Posted on 04/04/2024 9:04:44 AM PDT by DallasBiff
NEW YORK (AP) — Lt. Frank Drebin is back on the case.
Paramount Pictures is moving ahead with a long-gestating remake of “Naked Gun,” the studio announced Wednesday. Liam Neeson will star as the bumbling police detective Debin in the role made famous by Leslie Nielsen.
Akiva Schaffer (“Hot Rod,” “Pop Star: Never Stop Stopping”) will direct the film, set for release in July 2025. The script is by Dan Gregor, Doug Man and Schaffer, who collaborated on 2022’s “Chip ‘N Dale: Rescue Rangers.”
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Liam Neeson?
Surely, you can’t be serious.
He’s not funny. Will be a disaster.
Will Liam Neeson be as deadpan funny as Leslie Nielsen?
I have my doubts...
He played a bad guy in a western so he’s versatile.................
Awful choice..
I think Rowan Atkinson would be amazing. He’s capable of being funny trying to be funny. And Hilarious when being the “straight man”.
Neeson’s not funny. This will be a bomb!
My thoughts exactly.
Loved Leslie. Loathe Liam.
“Will Liam Neeson be as deadpan funny as Leslie Nielsen?”
The answer is a solid NO!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2Co0lvFUAo
The one person I think could pull it off well if he were younger would be Al Bundy.
He shouldn’t have gone anti-gun political. I can’t see him being really funny.
Oh for pete’s sake. Leave classics alone. And double pete’s sake - come up with something original, Hollywood!
Liam Neeson is too serious. Maybe Brad Pitt, Keanu or Tom Cruise? Eastwood, Willis or Duvall 15 or 20 years ago…
Will Weird Al be making an appearance like he did in the last three?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF82nPcR91M&ab_channel=KWheaton
That appears to be a sentiment echoed by many on this thread...myself included.
Why pay $8 dollars to hear a few stale jokes? There will be fewer, less funny jokes than the original because of political correctness. They also can not make fun of any liberal people or ideas.
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