The unique ‘Naked Gun’ trilogy featured Leslie Nielsen as Franklin ‘Frank’ Drebin, a good-hearted and gullible detective on the middle of a police procedural parody
The unique ‘Naked Gun’ trilogy featured Leslie Nielsen as Franklin ‘Frank’ Drebin, a good-hearted and gullible detective on the middle of a police procedural parody
Liam Neeson is in negotiations to star in Paramount Pictures upcoming reboot of “Naked Gun”.
According to leisure web site Variety, Akiva Schaffer is directing the trendy tackle the ’80s slapstick film from a screenplay he co-wrote together with his “Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers” writers Dan Gregor and Doug Mand.
Seth MacFarlane and Erica Huggins are producing the project via their Fuzzy Door banner.
Neeson had teased the remake earlier this year at the People (The TV Show). He had revealed that McFarlane and Paramount want him to resurrect the “Naked Gun” films.
The original “Naked Gun” trilogy featured Leslie Nielsen as Franklin “Frank” Drebin, a good-hearted and gullible detective at the center of a police procedural parody.
The 1988 movie “The Naked Gun: From the Files of a Police Squad” was a critical and commercial success. It was followed by two sequels — 1991’s “The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear” and 1994’s “Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult”. The first two movies had been directed by David Zucker, whereas Peter Segal helmed the third film.
Source: www.thehindu.com