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I hate reboots but damnit 'The Naked Gun' rules
Like everyone else my age, I am irrationally protective of the pop culture touchstones I grew up with. Just last week, I saw ...
‘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 ...
Peter Bart: Both ‘The Naked Gun’ And Its Studio Are Banking On The Promise Of Reboots
A reboot of The Naked Gun arrives this week from Paramount Global, its distributor, which is also heralding its own massive ...
Original ‘Naked Gun’ creator rips reboot and star Liam Neeson: ‘It’s not a fresh idea’
David Zucker, the director and co-writer of the 1988 spoof comedy “The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!,” has a lot ...
Pamela Anderson’s Chemistry with ‘The Naked Gun’ Co-Star Liam Neeson Helped Keep Her in Character
Pamela Anderson modeled for ‘Playboy’ before rising to international fame with her role on ‘Baywatch.’ Read more about ...
The Naked Gun review: a film firing laughs on all cylinders
The Naked Gun is like a machine gun unloading barrels of laughs every second thanks to impeccable writing and comedic performances.
For the ‘Naked Gun’ Writers, a Guiding Goal: ‘What’s the Stupidest Thing We Can Get Liam Neeson to Say?’
The 'Naked Gun' screenwriters on Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson scatting, sight gags, and what this might mean for the beloved genre.
Review: 'The Naked Gun' reboot has some laughs but it's not what it could have been
The reboot of “The Naked Gun” tosses off a few sharp and/or stupidly effective gags of the hit-and-run variety, nice and ...
Can ‘The Naked Gun’ Save the Endangered Big-Screen Comedy?
Last year, Hollywood didn’t release a single live-action comedy in theaters. Is the problem with audiences, new technology or the studios themselves?