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[Maiden Voyage]

New ‘Naked Gun’ Movie A Go At Paramount With Liam Neeson In Talks To Star And ‘Lonely Island’s Akiva Schaffer Directing

Akiva Schaffer directing

deadline.com

Plot details are being kept under wraps except that Neeson might be playing the son of Detective Frank Drebin instead of stepping into the role made famous by Leslie Nielsen.

That casting choice is phenomenal. I'm excited for this one.

 

[winjer]

Chances are they are just going to ruin another great saga of movies.

 

[SJRB]

Here comes creatively and morally bankrupt Hollywood to ravage and defile the corpse of yet another beloved movie classic!

 

[The Cockatrice]

Here comes creatively and morally bankrupt Hollywood to ravage and defile the corpse of yet another beloved movie classic!

100% agree. That being said, Liam Neeson can be quite funny under good writing(which lets be honest, is very rare these days).

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Chances are they are just going to ruin another great saga of movies.

New movies aren't going to make the old ones suck. This isn't a remake. Neeson would be the son of Frank, not Frank himself. I honestly am pretty optimistic about it.

 

[DetectiveBananas]

We'll at least the original series made baseball ️ the most fun it's been in years!

 

[AJUMP23]

New ‘Naked Gun’ Movie A Go At Paramount With Liam Neeson In Talks To Star And ‘Lonely Island’s Akiva Schaffer Directing

Akiva Schaffer directing

deadline.com

That casting choice is phenomenal. I'm excited for this one.

Your not M ManaByte This is normally his thing.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Your not M ManaByte This is normally his thing.

What can I say? I like comedy.

 

[CYRU5_DA_GR34T]

Look Liam is great, but for the Naked Gun?
That was a comedy by a great comedian (Leslie Nielsen) who was very different from Liam.
I grew up watching the Naked gun films, but I also grw up watching stuff like Taken and the like.
Those are very different things, and I don't really see the actors being interchangeable that way.
Wasn't Steve Martin available?
I don't see this ending well.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Look Liam is great, but for the Naked Gun?
That was a comedy by a great comedian (Leslie Nielsen) who was very different from Liam.
I grew up watching the Naked gun films, but I also grw up watching stuff like Taken and the like.
Those are very different things, and I don't really see the actors being interchangeable that way.
Wasn't Steve Martin available?
I don't see this ending well.

Nielsen wasn't known for comedy in his career before pivoting.

Nielsen's supporting role of Dr. Rumack in Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker's 1980's Airplane! was a turning point in his career. The film, a parody of disaster films such as Zero Hour!and Airport, was based on building a comedy around actors known for dramatic roles. Other stars included Robert Stack, Peter Graves, and Lloyd Bridges. Nielsen's deadpan delivery contrasted with the absurdity surrounding him. When asked, "Surely you can't be serious?", he responded with a curt, "I am serious. And don't call me Shirley." In several interviews, he reflected on the line: "I thought it was amusing, but it never occurred to me that it was going to become a trademark. It's such a surprise ... the thing comes out, people say, 'What did he say?!'"

Leslie Nielsen - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Neeson's intense demeanor is quite similar to Nielsen IMO. I think the casting is fantastic.

 

[Stitch]

Nielsen wasn't known for comedy in his career before pivoting.

He is actually a really mean Bastard in one of the Creepshow stories

 

[FunkMiller]

Are they casting Liam Neeson because if you squint hard and don't look too closely his name looks like Leslie Nielsen?

 

[Slicker than your average]

 

[jason10mm]

I have ZERO confidence that they can make either a silly, but funny, film or a biting, and funny, film. Unless they get Bill Burr, Dave Chapelle, Joe Rogan, and a handful of others to write this its a gonna stink. Even if they just rely on visual gags alone and don't touch any charged topics, I don't see it.

But I'm hopeful. Something other than the sarcastic cynicism that has dominated for the past couple of years.

 

[Robot Carnival]

 

[Fbh]

A new Naked Gun movie with probably tame and hyper safe humor as to not offend anyone?

 

[GymWolf]

I thought that at least naked gun was safe from hollywood but i'm wrong once again...

 

[Hoddi]

I'll give it a chance. Liam Neeson is at least a way better choice than Ed Helms as the rumors were suggesting some years ago.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

They need to make it for MODERN AUDIENCES or I'm not seeing it.

Appointing 2 white male leads is already fascist casting. This is Mussolini type ****.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

These films were a product of their times… low expectations like most reboots

 

[LiquidMetal14]

I'm interested. Could be decent but am not naive to expect something as good as the originals.

 

[DragoonWalker]

Good for Neeson, finally doing something different with his career. Whether he has hidden potential for comedy remains to be seen.
Personally I would have liked if they went with Andy Sandberg, Bill Hader, or even Chris Pratt.

At least it's not Ryan Reynolds.

 

[SJRB]

In a sense it's kind of amazing they're casting a white hetero man for this remake, so i guess there's that?

 

[Vestal]

I think Neeson like Nielsen has the Acting chops to pull this sort of character of..


Having said that, it will depend on the type of movie they are able to make. This ain't the 80s, and a lot of crap they could get away with back then won't fly with studio execs or audiences as easily.

