Lt. Frank Drebin is back on the case.

Paramount Pictures is moving ahead with a long-gestating remake of 鈥淣aked Gun,鈥� the studio announced Wednesday. Liam Neeson will star as the bumbling police detective Debin in the role made famous by Leslie Nielsen.

Akiva Schaffer (鈥淗ot Rod,鈥� 鈥淧op Star: Never Stop Stopping鈥�) will direct the , set for release in July 2025. The script is by Dan Gregor, Doug Man and Schaffer, who collaborated on 2022鈥檚 鈥淐hip 鈥楴 Dale: Rescue Rangers.鈥�

The 鈥淣aked Gun鈥� films, derived from the TV series 鈥淧olice Squad!鈥�, were high-water marks for slapstick comedy. They ran over six years: 鈥淭he Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad鈥� (1988), 鈥淭he Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear鈥� (1991) and 鈥淣aked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult鈥� (1994).

Nielsen died in 2010 at the age of 84. Before playing Lt. Drebin, Nielsen had been largely a dramatic actor.

鈥淚t鈥檚 been dawning on me slowly that for the past 35 years I have been cast against type,鈥� Nielsen once said, 鈥渁nd I鈥檓 finally getting to do what I really wanted to do.鈥�

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