Thursday, July 10, 2025

“Naked Gun” Is Back, With Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, and CCH Pounder, But Not Creator David Zucker

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“Naked Gun” is back.

This time, the classic comedy is rebooted by Akiva Schaffer and Seth MacFarlane.

But it’s without creator David Zucker, who told TMZ recently he won’t be seeing it.

The trailer is below. Liam Neeson plays Frank Drebin, Jr. son of the Leslie Nielsen character. Pamela Anderson and the great CCH Pounder co-star.

It looks like a paint by numbers version of the original “Naked Gun.” Funny? Sure. Groundbreaking? No.

Why do studios do this stuff? Now Zucker should go reboot “Ted,” call it “Fred.”

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Roger Friedman
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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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