#paul blart trilogy

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MALL COP TRIVIA #75

Paul Blart is a character in Paul Blart: Mall Cop and Paul Blart: Mall Cop2

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The Best Sequel of All Time Is Actually...

We all know the usual contestants for the title of Best Sequel of All Time. The Empire Strikes Back, The Godfather Part II, Terminator 2, The Dark Knight, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, The Bride of Frankenstein, Toy Story 2, Aliens, Spider-Man 2, Dawn of the Dead, Wrath of Khan, and so on, and so on, and so on.

But the truth is, it’s none of those movies. The best sequel of all time is actually…

…insert drum roll…

…Wayne’s World 2.

Okay, in all seriousness, I don’t believe in the word “best” because it is impossible to objectively determine anything when it comes to deciding the quality of movies and the word “best” implies objectivity. I much prefer to use the word “favorite.” Wayne’s World 2 is possibly my favorite sequel of all time. I think it’s just as good as the original. Probably not better, but definitely even with it, which I like because then we don’t have to debate whether the first or second movie is better like we do with Star Wars and Terminator.

Here's a few things Wayne’s World 2 does that I really like to see in a sequel, especially a sequel to a goofy comedy.

For one, the romance from the first movie isn’t ignored or tossed away. Have you ever noticed how many sequels actually do this? The first movie will dedicate the majority of its runtime to a romance that is then rendered pointless by the sequel (or sequels). Often it is because the actor who played opposite the main character is not asked back for the sequel or their schedule doesn’t allow them time to film anything but a short breakup sequence to be shoved into the sequel’s opening exposition, or maybe the writers just don’t have the imagination to develop that love interest character any further and so they write them out.

Movies of all genres and varying quality can be faulted for this: the James Bond series, the original Indiana Jones trilogy, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2. Why should we care about the love story in one movie if the next movie is just going to be a different love story?

Wayne’s World 2 doesn’t do that even though it’s exactly the kind of movie that could have easily gotten away with it. There’s a longtime trend in comedy that forces exceptionally attractive female characters into relationships with slacker men who are mostly if not entirely unappealing, and while someone like Tia Carrere is definitely out of Mike Myers’s league, the whole situation would be made much worse if, in the sequel, Wayne and Cassandra had split up only for Wayne to stumble into a new relationship with another equally attractive woman, which of course he would have.

Another great strength of Wayne’s World 2 is its handling of supporting characters and cameos, which the first movie definitely had but the sequel builds upon. A lot of my favorite moments in this movie are not coming from Wayne or Garth but from the other characters. The British roadie Del Preston is a hilarious character with a great monologue I quote constantly. Chris Farley, Kevin Pollak, James Hong, Kim Basinger, they’re all good in this movie. They don’t phone in their performances even though, again, this is exactly the kind of movie where they could get away with doing that.

But the most interesting appearance here is Christopher Walken. Walken is an acting legend—watch his scene with Dennis Hopper in True Romance if you’re not convinced of that—and he treats his role as Bobby the sleazy record producer as seriously as I’ve seen him treat any other role. Not only that, but as strong as his presence in this movie is, he seems to have known just where to stop so that Mike Myers and Dana Carvey are still allowed to be the stars. He doesn’t overshadow them in their scenes together. I don’t know if that’s all on Walken, or on the director, or if Myers and Carvey are more talented actors than I understand and were able to match Walken’s presence with their own… Whatever the reason, it works beautifully, and I think Bobby makes for a better antagonist than Rob Lowe’s Benjamin from the first movie.

