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‘Paul Blart’ Farts, Does Martial Arts For ‘Click’ Director

Geoffrey Golden — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 02:27:21 +0000

Sony announced that Kevin James, who stars in Oscar bait like Paul Blart: Mall Cop, will re-team with Frank Coraci, his director from 2011′s The Zookeeper, for an MMA movie. As we reported in September, the still untitled movie stars James as a teacher who does a little mixed martial arts in his spare time to help save the school’s beloved music program. If my teacher was schlubbery Kevin James, and he began class one day by saying, “anyone want me to get my ass kicked to save music class,” even though I hated going to band practice, I’d still be like, “yes, you’ve gotta get your teeth kicked in — I love band so much.”

Coraci is one of Adam Sandler’s directors of choice. He helmed The Waterboy, Click and The Wedding Singer. His newest movie, The Zookeeper, apparently tested so high with audiences they’re releasing it in July. We wish Coraci good luck and if he has any lingering doubts about whether or not he can direct this film, this is all we have to say. (Deadline)

Kevin James To Mix Martial Arts With Easy Laughs

Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

The impossible task of squeezing Kevin James into a stock car has most likely led to his newest project. The comedian has agreed to fall down and get hit in the groin a lot in an untitled mixed martial arts movie. In the film, James stars as a teacher who moonlights as a mixed martial artist in order to prevent budget cuts from shutting down the school’s music program. If Sony is truly in need of a title for this, may I suggest Mr. Hollandaise’s Opus? Because he’s very fat, you see.

Please make all checks out to cash. (Deadline)

Shameless But Sweet Plug: Cage Potato MMA FightPicker Game

Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Of course MMA fighting has to do with movies and TV. What, you don’t think so? Want to settle this in The Octagon?! Perfect.

Ou brothers (or sisters if we want to piss them off) over at Cage Potato have been developing a one-of-a-kind MMA prediction game called MMA FightPicker, and they’re almost ready to unleash it on the world. The official launch date is next Monday, and the game is currently in the beta testing phase, which means they need you to play around with it and tell them what works and what doesn’t. Here’s what to do:

- Go to http://fightpicker.cagepotato.com and sign in with your CagePotato user info or your Facebook login.

- You’ll start with 20 "PotatoChips" (our virtual currency), which you can use to wager on the upcoming weekend’s big fights. Click on one of the open pools to start making your fight predictions.

- After you join a pool, you’ll see a bunch of questions about the week’s matchups. Make selections on the ones you feel confident about — or just throw down guesses on all of them. The more questions you answer, the better chance you have of winning the pool, but keep in mind that wrong answers will lose you points.

So mess around with it, leave your feedback, and tell them how they can make it awesomer. What, you don’t think awesomer is a word? Want to settle this in the–alright I’m done.