Detective Sergeant Franklin "Frank" Drebin's escapades will soon be making a triumphant comeback to television screens. Paramount Pictures confirmed last year they'd given the green light to reboot the classic comedy film series, Naked Gun.
The great Leslie Nielsen, who passed away in 2010, will be replaced by Taken star Liam Neeson in the lead role. In a recent interview with Steven Weintraub of Collider, Liam gave an update on the project, stating:
Yes, we're waiting on a script. Yeah, we're hoping it'll happen this year, maybe in the summertime.
If the movie is a priority for everyone involved, the 70-year-old actor who will play Frank Drebin, Jr., responded:
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?