Brian Damage
09-25-2007, 10:02 PM
Kevin James is set to serve and protect for Columbia Pictures. The “Hitch” star has signed on to write, produce and star in the comedy “Mall Cop.”
Story centers on a mild-mannered security guard who is thrust into action when his mall is taken over by highly organized thieves. James and Nick Bakay will pen the screenplay.
Sony-based Happy Madison is producing alongside James, Jeff Sussman and Todd Garner.
James is considered home-grown talent by Sony. He became a sitcom star on Sony Pictures Television’s “The King of Queens” before starring opposite Will Smith in Columbia’s hit comedy “Hitch.”
“Mall Cop” also reteams James with Adam Sandler and his Happy Madison shingle, which produced the Sandler-James starrer “I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry.”
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117972728.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
Story centers on a mild-mannered security guard who is thrust into action when his mall is taken over by highly organized thieves. James and Nick Bakay will pen the screenplay.
Sony-based Happy Madison is producing alongside James, Jeff Sussman and Todd Garner.
James is considered home-grown talent by Sony. He became a sitcom star on Sony Pictures Television’s “The King of Queens” before starring opposite Will Smith in Columbia’s hit comedy “Hitch.”
“Mall Cop” also reteams James with Adam Sandler and his Happy Madison shingle, which produced the Sandler-James starrer “I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry.”
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117972728.html?categoryid=13&cs=1