Frank Drebin Will Ride Again In ‘Naked Gun’ Remake
Paramount Pictures is now planning to relaunch the franchise and, aside from signing Helms, they’ve inked deals with Night At The Museum scribes Thomas Lennon and R. Ben Garant. The duo are also responsible for the far-less family friendly Reno 911 TV series, so it remains to be seen which tone they’re going to take for the Naked Gun remake.
As of now, no director has been signed. Though, if I had my away, I’d have them beg fellow Museum alum Ben Stiller to direct it- and make it a hard R action-comedy in the vein of his Tropic Thunder. That would make it a franchise worth revisiting.
The original trilogy didn’t cost much to make, but earned a combined $275 million. That’s the merit of a good comedy franchise. Similar to horror flicks, the costs are low and the profits can be real high. They’re low-risk enterprises- unless Mike Myers gets his hands on them, of course.
Here’s how the first Naked Gun began:
SOURCE: Variety