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2009 | 2008
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‘Dusty Peacock’ And Crackle’s Love For The Hapless Hopeful
13 July 2009 3:12 PM, PDT | Tubefilter.tv | See recent Tubefilter News news »
Crackle loves the hapless hopeful comedy. Today they rolled out another would-be hero trapped in a cloud of delusion with the launch of daredevil comedy Dusty Peacock. The 8-episode web series stars Gary Valentine, brother of King of Queens star Kevin James, as the eponymous and talentless daredevil trying to take his act to the big time. As is often the case with celebrity-backed web series, the production is kept in the family. It's touted on site as produced by Kevin James, and the writer (Rock Reuben) and cast all share some connection with James. I chatted with Valentine who plays Peacock, to get his take on the colorful character. "Dusty Peacock is a man who consdiers himself an icon," said Valentine. "He doesn't have much talent but he has a lot of drive—this Criss Angel guy who thinks he's a rock star, but doesn't have the talent." Rounding »
- Marc Hustvedt
Adam Sandler, Judd Apatow, Sylvester Stallone, John Favreau and Cher to voice The Zookeeper
23 June 2009 11:14 AM, PDT | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
MGM’s live-action comedy The Zookeeper starring Kevin James and Rosario Dawson has just rounded out the cast with a slew of voices for their animal characters.
Adam Sandler, Judd Apatow, Sylvester Stallone, John Favreau and Cher have all signed on to play some of the zoo’s most popular animals, reports Variety. Sandler will voice a capuchin monkey, Apatow an elephant, Stallone a lion, Favreau a bear and Cher a giraffe. Also voicing unknown characters will be Jim Brewer, Faizon Love and Bas Rutten.
The story revolves around a zookeeper (James) who gets advice from his furry friends about their method of dating and mating as he tries to win back the woman of his dreams (Dawson). The screenplay was written by Jay Scherick, David Ronn, Kevin James, Rock Reuben and Nick Bakay and will be directed by Frank Coraci.
I like the cast they put together but I »
- David Pohl
Adam Sandler and Sylvester Stallone Join The Zookeeper
23 June 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »
Adam Sandler, Cher, Jon Favreau, Sylvester Stallone and Judd Apatow will provide voices for the animals in MGM's live-action comedy "The Zookeeper," starring Kevin James and Rosario Dawson. Sandler, whose Happy Madison comedy is also a producer on the pic, will voice a capuchin monkey. Cher's voicing a giraffe, Favreau a bear, Stallone a lion and Apatow an elephant. Jim Breuer, Faizon Love and Bas Rutten round out the voice cast. Pic centers on zoo animals trying to teach the keeper their methods of dating and mating to help him win back the woman of his dreams. Frank Coraci is directing from a screenplay by Jay Scherick and David Ronn, James, Rock Reuben and Nick Bakay. Shooting is set to start in late Summer for an October 8th, 2010, release. »
Cher Joins Aguilera's 'Burlesque' but Not Before She's a Voice in the Zoo
22 June 2009 11:42 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Who would have thought one day could actually bring two bits of casting news regarding Cher? Cher, the woman that won an Oscar for Best Actress for Moonstruck back in 1988. Cher, the woman whose face I saw plastered all over Las Vegas when I was down there this past March. Cher, the woman that has now landed a role opposite Christina Aguilera in the upcoming musical Burlesque while at the same time she lays her voice down for Kevin James's comedy The Zookeeper. Ladies and gentlemen... I give you Cher! First off, Variety reports Cher will take on her first feature acting role in a decade (Tea With Mussolini in 1999) as Tess in the contemporary musical Burlesque starring Christina Aguilera as an ambitious small-town Iowa girl with a big voice who comes of age in a neo-burlesque club on Sunset Boulevard that's run by Tess, a former dancer who »
- Brad Brevet
Voice Cast Revealed for MGM’s The Zookeeper
22 June 2009 9:41 PM, PDT | TheMovingPicture.net | See recent TheMovingPicture news »
Adam Sandler, Cher, Jon Favreau, Sylvester Stallone, Jim Breuer, Faizon Love and Bas Rutten, Nick Nolte and Judd Apatow have signed on to provide voices for the animals in MGM's live-action comedy The Zookeeper, starring Kevin James and Rosario Dawson. The film centers on zoo animals trying to teach the keeper their methods of dating and mating to help him win back the woman of his dreams. Frank Coraci (Click, The Wedding Singer) is directing from a screenplay by Kevin James, Jay Scherick, David Ronn, Rock Reuben and Nick Bakay. Sandler, whose Happy Madison shingle is producing the film, will voice a capuchin monkey. Cher's voicing a giraffe, Favreau a bear, Stallone a lion, Notle a Gorilla and Apatow an elephant. Knocked Up and The Hangover star Ken Jeong also recently revealed on the Adam Carolla Podcast that he has a role in the flick, but it’s unclear if »
- James Cook
Who Will Voice Live Action Comedy "The Zookeeper?"
