The Hero of the Mall

The Hero of the Mall (Spanish: Policía del centro comercial) is an upcoming family comedy film produced by Little Witch Pictures. A remake to the 2009 film Paul Blart: Mall Cop, the film will be written and directed by Luc Besson.

The film is scheduled to be released on StudioCanal.

Plot
Baturro de la Parra lives in Monterrey, Nuevo León, with Mina, his daughter, along with his wife, Edwina. Aspiring to join the Policía Estatal de Nuevo León, he trains at the police academy, but his hypoglycemia causes him to collapse before finishing the exam. de la Parra works as a security guard at the Centro Comercial Pabellón de Monterrey.

Cast
Spanish English
 * Eugenio Derbez as Baturro de la Parra
 * Fernanda Castillo as Edwina de la Parra
 * Aislinn Derbez as Mina de la Parra
 * Adal Ramones as Bernardo Sol
 * Diego Luna as Enrique Vale
 * Raúl Méndez as Dante Topolino
 * Paul David-Goddard as Baturro de la Parra
 * Kate Micucci as Edwina de la Parra
 * Kath Soucie as Mina de la Parra
 * Ido Levi as Bernando Sol
 * Antonio Lázaro Férnandez as Enrique Vale
 * Jason Hightower as Dante Topolino

Production
Production began in late May 2021 in Monterrey. Principal photography took place at the Galerías Monterrey in Monterrey, Monterrey after being denied a permit from Paseo San Pedro in Monterrey, Nuevo León. From late May until mid-June, the mall and its stores were decorated with the Independence Day decorations, and there was a large prop ball-pit in the main foyer of the mall near the Sanborns branch, and the Zapata's revolution at the opposite end near the Kahlo's branch where the mall usually puts its own Zapata's revolution. Interior filming took place mostly at night. Some of the aerial stunts, such as de la Parra being attacked in the scenic elevator, were performed at the Pueblo Serena in Monterrey, Nuevo León, as the Galerías Monterrey's construction did not allow for some of these stunts.

Sequel

 * Main article: The Hero of the Mall 2

Little Witch expressed interest in producing a sequel to the film in May 2022. In early 2023, it was confirmed that the studio was moving forward, and shooting began in May 2023. Ariel Winograd was hired to direct the sequel, Winograd replaced by Luc Besson who directed in the first film., He was previously distributed by EuropaCorp in the first movie, instead of Videocine Distribución in the second movie.