Paramount’s The Naked Gun reboot has received its first full trailer, giving fans a better feel of the film’s brand of humour as it approaches its release on 1 August 2025.
Helmed by director Akiva Schaffer (Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, MacGruber), the reboot stars Liam Neeson (Taken franchise) as Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. of the elite crime-fighting team Police Squad, the son of Frank Drebin, the protagonist of the franchise’s past movies played by the late Leslie Nielsen. Joining him are co-stars Pamela Anderson (Baywatch), Paul Walter Hauser (Cruella), Kevin Durand (Legion), Danny Huston (The Crow), Liza Koshy (Players), wrestler Cody Runnels and CCH Pounder (Orphan).
In the new Naked Gun, Neeson’s Frank Drebin Jr. must lead the team to save the world while maintaining Police Squad’s failing reputation. The trailer teases more slapstick humour that fans of the franchise would be familiar with, including Drebin causing more property destruction while driving, and delivering the franchise’s signature deadpan jokes like misinterpreting “manslaughter” as “man’s laughter” and adding that it “must have been quite the joke”.
The movie will also mark Neeson’s first time leading a comedic movie. The star, most well-known for his overly serious roles like Brian Mills in the Taken franchise, is proving his acting chops by exploring a wider range of genres and roles, and seems to fit in comfortably as Drebin, fully committed to the film’s various outrageous bits like dressing up in a full Girl Scout uniform while dispatching foes with a lollipop.
The Naked Gun reboot’s script is written by Dan Gregor and Doug Mand, who previously wrote Schaffer’s Emmy-winning Disney+ feature Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers, with Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy) and Erica Huggins (Son of the Mask) serving as its producers. The film is based on the classic comedy film trilogy by David Zucker(Scary Movie) and Peter Segal (My Spy), beginning with the 1988 original, The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
The Naked Gun will hit theatres on 1 August 2025.
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