Written by: Stoic Taco

Before he decided to step into the octagon and tangle with cage fighters in Here Comes The Boom, Kevin James was Griffin Keyes in the Zookeeper.

Directed by Frank Coraci, who obviously enjoyed working with Kevin James on this film so much so that they immediately moved onto the currently-in-production MMA film Here Comes The Boom.

In Zookeeper, the animals at the Franklin Park Zoo love their kindhearted caretaker, Griffin Keyes. Finding himself more comfortable with a lion than a lady, Griffin decides the only way to get a girl in his life is to leave the zoo and find a more glamorous job.  The animals, in a panic, decide to break their time-honored code of silence and reveal their biggest secret: they can talk!  To keep Griffin from leaving, they decide to teach him the rules of courtship – animal style.  The … Read More »

Written by: Stoic Taco

Kevin James, star of King of Queens and The Dilemma, is starring in a new film about the increasingly popular sport, MMA (Mixed Martial Arts).

Here Comes The Boom tells the story of a desperate physics teacher who begins moonlighting as a mixed martial arts fighter in order to save jobs and programs at his fiscally challenged high school.

The actor who is known for his larger physique and boisterous persona has had to undertake a gruelling training program in order to prepare for the physical challenges of playing a MMA fighter.

This photo posted on Twitter by legendary UFC Ring Announcer Bruce Buffer (@brucebuffer) shows the newly slimmed down Kevin James on the first day of filming.

Kevin James has been a long time supporter of MMA and the UFC and is friends with Randy Couture, so it only makes sense that … Read More »