Liam Neeson has demonstrated his explicit set of abilities in numerous “Taken” motion pictures, however he might quickly be demonstrating his aptitude for comedy in a reboot of one of many greatest comedy movie franchises of the late Eighties and early ’90s.
In line with The Hollywood Reporter, Neeson is reportedly in talks to star in a reboot of “The Bare Gun”, the 1988 comedy that spawned two sequels, “The Bare Gun 2 1/2: The Scent of Worry” and “The Bare Gun 33 1/3: The Closing Insult”.
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The movies, spun off from the short-lived cult-hit TV comedy “Police Squad”, starred Canada’s personal Leslie Nielsen as bumbling cop Frank Drebin, who managed to unravel circumstances regardless of his utter ineptitude.
Whereas THR factors out that talks are nonetheless within the early levels, Akiva Schaffer of The Lonely Island is onboard to direct.
Particulars in regards to the potential reboot’s plot, notes THR, “are being stored underneath wraps.”
Throughout a current interview with ET Canada’s Morgan Hoffman, Neeson revealed he’d been provided the “Bare Gun” reboot, and expressed his curiosity in starring in a comedy.