 

[jason10mm]

Having said that, it will depend on the type of movie they are able to make. This ain't the 80s, and a lot of crap they could get away with back then won't fly with studio execs or audiences as easily.

Oh, I think it would fly with audiences quite well. Twitter-loons are not an audience. All the comics that eschew PC culture are playing to packed houses. If they could make a film that lampoons EVERYONE and does it in a non-preachy way, it could work quite well. I just don't have much faith in modern writers to do it.

But then again, they got Liam "I went out looking for ANY black man to punish" Neeson as the lead so who knows?

 

[AlteredForms]

There can be only one lieutenant Frank Drebin.

 

[Alcibiades]

Is anyone involved in the original production coming back? Hope this isn't a cheap cash-in.

 

[Jeff Spicoli]

Its impossible today to make good comedies, everybody are too afraid to offend somebody.

 

[Hoddi]

I think Neeson like Nielsen has the Acting chops to pull this sort of character of..

I've always thought that Charles Dance would have nailed the role. The whole thing that makes these films funny is that you have these very serious actors saying those lines.

Getting a comedian for the role would have killed any interest I'd had.

 

[Jennings]

Liam Neeson would be great for this movie. Just look at his comedy chops in action.

 

[bitbydeath]

Should get Bo Burnham to write it, he doesn't give a fuck.

 

[Cohetedor]

Think they dare get O.J. back for a cameo?

 

[Mobilemofo]

I didn't know Liam neeson was able to do anything other than : husband, a cook, ex blah blah, saves daughter. Husband, a teacher, saves ex wife from pedophile honey monster. A man, an ex sas super tactical teabag specialist, saves his niece from evil Cambodian puppeteers.

You get the idea. I saw him in one of Gervais's extras episodes years ago. Since then, it's been, rinse and repeat.

The writings gonna have to be fuckin tremendous to make him look funny. Might be the best disaster of that year when it's in the cinema. Assuming we are all here by then and not dead.

 

[Vestal]

Liam Neeson would be great for this movie. Just look at his comedy chops in action.

Deadpan comedy, aka Frank Drebin at his best

 

[indigo-cyclops]

Liam Neeson would be great for this movie. Just look at his comedy chops in action.

Eh, I don't know, he doesn't have the same delivery as Leslie. I can't think of anyone that could fill his shoes. I didn't find that clip all that funny.

Bob Odenkirk maybe?

There's just no reason to reboot or remake this series. They are fucking gold as they are.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Another remake, what's next? Uncle Buck with James Corden I suppose...

 

[Aggelos]

The reaction to this announcement could only be one...

 

[zcaa0g]

Surely you can't be serious.

 

[Hoddi]

I didn't know Liam neeson was able to do anything other than : husband, a cook, ex blah blah, saves daughter. Husband, a teacher, saves ex wife from pedophile honey monster. A man, an ex sas super tactical teabag specialist, saves his niece from evil Cambodian puppeteers.

You get the idea. I saw him in one of Gervais's extras episodes years ago. Since then, it's been, rinse and repeat.

The writings gonna have to be fuckin tremendous to make him look funny. Might be the best disaster of that year when it's in the cinema. Assuming we are all here by then and not dead.

The whole thing that made the originals so funny is that they cast a dead serious actor in an incredibly silly role. Leslie Nielsen was never a comedian before Airplane made him into one.

I don't want some 'wacky' comedian in this role. I want to see someone like Charles Dance or Liev Schreiber or Patrick Stewart playing it straight.

 

[MastaKiiLA]

I guess it was only a matter of time, really. As the saying goes, "When you find success, run it into the ground."

 

[Mobilemofo]

The whole thing that made the originals so funny is that they cast a dead serious actor in an incredibly silly role. Leslie Nielsen was never a comedian before Airplane made him into one.

I don't want some 'wacky' comedian in this role. I want to see someone like Charles Dance or Liev Schreiber or Patrick Stewart playing it straight.

Honestly, I'm surprised they haven't offered it to a trans actor, or kevin heart such is the state of the world.

 

[Frank Horrigan]

Terry crews as nordberg Jr?

 

[Frank Horrigan]

Eh, I don't know, he doesn't have the same delivery as Leslie. I can't think of anyone that could fill his shoes. I didn't find that clip all that funny.

Bob Odenkirk maybe?

There's just no reason to reboot or remake this series. They are fucking gold as they are.

Christian Bale could do it.

His rant at the fella with the lights on the set of terminator 3 is funny af.

 

[daffyduck]

Terry crews as nordberg Jr?

Tom Brady as Nordberg jr.

 

[01011001]

100% agree. That being said, Liam Neeson can be quite funny under good writing(which lets be honest, is very rare these days).

he is the only one who could play Frank Drebin jr that I can think off, but there's just no way this can turn out good... zero chance

 

[DGrayson]

If anyone here plays golf, this shit is hiliarious. I used to have this on VHS and would watch it constantly when I was a kid.

 

[Sophist]

Could be fine if Neeson doesn't try to mimick Nielsen unique style but go with his own. Let Bartlet be Bartlet.

 

[Trunx81]

In if he tells everyone that he has AIDS all the time.

 

[daffyduck]

In if he tells everyone that he has AIDS all the time.

 

[darrylgorn]

Nice beaver.