But I think that Wayne’s World 2’s greatest strength is its flow. Back when it was a regular skit on Saturday Night Live, Wayne’s World only needed to entertain you for several minutes at a time. The skits in most individual SNL episodes never relate to each other, so there was no need to worry about continuity or flow because there was only going to be one Wayne’s World “scene” per episode. That concern only arrived when it was decided to make Wayne’s World into a movie, and then another movie after that. Suddenly, the writers had to worry about making this into something more than a bunch of individual gags shoved together until they had enough to equal the length of a feature film. They needed to ensure that they had a story and characters which would accommodate those individual gags while also maintaining a solid flow throughout the movie. I think both Wayne’s World movies pull this off, but for some reason Wayne’s World 2 stands out especially well to my eyes. It reminds me of Monty Python at their best (The Holy Grail and Life of Brian). Each new scene is able to present a unique joke or banter without ever feeling forced. The plot is always moving forward in Wayne’s World 2, even if you don’t realize it. Also, very few of the jokes are recycled, but when they are (sometimes from an earlier scene and sometimes from the earlier movie), there’s always a slightly different spin on it, which means that the comedy isn’t weakened by the repetition but actually strengthened by it.

So there you have it, three major reasons why I think we ought to rank Wayne’s World 2 much higher in the realm of movie sequels. It’s a ton of fun, it’s very quotable and very rewatchable, and obviously, I rate it a “W” and if you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend it.

[katkonstant]

Tagged by @random-french-girl I'm a few days late and dollars short, but I'm flattered to be tagged anyway! Thank you.

three ships: Blake/Yang (Bumbleby) of RWBY, Vi/Cait (Piltover's Finest) of Arcane/League of Legends, and ooooh. Hmm. Probably Gideon Nav/Harrowhark Nonagesimus (Griddlehark) of The Locked Tomb Trilogy.

first ever ship: If we're saying Absolute Chronological First, it's Xena/Gabrielle. If we're saying First Hit of Hyperfixation, it's Clarke/Lexa. Clexa has left me with junkie scars that still itch every now and again.

last song: Laurel Hell by Mitski. Whole album, on repeat, as if it were a single song.

last film: 2009's box office sensation, Paul Blart: Mall Cop. Before I commit this to the annals of history and flush my reputation down the toilet, I defend: I was held captive in my car dealership's waiting room for 2 hours. Some sadistic office manager turned the corner TV up to 3 million and threw the remote in the Grand Canyon. 2/10. The only laughing I did was of hysterical relief when the credits rolled. If anyone has a palate-cleansing recommendation, I'm all ears.

currently reading: Fiction: A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine! Mahit, my beautiful, wonderful, ambassador. And Three Seagrass, you incredibly neurotic, insane, darling girl. I'm trying to read in slow sips and drink every bit of prose out of it. I'll miss Teixcalaani space when I'm through. Non-Fiction: Summary Judgment: A Lawyer's Memoir by Donald Cameron Clark Jr. It's a well-told story but appeals more to me as a lawyer for the discussion on capital punishment challenges. I'm zooming through it though to make room for In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park. Dying to read it. My wife asks me every other day if I've started.

currently watching: Murderville! I'm unfortunately away for a training cycle, but my wife has promised an Arcane rewatch when I get back. In the mean time, Murderville is hilarious. I loved Kumail Nanjiani's episode.

currently consuming: A can of cold brew coffee and protein honey-roasted peanuts. It's disgusting <3

currently craving: it's boring, but I miss my wife. She sends me pictures throughout her day and it makes it worsebetter. Tomorrow is Valentine's Day and I've arranged what's hopefully a suitable apology.

[ao3feed-mythology]

Saving Shakespeare [AAO ver.]

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by Midna127

The sequel to Waifu Wars and second Squeakquel to William Shakespeare x Barack Obama pt. 2@!!!

