From the recordsdata of the Police Squad, “The Bare Gun” is again on August 1 in theaters in every single place — the rebooted Liam Neeson model that’s. Paramount Photos has launched the theatrical trailer for the continuation of the sequence from which the similarly-named Leslie Nielsen mined field workplace gold.
Within the new movie, Neeson performs Lt. Frank Drebin, Jr., son of Nielsen’s Frank Drebin character. Alongside for the sure-to-be-wacky journey are Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, CCH Pounder, Kevin Durand, Cody Rhodes, Liza Koshy, Eddie Yu, and Danny Huston. Written by Dan Gregor, Doug Maud, and Akiva Schaffer, the film was directed by Schaffer and produced by Seth MacFarlane and Erica Huggins.
Neeson shouldn’t be recognized for enjoying comedy — though Nielsen wasn’t both previous to his straight-faced “Don’t Name Me Shirley” flip in 1980’s “Airplane!” Neeson advised ComingSoon.com final yr that he wanted to show his comedic chops.
“I’m barely nervous of it. Slightly Stephen Colbert sketch or Ricky Gervais, I’m OK as a result of it’s brief. However an entire movie, we’ll see. We’ll see,” the motion star mentioned. In 2022, after it was introduced the film was in growth, Neeson cracked, “It’ll both end my profession or deliver it in one other path. I truthfully don’t know.”
The final “Bare Gun” entry was launched in 1994, simply months earlier than co-star O.J. Simpson’s turned embroiled in controversy after Simpson confronted trial — one thing the primary teaser trailer for the reboot cheekily referenced. The unique trilogy was based mostly off a failed ABC TV sequence titled “Police Squad,” additionally starring Nielsen.
Anderson makes her first massive display look since her much-heralded film comeback “The Final Showgirl,” which netted her SAG and Golden Globes nominations. She advised Seth Meyers in January that the “excessive comedy” of “The Bare Gun” was one thing she’d “at all times wished to do.”
“And Liam is such a gentleman. He’s such a sweetheart, such a love, and we simply had a terrific connection. And Akiva is an excellent director,” Anderson mentioned. “However what a distinction, going from an indie movie to a Paramount ‘Bare Gun.’”
Anderson added that the “Saturday Evening Dwell” crew was on the set, throwing out new jokes all through the shoot. “Some had been humorous, some weren’t, however some had been — most of them had been humorous. Liam is hysterical. You’re not going to see it coming. That’s how good he’s.”
“The Bare Gun” blasts into theaters on August 1. Take a look at the trailer under.