The classic comedy franchise The Naked Gunis getting the modern reboot treatment, and there are already a ton of exciting updates about the new film. Originally released in 1988 and based on the TV show Police Squad!, The Naked Gun follows bumbling detective Frank Drebin and his pals on the force as they try to foil a plot to assassinate the Queen of England. Created by the legendary Zucker brothers, The Naked Gun's humor was a mix of slapstick antics and screwball weirdness, and it was largely anchored by franchise star Leslie Nielsen's brilliant delivery. 6k1x5r

The Naked Gun's original director, David Zucker, shares his reaction to the first trailer for the Liam Neeson-led reboot. Spanning out of the Police Squad TV series, Leslie Nielsen's iconic and absurd comedy series followed the misadventures of Detective Sergeant Frank Drebin, in his hapless but good-hearted attempts to fight crime. After a lengthy period of development hell, The Naked Gun's reboot sees Neeson step into the role of Frank Drebin Jr., as he attempts to continue his father's legacy with his own zany escapades.

The Naked Gun reboot has had its release date delayed. The original Naked Gun was a 1988 police procedural parody movie starring Leslie Nielsen as Detective Sergeant Frank Drebin that spawned two sequels in 1991 and 1994. The Naked Gun reboot, which was directed by Akiva Schaffer and produced by Seth MacFarlane, will star Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin Jr. alongside an ensemble cast that includes Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Ha, Kevin Durand, Danny Huston, Liza Koshy, Cody Rhodes, CCH Pounder, and Busta Rhymes.

The Naked Gun reboot, starring Liam Neeson, has added a Yellowstone alum to the project. A planned reboot of the successful 1988 Leslie Nielsen movie The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! has been in the works for around a decade. In 2022, the project was officially greenlit with Neeson in the lead role. Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane will co-write and co-produce the movie, with Hot Rod director Akiva Schaffer at the helm.

Liam Neeson's The Naked Gun reboot movie has announced the casting of one of the franchise's original legacy characters. As one of the defining comedy franchises of the '80s and '90s, the original movie, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, was released in 1988, and starred comedian Leslie Nielsen as a bumbling police lieutenant investigating a criminal plot to create mind-controlled assassins. The movie took over $152 million at the global box office and spawned two equally successful sequels, concluding with 1994's Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult.

TheNaked Gun reboot casts an iconic Baywatch star as the female lead alongside Liam Neeson. The Naked Gun trilogy, which spanned from 1988 to 1994, was inspired by the Police Squad! TV series and followed the comedic adventures of Lt. Frank Drebin, an inept police detective portrayed by Leslie Nielsen. After fifteen years of development hell, it was announced in October 2022 that a reboot was moving forward with Liam Neeson starring as Frank Drebin Jr., Akiva Schaffer directing, and Seth MacFarlane producing.

With two years having past since he first ed the project, Seth MacFarlane has a promidate for the Naked Gunreboot. Acting as a spinoff of the spoof comedy The Police Squad, the Leslie Nielsen-led comedies revolved around a hapless detective investigating a series of major crimes in Los Angeles. After years of attempts to produce a fourth movie, a Naked Gunn reboot was announced in the works in 2013, initially with Ed Helms starring, though after nearly a decade of development hell, MacFarlane came on board to produce with Liam Neeson starring and The Lonely Island's Akiva Schaffer co-writing and directing.

The original Naked Gun director David Zucker and writer Pat Proft explain why a fourth film failed to develop, and why they're upset about the reboot with Liam Neeson. Based on the Police Squad! TV series, the original Naked Gun trilogy was released from 1988 to 1994 following the comedic exploits of the incompetent police detective, Lt. Frank Drebin, played by Leslie Nielsen. As of 2022, a reboot starring Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin Jr. has been in active development.

Liam Neeson gives an encouraging update on his planned Naked Gun reboot. Leslie Nielsen cemented his status as an ‘80s comedy icon when he played Detective Frank Drebin in 1988’s The Naked Gun, a feature film continuation of the short-lived parodic TV show Police Squad. Now plans are underway to bring back Naked Gun, with Seth MacFarlane taking care of the comedy writing, and Neeson stepping into Nielsen’s prodigously funny shoes.

A new Naked Gunmovie starring actor Liam Neeson is in the works at Paramount Studios. Neeson is known for his fantastic performances in action and drama films, starring as Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and Ra's al Ghul in Batman Begins and The Dark KnightRises. He's been nominated for one Academy Award and two Tony Awards. The next movie he is starring in is this winter's Marlowe as the title character.