Kevin James' 'The Zookeeper' filming at Franklin Park Zoo

Kevin James has been a busy man here in Massachusetts with the filming of both Grown-Ups and The Zookeeper, which just started this week at the Franklin Park Zoo.

As we said earlier, the movie is about a lonely zoo keeper (Kevin James) who tries to win over the girl of his dreams (Rosario Dawson). The animals decide to break their code of silence in order to help him gain her attention. James' friend and Grown-Ups costar Adam Sandler, will be the voice of a capuchin monkey. The rest of the cast will be filled out with Cher playing a giraffe, Jon Favreau playing a bear, Sylvester Stallone playing a lion, and Judd Apatow playing an elephant.

According to Loaded Gun Boston MGM has erected an elaborate mini-zoo set near the Giraffe Entrance. Filming will take place during regular park hours from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the next few weeks.

The Boston Globe says that the zoo received a “substantial’ location fee for their troubles. The zoo is in jeopardy of closing and even euthanizing the animals with Governor Deval Patrick's imposed budget cuts, so any new revenue for the zoo is much needed.

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'Paul Blart 2' is actually 'The Zookeeper'

We reported earlier that Kevin James was looking to film Paul Blart 2 here, but it turns out they are looking to shoot another movie all together called Zookeeper.

The movie is about a lonely zoo keeper (Kevin James) who tries to win over the girl of his dreams (Rosario Dawson). The animals decide to break their code of silence in order to help him gain her attention. Most of the filming will take place at Franklin Zoo in October.

According to the Boston Herald, James' friend Adam Sandler, who are both shooting Grown Ups a Woodman's in Essex this week, will be the voice of a capuchin monkey. The rest of the cast will be filled out with Cher, Sylvester Stallone, Jon Favreau and Judd Apatow. Cher will be a giraffe, Favreau will lend his voice to a bear, Stallone is a lion and Apatow is an elephant.