Probably happy to be away from Segways for a while after filming and promotional duties for Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, Kevin James is tackling a new blend of comedy and action for **True Memoirs Of An International Assassin.
Jeff Morris wrote the script, which finds the actor as a mild-mannered accountant who dreams of becoming a thriller writer. But when his fictional novel about the life of an international assassin is published as a true story, he’s mistaken for a real hired killer and becomes something of a celebrity.
Trying to escape his newfound infamous status, he escapes to Belize but is there entangled in an assassination plot. To keep his head, he’ll need to channel the character he created – Colt Rodgers – and draw on the skills he’s only chronicled on the page before if he wants to save the day. Yes, it sounds a little bit like a global take on the concept of the **Paul Blart **movies mixed with a hint of Galaxy Quest, but he knows what people seem to want. Kick-Ass 2 director Jeff Wadlow is the man tasked with bringing it to our screens.
James is back on our screens in two Adam Sandler projects, with Pixels landing on August 12 and Hotel Transylvania 2, in which he voices Frankenstein, due on October 9. And perhaps the film will teach an object lesson – don’t even write about assassins in movies, lest you end up in trouble.