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Eight years of development hell and it turns out that this is still on the cards only now...
Liam Neeson as Detective Frank Drebin? It may happen. Out doing interviews for his new action feature “The Marksman,” actor Liam Neeson has made a surprise revelation – “The Naked Gun” films may be coming back with him starring. Attempts have been made over the years to reboot the film series, but they never went […]
Seth MacFarlane is overseeing it and has approached Liam Neeson for the lead
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I was NOT expecting this.
Surely, now Leslie Nielsen is dead, the franchise is, too?????!!!!!
Surely, it was ALL about Leslie Nielsen???!!!!!!!
That is why I find this news so perplexing. Just rip off the idea about 81% then start a new franchise that feels very familiar to it. But without Leslie Nielsen.
Because he's wormfood, currently, with no sign of coming back right now.
Now Leslie Nielsen's dead, Naked Gun is, too. The entirety of the franchise.
It died with Leslie. RIP, you absolute deadpan ledge!!!!!
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See, I don't see it. Pretty much every typical serious actor could deliver comedy lines straight which is exactly how Neeson comes across too. What Neilsen delivered was close to an artform, it's why he elevated even the raft of dirge comedy films he did as well. It's a very specific form of deadpan coupled with comedic presence and timing which is why even though the rest of the Naked Gun cast were delivering the same humour hardly anyone could keep up with Neilsen's delivery.
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I think Liam Neeson could pull it off, he definitely has the chops for it, but to quote that famous scientist, Dr. Ian Malcolm ...
"Yeah, but you were so preoccupied with whether or not you could, you didn't stop to think if you should."
Like so many other films, Naked Gun doesn't need a remake - let it stand on its own.
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