Words: 1871, Chapters: 5/5, Language: English

Series: Part 3 of Waifu Wars Trilogy

Fandoms: Original Work, Alvin and the Chipmunks - All Media Types, Penguins of Madagascar, Fire Emblem: Kakusei | Fire Emblem: Awakening, Actor RPF, Cool Cat Saves the Kids (2015), Lil Pump (Musician) RPF, The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, 新・光神話 パルテナの鏡 | Kid Icarus: Uprising (Video Game), Fire Emblem: If | Fire Emblem: Fates, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Punch-Out!! (Video Games), Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, Tangled (2010), Shrek (Movies), Henry Danger (TV), Garfield - All Media Types, Just Dance (Video Games), The Crucible - Miller, Pocket Monsters: Sun & Moon | Pokemon Sun & Moon Versions, Paul Blart: Mall Cop (Movies), Us (Movie 2019), 방탄소년단 | Bangtan Boys | BTS

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Major Character Death

Categories: F/M, M/M

Characters: Matt Mercer, Harry Styles, Aqua | Azura, Original Characters, Michelle Obama, Skipper (Madagascar), Reggie Fils-Aimé, Frederick (Fire Emblem), Jake Paul, Cool Cat (Cool Cat Saves the Kids), Ian Hawke (Alvin and the Chipmunks), Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Bob Saget, Lil Pump, Ponyboy Curtis, William Shakespeare, Dark Pit (Kid Icarus), Linebeck (Legend of Zelda), Aunt Jemima - Character, Glass Joe, Chrom (Fire Emblem), My Unit | Reflet | Robin, Paul Blart, Takumi (Fire Emblem), Alvin Seville, Rapunzel (Disney), Shrek (Shrek), Captain Man, Garfield (Garfield), God is a Woman spoon, Kukui-hakase | Professor Kukui, Josh Drean, John Morello, Jeon Jungkook

Relationships: Barack Obama/William Shakespeare, Chrom/My Unit | Reflet | Robin, Reggie Fils-Aimé/Frederick (Fire Emblem), Lil Pump/Ponyboy Curtis, Glass Joe/Takumi (Fire Emblem)

Additional Tags: Crack, Crack Treated Seriously, Cross-Posted on Wattpad, Yaoi, War, Kidnapping, Harvest Hoedown, Suicide, Gay Sex, Alternate Universe, Depression, Marriage, Shadow Realm, Turtles, Fifty Shades of Grey Bashing, Inspired by Hades and Persephone (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Vore, Prophecy, 2001 Honda Civic, Waterboarding, Multiple Orgasms, Gem Fusion, K-pop References, Canonical Character Death, True Love's Kiss, Resurrection, Explosions

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New on Netflix: April 2021 Releases

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Netflix is the king of the streaming world until proven otherwise. But in recent months the streamer’s lists of new releases have looked relatively sparse as competing media conglomerates remove their titles from Netflix’s library. With its list of new releases for April 2021, however, Netflix appears to have its original production machine operating at high capacity once again.

There are plenty of intriguing Netflix original series and films this month. The one that appears to have the highest blockbuster potential though is the series Shadow and Bone on April 23. Shadow and Bone is adapted from Leigh Bardugo’s Grisha-verse trilogy and should bring another compelling sci-fi/fantasy universe to the streaming world.

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How Will Shadow and Bone Incorporate Six of Crows?

By Kayti Burt

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Shadow and Bone: Why Netflix Cast Its Fantasy Adaptation With Relative Unknowns

By Kayti Burt

Other worthwhile original series debuting this month include The Serpent on April 2, This is a Robbery: The World’s Biggest Art Heist on April 7, and the anime Yasuke on April 29. The original film options are just as loaded with the Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer-led comedy Thunder Force premiering on April 9. Other films of note include the Idris Elba cowboy movie Concrete Cowboy on April 2 and Anna Kendrick’s mission to Mars on April 22 with Stowaway.

Though Netflix’s library continues to get chipped away at, the arrival of Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master on April 15 should help matters. Here is everything else coming to Netflix in April 2021.

