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[bitbydeath]

It’ll be incredibly hard (pretty much impossible) to top Leslie Nielsen’s performance as Frank Drebin but I’d be interested in seeing this.

Liam Neeson revealed that he has “been approached by Seth MacFarlane and Paramount Studios to maybe resurrect the Naked Gun films.” He then says such a movie will: “either finish my career or bring it in another direction. I honestly don’t know”.

MacFarlane has also said in the past he would love to get Neeson for a “Naked Gun”-style comedy saying Neeson is: “so good at playing against the comedy and therefore he’s hilarious. He just really knows what he’s doing.”

Neeson Wanted For New "Naked Gun"? - Dark Horizons

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...

www.darkhorizons.com

 

[Tesseract]

hell yeah, make it so

 

[FunkMiller]

That’s actually..... twisted genius casting.

 

[Richard Packer]

I do not want to see what a modern version of Naked Gun would be.

 

[ManaByte]

Seth McFarlane...naked gun.

 

[bitbydeath]

I do not want to see what a modern version of Naked Gun would be.

 

[ManofOne]

no

 

[bitbydeath]

no

Why? I only really trust Seth and the South Park creators to do actual non-woke comedy these days.

 

[T8SC]

Liam Neeson
Leslie Nielsen


Close enough.

 

[ManofOne]

Why? I only really trust Seth and the South Park creators to do actual non-woke comedy these days.

I don't want a reboot or remake. Leave it alone.

 

[mortal]

 

[Arkam]

Why? I know we ask this a lot, but here I am truly amazed. Recently I tried to get my wife to watch the original (cuz she loves Airplane) and she put up a huge fight. Why? Cuz she had never heard of it and had no idea what type of film it was. And she is your target "mainstream" audience.

This gives me Inspector Gadget bad vibes....

 

[IntentionalPun]

Why? I know we ask this a lot, but here I am truly amazed. Recently I tried to get my wife to watch the original (cuz she loves Airplane) and she put up a huge fight. Why? Cuz she had never heard of it and had no idea what type of film it was. And she is your target "mainstream" audience.

This gives me Inspector Gadget bad vibes....

Comedies are pretty cheap to make, and despite your anecdote of one human not knowing what Naked Gun is, it was a pretty popular film series.

I still hear references pretty often from anyone who was an 80s kid.

Beyond that; it's not like this will be a direct sequel requiring knowledge of the other films lol, it'll be a silly comedy, probably direct to streaming at this point.

 

[Kimahri]

The headline made me go all oh god o dear god why, but hmm. Seth macfarlane tends to make me laugh. I like his stuff.

But naked gun is leslie nielsen, so leave it the fuck alone.

 

[BadBurger]

Neeson can do dry humor:



Full-blown AIDS

 

[Yoboman]

I guess he has a similar name to Leslie Nielsen if you say it quick enough

 

[crozier]

After admitting that he laid in wait to kill a random black guy, after his friend was raped by a black guy, I’m surprised people gave him a free pass and that he’s still able to find work.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

His scene on Extras was awesome.

I'll take this over another "old Liam Neeson kills bad guys" movie.

 

[ManaByte]

This will only work if they can bring back OJ and have Nordberg be accused of murder and it turns out he really did it.

 

[Vestal]

According to Hollywood folk lore it’s quiet possible Liam will be able to fill one of those human sized condoms from the first.
Hell Kevin Smith has a whole segment on his podcast with Ralph Garman devoted to the audacity of Liam Neesons cock.

 

[Prison Mike]

 

[The Hamburglar]

 

[EekTheKat]

I think this is spot on if Seth can get him. Leslie Nielsen was a serious actor before his turn into comedy, and Liam could be pretty damn funny if given the right material.

What made the movies and show hilarious was Nielsen playing it serious and straight faced, and I think Neeson can pull that off easily.

Nielsen's comedy career only dropped off once they paired him with writers and directors that had no idea how to use him.

The rest of the cast will make or break it though - I'd go straight serious supporting cast and keep the comedian casting/cameos to a minimum or none at all. Let the clever writing and absurd scenarios do most of the work.

