Is Seth Rogen’s “Observe and Report” and Kevin James’ “Paul Blart: Mall Cop” Inspired by “Mall Insecurity”?

Seth Rogen in Observe and Report

“Observe and Report” stars Seth Rogen (Superbad, Knocked Up, Pineapple Express, Step Brothers) as Ronnie Barnhardt, a self-proclaimed bad-ass, racist mall security guard whose overzealous yet incompetent character is hell bent on arresting a “serial flasher”.  In Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Kevin James plays a pathetic security guard who desperately wants to stop a bank robbery in his local mall.  Sound Familiar? It should, because it’s the latest in a series of mall cop movies which has all but created its own genre. The original idea sprung up somewhere, but the studios aren’t talking about the original source. Full Article Here.

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Seth Rogen’s New Movie “Observe and Report”

Seth Rogen's New Movie "Observe and Report"

Seth Rogen’s new movie, “Observe and Report” is coming to theaters across North America on April 10th 2009, promising more laughs, darker humor, and a better plotline than recent “Paul Blart: Mall Cop”. Starring Seth Rogen (Superbad, Knocked Up, Step Brothers) as Ronnie Barnhardt, a bad-ass, racist, self-righteous head of mall security, plus Anna Faris (The House Bunny, Brokeback Mountain) as his love interest Brandi the hot cosmetics girl, and Ray Liotta (GoodFellas, Hannibal) as Detective Harrison of the local police. Read Full Article