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'The Zookeeper' Snares a Slew of Big Voices
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In February, Kevin James signed on to play The Zookeeper in MGM's upcoming live action comedy. At the time, the plot was described as the story of a zookeeper who decides to leave the zoo because he's having trouble meeting a girl ... but the animals intervene. Now we know what that intervention is. The guy wants to win back the woman of his dreams, so the animals teach him their methods of dating and mating. I hate to say it, but this sounds cute.The instructors of ze love, according to Variety, will be Adam Sandler as a capuchin monkey, Cher as a giraffe, Jon Favreau as a bear, Sylvester Stallone as a lion, and Judd Apatow as an elephant. I think they missed an opportunity by not making Sly a stallion, but otherwise, those voices could make for an interesting set of mating rituals.
Jim Breuer, Faizon Love, and Bas Rutten are rounding out the voice cast, but there's also one other name on the roster -- Rosario Dawson. Yes, she will play the woman of his dreams. Oh, men must love the fantasies that Hollywood provides.
The idea of anthropomorphized animals teaching a lonely sap mating rituals could make for a lot of comedy -- if they're allowed to really dip into the mating rituals. Do you think this James laffer will live up to the promise, or pale in comparison to projects like Green Porno?
Oh God, Here We Go: Kevin James Gets Another Starring Gig
Filed under: Comedy », Casting »
Just last month I wondered why Kevin James comes off as so comically inoffensive. Most of you commented on his lack of starring roles, and the fact that he hasn't been in our faces enough to inspire the vitriol spewed towards the likes of other disappointing funny men.But now that might change -- Variety reports that the producers behind Paul Blart: Mall Cop are giving James another starring role, this time in Frank Coraci's The Zookeeper. Just call him Kevin 'The Keeper of Public Places' James. For this flick, written by Jay Sherick and David Ronn, James will play a zookeeper who plans to leave his job because he can't seem to meet a girl, only to have the animals intervene. Move over Ace Ventura!
Producer Todd Garner says that James was always a first choice because of his talents in physical comedy. Maybe, I guess, but I at least hope that they don't shuffle him into this unrealistically goofy and out-to-lunch Blartish role again. James is better with the sarcasm (just watch him talk about renting a car), and to leave that behind could very well thrust him into Murphy disappointment in a jiff.
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