BIGWHITESEXY - HE SEEMS LIKE A GENUINELY COOL GUY................BUT HIS MOVIES ARE TERRIBLE.
I THINK YOU MAY HAVE A SLIGHT BIAS TOWARDS YOUR FELLOW DOUGHBOYS.................BUT YOU SEEM LIKE A GENUINELY COOL GUY TOO
ttt
Wedding Singer was awesome.
Sounds great
He was wearing a Sityodtong shirt in Grown Ups... have to support that guy he's a true fan. TTT for KJ