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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Jan 7, 2014 15:40:17 GMT -6
Andy Fickman is in discussions to direct a sequel to Paul Blart: Mall Cop for Sony Pictures. The director will be the new addition to the creative team that made the 2009 comedy, which was a surprise hit when it made $146 million domestically. Kevin James is back as Blart, the security guard who will have to step up one for another adventure, and also back as co-writer along with Nick Bakay; the two wrote the original. Todd Garner is returning as producer, as is Adam Sandler and his Happy Madison shingle. James is also producing. An April start is being planned. Steve Carr directed the first installment. Fickman, repped by WME and Management 360, last directed Parental Guidance, the 2012 comedy that starred Billy Crystal and grossed $77 million domestically. Other credits include You Again, the Disney comedy that starred Kristen Bell and Sigourney Weaver, and the 2009 remake of Escape to Witch Mountain. Attachments:
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Post by The Ultimate Nullifier on Feb 21, 2014 20:39:42 GMT -6
From: www.deadline.com/2014/02/paul-blart-mall-cop-2-kevin-james-cast-las-vegas/#more-687424Sony is rounding up more familiar faces to join Kevin James in Sin City for Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2. The sequel to 2009′s hit comedy will see Blart attending a security guard expo in Las Vegas with his daughter, where he’s mocked by casino security until he helps them take on a group of dangerous art thieves. In addition to SNL‘s Molly Shannon, who is in negotiations for a co-starring role, Wizards of Waverly Place‘s David Henrie, who appeared in Grown Ups 2, has been cast as Lane, a charming valet attendant whom Blart’s daughter Maya develops a crush on. Raini Rodriguez is in negotiations to reprise her role as Maya. Eduardo Verastegui (Bella) will play a Vegas hotelier whose hotel becomes a heist target. Nicholas Turturro (I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry) has been cast as one of Blart’s security guard rivals. And James’ brother, comedian Gary Valentine (The King of Queens), is set to play a sympathetic fellow security guard. James, Henrie, and Verastegui also co-star together in the upcoming WWII dramedy Little Boy. Andy Fickman is directing Mall Cop 2 from a script by James and Nick Bakay, who wrote the first pic. James, Adam Sandler, and Todd Garner are producers on the Happy Madison production, which films in Las Vegas in April. Henrie is repped by Untitled Entertainment and ICM. Rodriguez is repped by Clear Talent Group and Susan Osser Talent Company. Verastegui is repped by Metanoia Films. Turturro is repped by Cunningham Escott Slevin & Doherty and Kritzer Levine Wilkins Griffin Nilon Entertainment. Valentine is repped by WME and Legacy Talent and Entertainment.
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