still ahead kevin james is back in mall cops two no laughing matter for new film starring james franco and jonah hill. take a look. >> i'm kevin frazier coming up: kevin james mall cop two, and james franco and jonah hill, serious in the drama, true s i need to promote my new business. and do it on budget. i can make that happen. business cards? business cards, brochures, banners... pens? pens, magnets, luggage tags, bumper stickers. how about foam fingers? like these? make on-budget happen. make self-promotion happen. staples. make more happen. >> the return of paul and james franco, gets serious with jonah hill. kevin frazier from entertainment tonight has more on the new movies this weekend. >> this week james franco and jonah hill skip the laughs and get serious in the real life drama true story and kevin james takes on the safety of las vegas in paul burglared's mall cop two. 400,000 square feet protected by the finest security there is side of the mississippi. >> moving along. >> the lovable paul is back in action in since city, when group of thieves threaten the casinos. someone

like, wow, james franco is here you knee. >> franco started in "the interview."imited release by sony pictures. >> now that it's over, are you relieved? >> i was a little stressful, yeah. i'm glad it got out. i don't think we were being irresponsible. it's not like we were going out on a limb saying he's a bad dude. most people, you know internationally kind of agree like bad stuff going on over there. >> you've been lucky, mr. hill. you haven't had anything that's blown up this big where you're in the middle of it like, oh, my god, what do we do? >> i know the intentions. to me it felt like wow, it's scary and i just hope you know all my friends come out feeling oklahoma. >> while hill and franco have enjoyed great success on screen they share the desire to work behind the camera. >> you want to direct jonah hill. >> yeah. >> do you. >> yeah. to me there's no personal way to tell a story than being a filmmaker. you know as an actor, you get to be supporting the part of someone else's vision and you can add personal layers to it. but i still feel i've never been

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when james franco murders his family and tells police he is them it's a scary narrative.d r. murder swept behind the iron curtain in "child 44." tom harder playing a soviet officer on the trail of a serial killer. there can be no crime in a communist paradise. child 44 is rated r. a dead teen gets her web redemption in "unfriended." this i know what you did last summer for the digital age finds a mystery killer after #s deleting teeners and leads to suicide. that's the box office preview. >> i don't know about that one. we can all pick something we want to see. >>> a former marine is preparing to scale mt. everest for a second time using a prosthetic leg. >> former staff sergeant charlie linville lost his right leg and several fingers in an explosion in afghanistan. he has been using a prosthetic leg with specialized attachments for hiking and ice climbing. linville works with the heroes project, a non-profit that helps wounded veterans. >> it became something for me to show people that my brothers and myself are capable of doing anything that anybody else is doing, you k

. >> "true story" stars jonah hill, james franco and felicity jones.ist facing an accused killer who takes on his identity. it morphs into a game of cat and mouse. >> when you're ready. >> sorry, it's a habit. >> first impressions? >> yes, first impressions. >> hmm. what did you put down? >> brown eyes. >> that's not very remarkable. >> the popularity of programs like jinx and serial the true crime genre is now more popular than ever but "true story" getting mixed reviews, referencing the film's leads, hill and franco, critic bill goody clunes says most of the story is two guys sitting around talking. you'll be glad it's them. but matt prigge of metro calls the movie pat and thin, swelling up like a balloon in its middle section before shrinking to a nub by its end. oh, that's tough. >> creative language but kind of harsh. here's another one, the next chapter in the life of the well-known security enthusiast paul blart, "mall cop 2" coming out six years after his first adventure. there he is, blart is back. he's in vegas this time with his daughter and

and james franco's father. and he would say. we would do orphan development projects in high conflict and rural areas and he would often say orphan development is a front line on the war on terror. what are your thoughts about these types of approaches towards peace initiatives. with nato. by the way. we did that in the beginning of the cold war. we did not just create nato but the monitary fund and the world bank and all sorts of social organizations from all over the world and world health organizations and development groups and u.n. development projects and the aspen institute. the middle east investment initiative for example will help the palestinians and others in the muslim world. other israeli banks to get people working together this. is something that benjamin franklin understood in philadelphia. it was not just about big organizations but it is was about the people that were getting together to form you know. the civic sweeping corps and militia. and a lending library that could be done that way. i think that as we f

and not only is it good.palo alto's own james franco shocks with a terrific performance as a man on thed he murder his wife and children? at the same time, we meet a disgraced new york times journalist, beleivably played by jonah hill. it all takes place in oregon and montana. the chilling story has twists, turns, a thriller with smart dialog to keep you guessing.it is disturbing.but very well theatre director rupert goold. do not read too much about it before seeing it.there's time for that after. a tough movie, but a very good one. the great debaters: when this important movie came out in 2007, it was my year.it didn't have enough money behind fo promotion.but catch it now denzel washington and forest whitaker star in this story of a professor at a primarily africal american wiley college texas. washington plays professor school's first debate club.eventually challenging harvard in a national debate championship. you'll be cheering for the great debators. and while we're saluting real life teachers that change our lives.sign up for this one.edward james olmos as jaime escalante.stand

i used to volunteer with the late doug franco, james franco's father, and he would say -- we would do orphan development projects in high-conflict rural areas, and he would often say orphan development is the front line on the war on terror. what are your thoughts about these types of approaches towards leading with peace initiatives? >> guest: absolutely. and, by the way we did that at the beginning of the cold war. we didn't just create nato, we did the international monetary fund and the world bank. but also all sorts of social organizations around the world world health organizations development groups and u.n. development projects. at the aspen institute, we have a middle east investment initiative, for example, that helps palestinians and others in the muslim world create small businesses often with loan guarantees or loans from the israeli banks so that you get people working together. this is something benjamin franklin understood in nebraska. it wasn't just about -- in philadelphia. it wasn't just about big organizations, it was about people getting together to form civil cor

james franco in one of the series nicole ricci, sarah jessica parker.ews, which is a lot. >> yeah. >> do the economics of these originals. are they actually profitable? >> yes, that iare. very impactful because ifon tv landscape landscape, there is roughly going tabe about 4 billion people with smartphones in the next couple years. you have a massive market of both paid tv and really machines in people's pockets that act like cable boxes and the growth rate grew 90% last year. all of that growth is what advertisers are chasing. when you take a step back and say how do you make this program and where are videos going profitable? you have a really big audience and high-quality content and you use massive digital to distribute those things and the combination allows you to have -- >> original programming, the model was, you were going to pay up initially for programming. it was going to maybe break even and then the real money in original programming was syndication, it was sort of the secondary. >> right. >> in this new world that we're living in is there