22 June 2009 9:27 PM, PDT | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
Adam Sandler, Cher, Jon Favreau, Sylvester Stallone, and Judd Apatow will provide animal voices for the live-action comedy "The Zookeepers" starring Kevin James and Rosario Dawson. Sandler will also produce, as well as voice a capuchin monkey.
Cher will voice a giraffe, Favreau will be a bear, Stallone will be a lion, and Apatow, an elephant. Nick Nolte is in talks to voice a gorilla.
Frank Coraci is set to direct from a script by Jay Scherick and David Ronn, James, Rock Reuben, and Nick Bakay.
The film will revolve around a zookeeper who learns how to win back the woman of his dreams from the zoo animals he's taking care of. Like "Babe" but set in zoo and with more romance! »
- Manny
Stallone Lends Voice to 'The Zookeeper'
22 June 2009 9:10 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
Sylvester Stallone will join Adam Sandler, Cher, Jon Favreau and Judd Apatow in providing voices for animals in MGM's live-action comedy The Zookeeper, starring Kevin James and Rosario Dawson.
The story concerns zoo animals trying to teach the keeper their methods of dating and mating to help him win back the woman of his dreams.
Sandler, whose Happy Madison comedy is also a producer on the pic, will voice a capuchin monkey. Cher's voicing a giraffe, Favreau a bear, Stallone a lion and Apatow an elephant. Jim Breuer, Faizon Love and Bas Rutten round out the voice cast.
Frank Coraci is directing from a screenplay by Jay Scherick and David Ronn, James, Rock Reuben and Nick Bakay.
Shooting is set to start in late Summer for an October 8, 2010 release. »
Adam Sandler, Jon Favreau join 'Zookeeper'
22 June 2009 8:44 PM, PDT | screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news »
Adam Sandler, Cher, Jon Favreau, Sylvester Stallone and Judd Apatow are set to provide voices for animals in Frank Coraci's upcoming live-action comedy "The Zookeeper."
Starring Kevin James in the title role, the film follow a zookeeper who gets dating advice from his animals. Variety reports Sandler will voice a capuchin monkey, with Cher on-board as a giraffe.
Also, Favreau will voice a bear, and Apatow an elephant. Stallone will breathe life into a lion. Jim Breuer, Faizon Love and Bas Rutten are also part of the voice cast, while Nick Nolte is in talks to join them as well. Rosario Dawson stars alongside James.
Jay Scherick, David Ronn, James, Rock Reuben and Nick Bakay wrote the script. Coraci's credits include "Click" and "Around the World in 80 Days."
Sandler will next star in Apatow's "Funny People," while Stallone is working on his next action pic "The Expendables." Favreau is »
- Franck Tabouring
Adam Sandler and Sylvester Stallone to Voice The Zookeeper
22 June 2009 8:04 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Adam Sandler, Cher, Jon Favreau, Sylvester Stallone and Judd Apatow are set to voice the animals in MGM's live-action comedy The Zookeeper, that stars Kevin James and Rosario Dawson.
According to Variety, Sandler's Happy Madison shingle is also a producer on the film. Sandler will voice a capuchin monkey, Cher a giraffe, Favreau a bear, Stallone a lion and Apatow an elephant.
Jim Breuer, Faizon Love and Bas Rutten round out the voice cast.
The film centers on zoo animals trying to teach the keeper their methods of dating and mating to help him win back the woman of his dreams. Frank Coraci is directing from a screenplay by Jay Scherick and David Ronn, James, Rock Reuben and Nick Bakay.
