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Gag-filled and hilarious, The Naked Gun just might renew your faith in reboots

Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson fit like a glove into the new franchise, which refuses to read the memo that studio comedy is dead ...

‘The Naked Gun’ Filmmaker Akiva Schaffer Explains Why He Limited the Reboot to One O.J. Joke

Writer-director Akiva Schaffer initially thought a reboot of The Naked Gun was blasphemous until he realized the full potential of having Liam Neeson step into the shoes of Leslie Nielsen.

The Naked Gun wants to revive classic comedy but truly shines when it dares to be new

Liam Neeson's The Naked Gun remake definitely flags in the middle. But it's admirable attempt to revitalize the comedy ...

Every Reference 'The Naked Gun' Reboot Makes to the Original

Lt Frank Drebin Jr. (Liam Neeson) is the son of…you guessed it, Frank Drebin, played by Leslie Nielsen in the original Naked ...
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'The Naked Gun' Does Leslie Nielsen Proud

Starring Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, CCH Pounder, Kevin Durand, Cody Rhodes, Liza Koshy, Eddie Yu, ...

Naked Gun’s original director on why woke Hollywood is scared of jokes

In 2018, David Zucker – co-creator and director of spoof comedy films Airplane! and The Naked Gun – told me that he was ...

Naked Gun reboot sets new Rotten Tomatoes score for spoof comedy film franchise

The original Naked Gun (1988) has an 88 per cent score on Rotten Tomatoes. Meanwhile, its two sequels, The Naked Gun 2 1/2: ...

‘The Naked Gun’: First Reactions From the Premiere

The Naked Gun will be released in theaters worldwide on Aug. 1. Before the film’s release, and full critics’ reviews, read on ...