Friday bits-n-pieces

It has been a pretty slow week entertainment wise at least what I find interesting anyway but I thought I would mention some things that are coming in the future that might be fun to watch or talk about or just to keep an eye on.

The first thing being according to EW it seems that Jonah Hill (Superbad) and Max Winkler (Fonzies son) have written a script that was just sold to Universal Pictures for seven figures. Now the cost in and of itself is not a surprise to me but some other bloggers feel that everything happened so fast that there is no way that the script has even been read by anyone. Irregardless of that it looks like Jonah and Jason Schwartzman (Rushmore) are slated to star in it and negotions are being conducted with Akiva Schaffer (Lonely Island) to direct. I see potential with this but really not much else right now. So I am marking it as somthing for you to keep an eye on.

The second thing is really more of an I told you so because it looks like Kevin James (Paul Blart: Mall Cop) has just signed with MGM to star in "The Zookeeper" the story centers on a lonely zookeeper who decides to leave his job because he can’t meet a girl, leading to an intervention by the zoo’s animals. What the heck? Why is this even being made? Is it off the strength of Paul Blart? Because I just can't imagine even reading a treatment of that script and saying hey here is a good idea lets throw millions of dollars at it. What a waste of celluoid.

And lastly back on the useless remake tip John Travolta is already filming a remake of
"The Taking of Pelham One Two Three"



Now this is a classic movie based on a book by Morton Freedgood. Now this will be the third remake of this film. WHY? WHY? WHY? Is it that hard to come up with new ideas? It does not surprise me that this has been made because obviously creativity is almost dead in Hollywood.

Seth Rogan VS Kevin James

In an almost mind blowing act of coincidence there is another movie about a mall cop scheduled to be released. I am speaking of the Seth Rogan vehicle "Observe and Protect" (it appears that the title has been changed from "Observe and Report) So perhaps we are witness to a new genre being born. The genre of the mall cop, perhaps I was to quick to dismiss the power of Paul Blart (The Original Mall Cop) because after seeing the trailer that I am posting below. (Redband may be NSFW) you will be enlightened.



I actually enjoyed this preview but I will confess to being a Rogan fan from back when he was on the truly inspired "Freaks and Geeks" see it if you get a chance. So I am a little biased to begin with but I felt that I watched the trailer with an open mind and I was pleasantly surprised. So let me know what you think. Though I wonder does Ray Liotta consider this a step down from "Good Fellas" or a step up from "Wild Hogs".