New on Netflix: April 2021

TBA The Disciple — NETFLIX FILM  Searching For Sheela — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY 

April 1 Magical Andes: Season 2 — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY  Prank Encounters: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL Tersanjung the Movie — NETFLIX FILM  Worn Stories — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY 2012 Cop Out Friends with Benefits Insidious Legally Blonde Leprechaun The Pianist The Possession Secrets of Great British Castles: Season 1 The Time Traveler’s Wife Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family White Boy Yes Man

April 2 Concrete Cowboy — NETFLIX FILM Just Say Yes — NETFLIX FILM  Madame Claude — NETFLIX FILM  The Serpent — NETFLIX ORIGINAL  Sky High — NETFLIX FILM

April 3 Escape from Planet Earth

April 4 What Lies Below

April 5 Coded Bias Family Reunion: Part 3 — NETFLIX FAMILY

April 6 The Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You — NETFLIX FAMILY 

April 7 The Big Day: Collection 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL  Dolly Parton: A MusiCares Tribute — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY Snabba Cash — NETFLIX ORIGINAL  This Is A Robbery: The World’s Biggest Art Heist — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY The Wedding Coach — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

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What Would a Queen’s Gambit Musical Look Like?

By Alec Bojalad

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Jupiter’s Legacy Comic Comes to Life in Netflix Series First Look

By Alec Bojalad

April 8 The Way of the Househusband — NETFLIX ANIME 

April 9 Have You Ever Seen Fireflies? — NETFLIX FILM  Night in Paradise — NETFLIX FILM  Thunder Force — NETFLIX FILM

April 10 The Stand-In

April 11 Diana: The Interview that Shook the World

April 12 New Gods: Nezha Reborn — NETFLIX FILM  Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn: Seasons 1-4

April 13 The Baker and the Beauty: Season 1 Mighty Express: Season 3 — NETFLIX FAMILY My Love: Six Stories of True Love — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

April 14 The Circle: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! — NETFLIX ORIGINAL Law School — NETFLIX ORIGINAL  The Soul — NETFLIX FILM  Why Did You Kill Me? — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

April 15 Dark City Beneath the Beat The Master Ride or Die — NETFLIX FILM 

April 16 Arlo the Alligator Boy — NETFLIX FAMILY Ajeeb Daastaans — NETFLIX FILM  Crimson Peak Fast & Furious Spy Racers: Season 4: Mexico — NETFLIX FAMILY Into the Beat — NETFLIX FILM  Rush Synchronic Why Are You Like This — NETFLIX ORIGINAL  The Zookeeper’s Wife

April 18 Luis Miguel – The Series: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL 

April 19 Miss Sloane PJ Masks: Season 3

April 20 Izzy’s Koala World: Season 2 — NETFLIX FAMILY 

April 21 Zero — NETFLIX ORIGINAL 

April 22 Life in Color with David Attenborough — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY  Stowaway — NETFLIX FILM

April 23 Heroes: Silence and Rock & Roll Shadow and Bone — NETFLIX ORIGINAL Tell Me When — NETFLIX FILM 

April 27 August: Osage County Battle of Los Angeles Fatma — NETFLIX ORIGINAL Go! Go! Cory Carson: Season 4 — NETFLIX FAMILY

April 28 Sexify — NETFLIX ORIGINAL  Headspace Guide to Sleep — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

April 29 Things Heard & Seen — NETFLIX FILM Yasuke — NETFLIX ANIME 

April 30 The Innocent — NETFLIX ORIGINAL  The Mitchells vs. The Machines — NETFLIX FAMILY Pet Stars — NETFLIX ORIGINAL The Unremarkable Juanquini: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL 

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Leaving Netflix – April 2021

April 2 Honey: Rise Up and Dance 

April 4 Backfire

April 11 Time Trap

April 12 Married at First Sight: Season 9  Surviving R. Kelly Part II: The Reckoning: Season 1

April 13 Antidote

April 14 Eddie Murphy: Delirious  The New Romantic  Once Upon a Time in London  Thor: Tales of Asgard 

