Liam Neeson hopes Naked Gun reboot will start shooting in summer
Liam Neeson is hopeful the 'Naked Gun' reboot, in which he will play Frank Drebin, Jr, will start shooting this summer.
Liam Neeson is hopeful the 'Naked Gun' reboot will start shooting this summer.
The 70-year-old actor is to take on the leading role in the movie as Frank Drebin, Jr., the son of Leslie Nielsen's character Detective Frank Drebin - the main character of the original film, 'The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!' - and the cast and crew are hoping the movie will "happen this year".
He said: "We’re waiting on a script. Yeah, we’re hoping it’ll happen this year, maybe in the summertime."
Neeson admitted Seth MacFarlane and his team are currently working on the script for the movie.
Asked if the film is a priority for everyone involved, he told Collider: "Yeah, Paramount Studios, I think. I approached Seth MacFarlane, he and his team are working on it, the scripts.
"So, we’re hoping to go in the summertime, you know?"
The original movie - based on the 1982 TV series 'Police Squad!', which had been axed after six episodes - starred Nielsen as Drebin, a detective with plenty of fight but lacking in common sense.
Over the course of three movies, he turned the loveable character into a comic icon.
The franchise also starred Priscilla Presley and Ricardo Montalban and proved to be a huge hit.
But in October, Presley admitted she doesn't want to feature in the reboot.
She said: "No, I won't (be in it)! I wouldn't do it really if I was asked because you don't fix something that's already fixed.
"That movie I don't think can be rebooted in the way that Leslie Nielsen and I did it. It was just a great relationship and friendship and we got along great on the set and that was just all fun and what a great experience.
"Now, in this one, gosh, the actors who are playing the characters, I can't see it visually. Maybe it will come across as great, but I wouldn't be a part of it."