Production will start in late summer for an Oct. 8, 2010, release. MGM won a bidding war last year for the "Zookeeper" spec, paying $2 million against $3 million, while the studio was ramping »
Rosario Dawson to co-star with Kevin James in Zookeeper
24 May 2009 2:11 PM, PDT | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »
Rosario Dawson has just signed on to play opposite Kevin James in his comedy, Zookeeper.
The film is set to be directed by Frank Coraci, who will be working off a script written by Jay Scherick and David Ronn, Kevin James, Rock Reuben, and Nick Bakay. Shooting will commence later this summer in Boston, Mass., with a July 23, 2010 release date on target.
Happy Madison, Adam Sandler’s company, will produce along with Todd Garner, Jeff Sussman, Jennifer Eatz and Kevin James himself.
Before one starts dreading the Paul Blart: Mall Cop similarities this project may or may not have, here’s the plot, as described by Variety: “Live actioner centers on zoo animals trying to teach the keeper their methods of dating and mating to help him win back the woman of his dreams.”
Wow! Bestiality and Kevin James?! Sounds like a wacky combination, one that will likely be way »
- Nick Allen
Rosario Dawson To Star In The Zookeeper
23 May 2009 12:15 AM, PDT | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »
Variety is reporting that Rosario Dawson will star in the romantic comedy “The Zookeeper” opposite Kevin James. Leslie Bibb has also been attached to the project. Happy Madison Productions, alongside James, Jeff Sussman, Todd Garner, and Jennifer Eatz are producing. Frank Coraci is directing, based on a screenplay from Jay Scherick, David Ronn, Kevin James, Nick Bakay, and Rock Reuben. James, Sussman and Garner have previously worked together on “Paul Blart: Mall Cop”. The film centers on various zoo animals trying to teach the keeper their methods of dating and mating to help him win back the woman of his dreams. The film is set to start shooting in [...] »
- Costa Koutsoutis
Rosario Dawson to play with 'Zookeeper'
21 May 2009 4:05 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Rosario Dawson will star opposite Kevin James in the romantic comedy "The Zookeeper." Adam Sandler.s Happy Madison production company will be producing along with James, Todd Garner, Jeff Sussman and Jennifer Eatz.The plot revolves around zoo animals trying to teach their handler their methods of dating and mating to help him win back his dream girl. Leslie Bibb has also been signed to star. According to Variety, Frank Coraci will be directing from a screenplay by Jay Scherick and David Ronn, Kevin James, Rock Reuben and Nick Bakay. .Zookeeper. will reunite "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" producers James, Sussman and Garner. Shooting starts in late summer in Boston with a July 23, 2010, release date. »
- Adnan Tezer
Rosario Dawson Cast in Kevin James' 'Zookeeper'
21 May 2009 2:01 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Kevin James is getting ready to create the next film for every one to hate and Rosario Dawson and Leslie Bibb are all aboard as The Zookeeper gets ready to shoot in late summer in Boston with MGM set to release the film on July 23, 2010. James just scored a massive success with Paul Blart: Mall Cop, which suffered the wrath of many critics (self included), but remains the fifth highest grossing film of the year so far with over $146 million domestically. The Zookeeper is a live-action romantic comedy centers on zoo animals trying to teach the keeper (James) their methods of dating and mating to help him win back the woman of his dreams. Frank Coraci (Click) is directing from a screenplay by Jay Scherick and David Ronn, Kevin James, Rock Reuben and Nick Bakay. I only wonder if Jody Hill is now busy with his own zoo-based feature, but »
- Brad Brevet
Rosaria Dawson Meets With The Zookeeper
20 May 2009 10:45 PM, PDT | www.canmag.com | See recent CanMag news »
Kevin James has been given some eye candy on the set of The Zookeeper. Happy Madison picked up Rosario Dawson to co-star.
Rosario Dawson for The Zookeeper
Directed by Frank Coraci off a screenplay by Jay Scherick, David Ronn, Kevin James, Rock Reuben and Nick Bakay, The Zookeeper centers on zoo animals trying to teach the keeper their methods of dating and mating to help him win back the woman of his dreams.
They must also be teaching the idea about multiple partners, as Leslie Bibb has also been signed on to star. Nice work Kevin James! »
Rosario Dawson Is All Set for The Zookeeper
20 May 2009 7:49 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Variety reports that Rosario Dawson will be starring opposite Kevin James in the comedy The Zookeeper for Happy Madison productions.