April 15 Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant 

April 19 Carol The Vatican Tapes 

April 20 The Last Resort

April 21 The Great British Baking Show: Masterclass: Seasons 1-3

April 22 Liv and Maddie: Seasons 1-4

April 23 Mirror Mirror 

April 24 Django Unchained

April 26 The Sapphires 

April 27 The Car Doom

April 28 Paul Blart: Mall Cop

April 30 17 Again Blackfish Can’t Hardly Wait Den of Thieves How to Be a Latin Lover I Am Legend Jumping the Broom Kingdom: Seasons 1-3 Knock Knock Palm Trees in the Snow Platoon Runaway Bride Snowpiercer The Green Hornet The Indian in the Cupboard Waiting

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Probably Bad Film Idea #2: Paul Blart: Mall Cop 3: Jingle All The Segway

The problem with Paul Blart’s saga is it’s obviously a trilogy. What it needs to cap it off is a bit of festive cheer.

Paul Blart has fallen on hard times. He’s gone from a protector of US consumerism to mall santa. Times are tough, and the kids are tougher. But just as he thinks things can’t get any worse, thieves storm the mall.

It’s a ho-ho-hostage situation.

[2bastardsandabluray]

Logan: A dying breed of storytelling

Major spoilers below.

Things change. This is an inevitable part of existence. For better or worse, nothing is truly static.

Movies change, too. They will continue to do so. It is not within my ability or the ability of anyone who gives a flying fuck about the art form to stop this change. What do I mean? Well, if you’ve ever seen Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, you ought to recognize the change I’m talking about.

Some very nefarious and capitalistic things are being done by production studios, and also by Adam Sandler. (Side note: if you’re Adam Sandler, fuck you.) Although a lack of originality is one of these production changes, another is the dominance of the ‘popcorn flick’ - big budget, action packed summer movies whose detail and artistry are surface-deep, at best. On its own this is not a bad thing, but it depresses me to see the direction in which this trend is pulling Hollywood in general.

Logan is, as a result, among a dying breed of movies - a small story pulled out of a much larger world in which to tell stories. The Lord of the Rings trilogy, large and fantastical as it seems, is a subtle example of this to those familiar with more of J.R.R. Tolkien’s works. Almost 12 full hours of film fails to encompass even a small portion of the storytelling universe Tolkien created. 

This, in part, is what makes James Mangold’s Wolverine send-off so beautiful. The rest of the X-Men franchise is vast and deserving of its own essay some other time, but the power of Logan is in its lack of vastness. The only references we get to other X-Men movies are small, subtle, and often brushed aside by whatever else is going on (with the exception of the comic books).

As a result, we are left with a story about 3 people, on the run, worn out, and deeply lost. Logan is now well over 200 years old, and he is tired in every possible sense of the word. His last friend, Charles Xavier, whom he has known for over 50 years, is dying. Here enters Laura (X-23), Logan’s genetically manufactured daughter, who is being hunted down by her creators. The three of them argue, endure struggle, bond, and eventually both Logan and Charles die trying to deliver this girl to safety. After more than 200 years of wandering the Earth drunk and depressed, Logan dies having finally learned what it means to be happy, and to belong to a family.

This story arc, to me at least, seems very simple. There’s no maniacal villain, no doomsday machine, no massive implications or sequel possibility. Logan is a story about one man (with indestructible bones) finding a final happiness in his long, dark life. This is a dying form of storytelling - a small, simple story about people, doing their best in a world which makes it all too easy to do your worst.