 

[Woo-Fu]

What made the movies and show hilarious was Nielsen playing it serious and straight faced, and I think Neeson can pull that off easily.

Straight face is the only face Neeson has.

 

[UncleMeat]

I worship Leslie Nielsen and generally hate shitty lazy remakes but I would give this a chance. I think Liam has the seriousness to pull it off. I'd love to hear him pop off some of those classic Naked Gun one liners like, "like a midget at a urinal, I was gonna have to stay on my toes."

 

[Virt McPolygon]

It'll be great. He's already done comedy. Long time ago with Darkman.

 

[teezzy]

Seth brought me Ted, Ted 2, and The Orville

Fuck the haters, that shit rules

 

[Trogdor1123]

I read it as Leslie Neilson... Was confused... I'd give it a go I think though

 

[notseqi]

I read it as Leslie Neilson... Was confused... I'd give it a go I think though

Naked Gun x Weekend at Bernies

 

[The Cockatrice]

I'm ok with that.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Why? I know we ask this a lot, but here I am truly amazed. Recently I tried to get my wife to watch the original (cuz she loves Airplane) and she put up a huge fight. Why? Cuz she had never heard of it and had no idea what type of film it was. And she is your target "mainstream" audience.

Doesn’t sound very healthy, dude.

Liam Neeson doing this would be... interesting. It’s the script I don’t have much faith in, these days. Comedy is hard enough when you’re given free rein, imagine doing those movies today.

 

[ape2man]

Neeson can do dry humor:



Full-blown AIDS

that was too fucking funny... i'm dying.... i'm fucking dying.

 

[Peggies]

I do not want to see what a modern version of Naked Gun would be.

Probably about Frank Drebin's daughter.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

I thought they did a reboot already?

 

[Steeven]

Neeson can do dry humor:



Full-blown AIDS

This will never be not funny.

 

[Cravis]

Liam Neeson for Naked Gun:

From Seth MacFarlane:

 

[Sidney Prescott]

I'll watch anything with Liam Neeson in it, so I'm fine with this.

It is very rare for me not to enjoy a movie with him in it. He carries himself extremely well, and has a good screen presence.

 

[GeorgPrime]

Hard Powder was godly xD

 

[Evil Calvin]

Liam Neeson for Naked Gun:

From Seth MacFarlane:

I can see Set doing this as his actually has written some funny (and off color stuff), but Liam is dry, boring and doesn't seem to have the comedic chops (verbally and the physical comedy).

 

[FreedomOfSpeech]

Liam is dry, boring and doesn't seem to have the comedic chops

Well that is how we know him.
But maybe he can show another side.

Like how Jim Carrey went from WACKY FACES to sorta normal stuff, just the other way.

 

[bitbydeath]

Liam is dry, boring and doesn't seem to have the comedic chops (verbally and the physical comedy).

That’s exactly what made Leslie’s comedy so popular.



Comedy just happens around him and in his lines while he just plays it all serious.

 

[Sidney Prescott]

That’s exactly what made Leslie’s comedy so popular.



Comedy just happens around him and in his lines while he just plays it all serious.

I don't think anybody would be able to top Leslie honestly, his timing was off the charts. I still think Neeson would do a solid job. Haven't seen him do comedy, but I think it'd be interesting.

 

[King_Mandu]

Write something original you hacks.

 

[Evil Calvin]

Well that is how we know him.
But maybe he can show another side.

Like how Jim Carrey went from WACKY FACES to sorta normal stuff, just the other way.

Well Leslie was a serious actor before Airplane. Airplane was his first comedy role. So maybe it will work out.

 

[NeoGiffer]

 

[Soltype]

Why? I know we ask this a lot, but here I am truly amazed. Recently I tried to get my wife to watch the original (cuz she loves Airplane) and she put up a huge fight. Why? Cuz she had never heard of it and had no idea what type of film it was. And she is your target "mainstream" audience.

This gives me Inspector Gadget bad vibes....