The film focuses on zoo animals that try to teach their keeper their methods of dating and mating to give him what he needs to win back the woman of his dreams. Leslie Bibb will also be starring in the film.
Frank Coraci will be directing from a screenplay written by Jay Scherick and David Ronn, Kevin James, Rock Reuben and Nick Bakay.
This film will start shooting in the late summer in Boston with plans for a July 23, 2010, release date. »
Blu-Ray Review: ‘Paul Blart: Mall Cop’ With Kevin James a Massive Comedy Hit
15 May 2009 8:26 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Being a big fan of Kevin James and his underrated sitcom “The King of Queens” and marveling at the massive box office for Steve Carr’s “Paul Blart: Mall Cop,” I approached the Blu-Ray release of this hit title with cautious optimism. I’m still very happy for the talented James, but he deserves better than this slapstick-y and inconsistent comedy.
Blu-Ray Rating: 2.5/5.0 James plays the title character, a mild-mannered, sweet guy who dreams of becoming a State Trooper but his hypoglycemia has kept him a mall cop. Paul is a single father, close to his mother, bullied by the more popular employees at the mall, and the rare person who is overly kind to strangers. He’s incredibly easy to root for.
Paul Blart: Mall Cop will be released on Blu-Ray on May 19th, 2009.
Photo credit: Sony
So, when Paul spots a new kiosk employee (Jayma Mays) at the cleverly-named “Unbeweavable” wig stand, »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Paul Blart: Mall Cop goes on duty in May
23 March 2009 9:56 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
The biggest comedy of the year, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, hits DVD and Blu-ray on May 19th from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The film (which earned an estimated $137 million at the box office) will arrive loaded with deleted scenes, outtakes, featurettes on the making of the movie, and a commentary. It will also mark the introduction of Sony.s eco-friendly ultralight DVD case on single-disc DVDs. The new packaging is designed to use approximately 20 percent less plastic than a standard-weight DVD case and reduce the DVD case carbon footprint by 20 percent. Paul Blart: Mall Cop was directed by Steve Carr (Are we Done Yet?, Daddy Day Care), co-written by Nick Bakay (TV.s .Til Death. and .King »
- Patrick Luce
Is Sony Planning A Paul Blart Sequel? -- Not if God loves us enough
29 January 2009 | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
The La Times has printed a nice long article that hits the finer points of the "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" phenomenon. The story's thesis, which I think they stole from my last two box-office reports, is that "Paul Blart" was vastly underestimated. That's right Kevin James! It must be nice to know that all of America was expecting you to fall on your well-padded ass! Along with revealing shocking details about the crafting of "Blart" – what's that you say? It only took James and screenwriter Nick Bakay one month to finish the script? Get right out of town! - The Times also managed to get Sony exec Paul Belgrad to go on record about a possible sequel to "Mall Cop". Belgrad, the man who developed "Mall Cop" on the cheap with Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions, says ""Happy Madison historically has been very reluctant to do ... »
New Paul Blart Mall Cop TV Spot
27 January 2009 11:00 PM, PST | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »
Sony Pictures released another new movie trailer from the hit comedy “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” by director Steve Carr (Next Friday, Daddy Day Care) and starring Kevin James (The King of Queens) and Keir O’Donnell (Pathology). Synopsis: Kevin James writes, produces, and stars in the Columbia Pictures production Paul Blart: Mall Cop, a comedy that focuses on a mall security guard who is forced to deal with a high-risk situation when a group of criminals hijack the mall looking for more than spring savings. James and Nick Bakay penned… the screenplay; Jayma Mays and Keir O’Donnell co-star. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest “Paul Blart: [...] »
- Brian Corder
Paul Blart Mall Cop Movie Review
21 January 2009 11:00 PM, PST | toxicshock.tv | See recent toxicshock news »
Watch a brand new Spill.com movie review of the Columbia Pictures comedy “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” by director Steve Carr (Next Friday, Daddy Day Care) and starring Kevin James (The King of Queens) and Keir O’Donnell (Pathology). Synopsis: Kevin James writes, produces, and stars in the Columbia Pictures production Paul Blart: Mall Cop, a comedy that focuses on a mall security guard who is forced to deal with a high-risk situation when a group of criminals hijack the mall looking for more than spring savings. James and Nick Bakay penned… the screenplay; Jayma Mays and Keir O’Donnell co-star. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest “Paul [...] »
- Brian Corder
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