*sigh* Naked Gun getting the reboot (Liam Neeson eyed for role, Family Guy creator producing)

[Optimus Prime]

i can see it

 

[King Poetic]

About to flop

Should be Netflix or Amazon type release

 

[Conz]

this 100% started b/c someone was talking about Naked Gun and accidentally called Leslie Nielson "Liam Neeson." 1000%

 

[jeh]

Who's going to play OJ

 

[MushroomX]

I can see this working only if they lean into Liam's action roles, and not like Leslie's stuff. Basically how Nielson did it, was that he played it 'Straight' like he was a real detective in a slapstick world as Nielson himself was a dramatic actor before Airplane!; which revived his career.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Leslie Nielsen was erthing Liam isn't. And don't call him Shirley.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Who's going to play OJ

Nordberg you mean? Probably be a Trans.

 

[Conz]

i doubt Neeson is playing Frank Drebin. if they have a Nordberg they'll probably have his son or something.

either way, at least this is coming from Seth McFarlane and the Lonely Island guys. they have good track records.

 

[KalKal]

Who's going to play OJ

The "Police Squad!" Nordberg looked like this:

 

[KalKal]

Also...If anyone hasn't seen "Police Squad!", I would recommend checking it out.
I didn't see it until after I saw Naked Gun....but when you watch Police Squad! you realize how many jokes they just simply reused from the original TV series...and some of them were done better.


Can't explain why, but the "locksmith" line was my favorite bit:

 

[ShaDynasty]

Also...If anyone hasn't seen "Police Squad!", I would recommend checking it out.
I didn't see it until after I saw Naked Gun....but when you watch Police Squad! you realize how many jokes they just simply reused from the original TV series...and some of them were done better.


Can't explain why, but the "locksmith" line was my favorite bit:

The funniest 6 episodes of TV that exist. They said it failed because people actually have to watch the TV to catch some of the jokes, a lot of comedy TV back then you could follow just by listening if you were doing something else. It makes sense that it was more popular as a movie.

The Liam Neeson thing could work. It needs to be the same humor, but not the same jokes, and sending up the last decade plus of action/crime movies and TV, especially Neeson's run of trash flicks.

As far as Norberg, maybe another sports star, serious actor or someone out of leftfield. To me it seems like a bad idea to put an actual comedian anywhere near this. It was all regular character actors in the original film. Mahershala Ali?

 

[jwinfield]

Who's going to play OJ

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Hollywood is so ass. Such a trash era of film making….

 

[ℒℴѵℯJay ELECTUA]

Industry is dead..

 

[FTBS]

Well shyt can we get a new Police Academy then?