The Bare Gun is getting a remake starring Liam Neeson.
The unique movie, launched in 1988, turned a offered hit for the group of David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker, who beforehand had a smash hit with the spoof Airplane! The Bare Gun was their tackle basic cop motion pictures, with Leslie Nielson within the position of bumbling cop Lt. Frank Drebin.
The movie was based mostly on a short-lived TV present known as Police Squad!, additionally starring Nielsen as Drebin, which the Zuckers and Abrahams made after Airplane! Though the TV model was canceled after solely a few episodes, The Bare Gun was a full-fledge comedy blockbuster, and it spawned a number of sequels.
Makes an attempt have been made via the years to revive the franchise; at one level Ed Helms was lined as much as begin as Drebin, however that movie by no means got here collectively.
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In keeping with Selection, the brand new Bare Gun with Neeson shall be “directed and government produced by Akiva Schaffer, who co-wrote the draft script alongside Dan Gregor and Doug Man, reprising their partnership from the Emmy-winning movie Chip ‘N Dale: Rescue Rangers.” (For those who missed that film, it was really about as near a very good modern-day spoof as Hollywood has made in recent times, in order that’s an important group to make a brand new Bare Gun film.)
As for Neeson, he may seem to be an odd alternative for a comedy like The Bare Gun however I really assume he might be an ideal match. Earlier than Airplane!, Leslie Nielsen was not often called a comic book actor in any respect. He was poking enjoyable at his personal picture as a kinda-stiff man in largely middling dramas, and he turned out to be good at that. Nielsen has been humorous in motion pictures — he was nice as a voice in The LEGO Film — however he has such an intense gruff persona in motion motion pictures, he has a number of materials to work with taking part in a comic book model of himself.
The brand new Bare Gun is scheduled to open in theaters July 18, 2025.
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