Filmmaker Jody Hill was preparing to go to Albuquerque to shoot Observe and Report last year when he found out that his wasn’t the only mall-cop comedy in development. But Hill —  director of The Foot Fist Way and co-creator of HBO’s Eastbound and Down — wasn’t afraid of Paul Blart: “I figured it was gonna suck,†he told us at South by Southwest today.
Earlier: Paul Blart: Mall Cop Not Your Only Mall-Cop Movie Option in 2009
Earlier: Paul Blart: Mall Cop Not Your Only Mall-Cop Movie Option in 2009