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A long-gestating reboot of the “Naked Gun” franchise with Liam Neeson is finally moving forward at Paramount, landing a release date of July 18, 2025.

The currently untitled project will be directed and executive produced by Akiva Schaffer, who co-wrote the draft script alongside Dan Gregor and Doug Mand, reprising their partnership from the Emmy-winning film “Chip ‘N Dale: Rescue Rangers.” Seth MacFarlane and Erica Huggins are producing via their company Fuzzy Door. The new movie is based off the widely popular “Naked Gun” franchise and television series “Police Squad!” by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker.

Variety

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Posted by VoxDawg

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Posted on 2/28/24 at 2:59 pm to Green Chili Tiger

I hope everyone involved with this project goes bankrupt.

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Posted by teke184

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Posted on 2/28/24 at 3:04 pm to Green Chili Tiger

Neeson seems like a perfect fit for the ZAZ “serious actor goes fully deadpan” style.

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Posted by SUB

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Posted on 2/28/24 at 3:05 pm to Green Chili Tiger

Since this style of comedy has been absent from film for quite some time...I'm kind of excited about it. Bring on the slapstick!

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Posted by Brosef Stalin

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Posted on 2/28/24 at 3:18 pm to Green Chili Tiger

did they choose Liam Neeson because his name kind of sounds like Leslie Neilson?

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Posted by LSUlefty

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Posted on 2/28/24 at 3:22 pm to Green Chili Tiger

The Naked Gun is my favorite comedy of all time. Airplane is a close 2nd.

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Posted by Saint Alfonzo

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Posted on 2/28/24 at 3:25 pm to Green Chili Tiger

Liam Neeson is very good at deadpan humor so I suspect this might be a decent film.

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Posted by Akit1

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Posted on 2/28/24 at 3:37 pm to Green Chili Tiger

Are they going to have OJ Simpson again?

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Posted by Krane

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Posted on 2/28/24 at 4:21 pm to Green Chili Tiger

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Posted by Nutriaitch

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Posted on 2/28/24 at 4:39 pm to Green Chili Tiger

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The new movie is based off the widely popular “Naked Gun” franchise and television series “Police Squad!” by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker.

this gives me hope that it's not a full on "remake", but rather a movie in the same style as those movies but with new characters and plots.

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Posted by pwejr88

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Posted on 2/28/24 at 6:09 pm to Green Chili Tiger

One of my all time favorites.
I grew up on the Police Squad so I can safely say I’m pumped for this movie.

Leslie Neilsen was a serious and dramatic actor before Airplane!. Liam Neesen will be perfect.

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Posted by Frac the world

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Posted on 2/28/24 at 6:26 pm to Green Chili Tiger

I think Liam can crush this, we need more of this humor in movies.

I honestly feel like comedy movies have been dead for 10 years, I haven’t watched or wanted to watch one in that long.

I’ll watch this

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Posted by Corso

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Posted on 2/28/24 at 6:56 pm to Green Chili Tiger

I'm actually excited about this. I can't remember how old I was when I first saw Naked Gun, maybe 13, but I've still never laughed at anything as hard as I laughed at that umpire scene when I saw it. Starting at the National Anthem really. I love Liam Neeson and he might just be perfect for this

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