Artwork instructor Matt Taylor has gone viral a number of occasions over on TikTok.

The recognition of his uplifting portray tutorial movies won’t be due to their precise high quality, although, because the overwhelming majority of commenters agree: Matt Taylor is definitely actor Kevin James.

The Paul Blart: Mall Cop star has seemingly starred in 15 movies in character because the fourth-grade artwork teacher, who gives portray and drawing ideas along with sage life recommendation in every of his movies.

Why the hell is the King of Queens star posing as an elementary college instructor? Our first speculation: Is that this some kind of weird try at a viral advertising and marketing marketing campaign for a film?

There's no official affirmation that that is the case, however all of the clues level towards Matt Taylor's movies being a promotional effort for James' upcoming romantic comedy Solo Mio, which is scheduled to launch in theaters Feb. 6, 2026.

The first information: James' character within the film is known as Matt within the film, based on a press launch from distributor Angel Studios, the corporate behind Sound of Freedom and different "faith-friendly" initiatives. (Representatives for James and Angel Studios didn't instantly reply to Leisure Weekly's requests for remark.)

Maybe much more importantly, the filmmakers behind Solo Mio — the eight-sibling collective referred to as the Kinnane Brothers — observe the Matt Taylor account on Instagram.

Two of the Kinnanes, Charles and Daniel, are directing the movie collectively, whereas two different brothers, Patrick and John, wrote the screenplay alongside James. The Kinnanes beforehand labored with James on their Sound Guy viral video series in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, so that they have some expertise producing consideration for movies starring James on social media (although it's not instantly clear in the event that they're immediately concerned with the Matt Taylor posts).

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Actors Julee Cerda and Julie Ann Emery, who had been introduced as a part of the Solo Mio solid, observe the Matt Taylor account as effectively. The movie will even star Kim Coates, Alyson Hannigan, Jonathan Roumie, and Nicole Grimaudo, who don’t observe the account.

Within the preliminary press launch, Angel described the movie's premise. "Matt, a person whose goals of a picturesque Italian wedding ceremony are shattered when his fiancée leaves him on the altar," the studio stated. "Matt embarks on his deliberate honeymoon throughout Italy alone, immersing himself within the nation’s vibrant tradition, meals, and sweetness."

Nothing about that premise instantly means that the protagonist is a fourth-grade artwork instructor, however there are just a few particulars within the Matt Taylor movies that point out he's the identical man who'll ultimately get turbo-dumped in an Angel Studios rom-com.

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In Matt's ninth video, he solutions a number of questions, together with one which asks why he all the time contains {couples} in his panorama work. "While you're portray, you're portray a really perfect, I suppose," he says. "And for me to see a pair is a completion. And in my life proper now, we're working there." He's an enormous softie!

In his eleventh video, Matt talks about how the pure world serves because the inspiration for his artwork. "That is created by the uncreated. That is the artist," he says. "God creates it for us on the market, and that is the stuff we attempt to recreate." Undoubtedly appears like one thing from the studio behind The King of Kings and The Chosen!

In his fifteenth (and most up-to-date) video, Matt is talking to the digital camera in his classroom when he's abruptly interrupted by a lady strolling by, inflicting him to lose his practice of thought for a second. He appears fairly distracted by the lady's presence, and it's the one time that one other particular person audibly speaks in any of his movies. Maybe love is within the air?

One thing tells us we'll discover out quickly.

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