-Andrew

[ao3feed-ghostbusters]

by Midna127

Words: 1444, Chapters: 9/?, Language: English

Series: Part 2 of Waifu Wars Trilogy

Fandoms: Original Work, Fire Emblem: If | Fire Emblem: Fates, One Direction (Band), Actor RPF, Paul Blart: Mall Cop (Movies), Music RPF, The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Coco (2017), 新・光神話 パルテナの鏡 | Kid Icarus: Uprising (Video Game), Super Smash Brothers, Fire Emblem: Kakusei | Fire Emblem: Awakening, Candyland, どうぶつの森 | Animal Crossing Series, Fortnite (Video Game), The Outsiders - S. E. Hinton, Ghostbusters - All Media Types, Dr. Phil (TV), Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Cool Cat Saves the Kids (2015)

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: M/M

Characters: Barack Obama, William Shakespeare, Aqua | Azura, Harry Styles, Matt Mercer, Original Characters, Paul Blart, Takumi (Fire Emblem), Aunt Jemima - Character, Billy Ray Cyrus, Linebeck (Legend of Zelda), Dark Pit (Kid Icarus), Reggie Fils-Aimé, Chrom (Fire Emblem), My Unit | Reflet | Robin, Lord Licorice, Saberspark, Jake Paul, Frederick (Fire Emblem), Ponyboy Curtis, Lil Pump, Philip "Dr. Phil" McGraw, Mr. Moseby, Cool Cat (Cool Cat Saves the Kids)

Relationships: Barack Obama/William Shakespeare, Chrom/My Unit | Reflet | Robin

Additional Tags: Crack, Cross-Posted on Wattpad, Yaoi, War, Kidnapping, Drunkenness, Harvest Hoedown, Suicide, Gay Sex, Shoplifting, Alternate Universe, Marriage

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[garmetar]

Get ready for the cinematic experience of the millennium, Paul Blart Mall Cop 3: Cops of Blarberty. That's right, the long awaited finale to the famed trilogy Paul Blatt Mall Cop is coming this summer. In this addition we learn of Paul Blart's origin, a test tube baby who knows thirty languages three of which are only known to mall cops. You will find out about his hundreds of earlier copies of himself previously created until they reached the perfect mall cop specimen we all know and love today. Paul will have to learn of the world outside of malls with the help of his scientist friend to defeat his evil twin brother Baul Plart who holds a grudge against Mall cops and the world for creating and imprisoning him. Paul is the only one who can defeat Baul and the fate of our world and malls everywhere rests on his shoulders. Will he be able to Segway out of this safely? Find out August 32nd!

[mall-cop-trivia]

Fun Fact: in the french dub of the second film instead of his iconic line "Not Today, Death!" he instead says "I am Forever" (roughly translated). This is ironic because the movie Paul Blart Mall Cop 2 will last forever until the end of linear time due to the podcast Til Death Do Us Blart

MALL COP TRIVIA #73

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In the French dub of Paul Blart Mall Cop 2, instead of the iconic phrase “Not Today Death, Paul Blart yells “I am Forever”, predicting the eternal podcast “Till Death Do us Blart”, which will last forever

[mall-cop-trivia]

MALL COP TRIVIA #78

The tattoos Paul Blart had gotten in the first film are completely gone by the second, meaning either Paul Blart had gotten them removed, or it was completely forgotten in the six year gap between the two films

[mall-cop-trivia]

MALL COP TRIVIA #74

Kevin James (played by Paul Blart) threw the first pitch at a Mets Game to promote the film Paul Blart Mall Cop 2.

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MALL COP TRIVIA #71

Uncontrollable Vomiting is a real medical condition called CVS (Cyclic vomiting syndrome)

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MALL COP TRIVIA #77

The Burlington Mall, where Paul Blart Mall Cop 1 & 2 was filmed has since had a redevelopment in 2021, and no longer features the iconic entrance seen in the two movies.

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MALL COP TRIVIA #76

Kevin James only agreed to do Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 in order to secure funding for “Here Comes the Boom”

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It’s time.

MALL COP TRIVIA #11

Originally, a third movie was planned to set in Hawaii. Not much is known what happened to the filmed other than it was scrapped. When Kevin James was asked the possibilities of another film in January 2022 he responded with “Yeah. Well, we've got to work that one out. I would love that. I don't know what the story is yet. But it was so much fun shooting in Vegas. That was a great time."