With director Frank Coraci’s (Click, The Wedding Singer) Zookeeper opening July 8, we’ve been sent six clips from the film. Starring Kevin James in a remix of Night at the Museum (instead of a museum, he’s at a zoo), the pic is probably going to make a boat load of cash for Sony if James’ track record is any indication. In case you don’t pay attention to box office numbers, James is pretty close to a sure thing. While many thought Paul Blart: Mall Cop was a joke, it went on to make $183 at the worldwide box office. Even Grown Ups, which got beaten with a club by critics, went on to make $271 million worldwide. So, even though you couldn’t pay me to watch Zookeeper, I know kids are going to love it and it’s going to make a lot of coin. Hit the jump for the clips and full synopsis. Zookeeper also stars Rosario Dawson and Leslie Bibb and it features the voices of Cher, Nick Nolte, Adam Sandler, and Sylvester Stallone.
Here’s the official synopsis:
In Zookeeper, the animals at the Franklin Park Zoo love their kindhearted caretaker, Griffin Keyes (James). Finding himself more comfortable with a lion than a lady, Griffin decides the only way to get a girl in his life is to leave the zoo and find a more glamorous job. The animals, in a panic, decide to break their time-honored code of silence and reveal their biggest secret: they can talk! To keep Griffin from leaving, they decide to teach him the rules of courtship – animal style.
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Proof that you can have no talent/dignity and still make it in the movies!
I think this looks hilarious. Whatever happened to good old fashioned, pure nonsense comedy? Why does comedy only have to be vulgar and R-rated nowadays?! You can’t tell me the cast and crew didn’t have fun making this movie or that millions of people won’t watch it and like it. Kids especially will love this movie This movie wasn’t made to win awards, it was made to entertain and make you laugh. So what if the trailer doesn’t make you laugh, or it has a ridiculous premise or whatever the case, that’s fine, you can have your opinion and move on, but that’s incredibly rude, arrogant, and full of jealousy to say that no talent and no dignity can make it in the movies. Kevin James is super creative and talented and has found his niche and I am excited for all his continued success, it’s well deserved. He put in a lot of hard work to get to where he is today and doesn’t have to prove anything to you.
No Matt your wrong. James, like Jerry Lewis, Charlie Chaplin, Adam Sandler, Jim Carey etc…. were and are all idiots. Silly Slapstick comedy that runs in line with somewhat moral norms has proven itself time and time again to be a fruitless venture incapable of entertaining audiences while making money and provides guidance on which way to point our own moral compases.
Only Hall Mark Hall of Fame makes worthwhile movies……. and Michael Bay……..
EGADS!