When is 'Naked Gun' streaming? Here's our best guess
Paramount's taking another swing at the slapstick cop comedy, with Liam Neeson stepping into the role made famous by Leslie Nielsen. This version is more self-aware but still full of banana peels and bad puns.
"The Naked Gun" (2025) just hit theaters, so if you want to see Neeson and co-star Pamela Anderson fumble their way through explosions and romantic subplots while deadpanning into chaos, you'll probably have to jump in the car and head to the theater since it only opened on Aug. 1
Still, we can take an educated guess when you can stream it at home. If you're not feeling like putting on pants for this one, chances are good it'll land on premium video-on-demand and Paramount Plus within the next couple of months. Here's what we know about when it'll be easier to watch from your couch.
If you're hoping to watch Neeson awkwardly charge through explosions and bad one-liners from your couch right now, you'll have to wait a while. Right now, "The Naked Gun" is only playing in theaters, and there's no official streaming date yet.
Paramount has yet to announce when you'll be able to buy or rent the movie from digital platforms, but we've seen the studio's pattern before. Paramount tends to drop its new releases on digital a few weeks after the theatrical debut — sometimes in under a month.
For example, "Novocaine" hit PVOD 25 days after its premiere, while "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" had its digital release after 32 days. That means "The Naked Gun" could show up for premium rental or purchase in a few weeks, possibly September 2.
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Streaming on Paramount Plus will require a longer wait. If "The Naked Gun" follows the same track as "Sonic 3," which took about two months to go from theaters to streaming, then Drebin's misadventures could land on Paramount Plus sometime in early October.
Obviously, that means you're going to have to sit tight and be patient. In the meantime, however, you can watch all of the other "Naked Gun" and "Police Academy" movies from yesteryear and get those yuks in.
The dumbest cop in America has a new name, and it's Frank Drebin Jr. In this modern reboot of the classic spoof series, Liam Neeson takes the lead as a well-meaning but wildly incompetent detective trying to solve a case that's way out of his depth. There's a murder, a mysterious device that might be brainwashing people, and just enough chaos to make sure things never go according to plan. And guess what? They really, really don't go to plan.
Pamela Anderson shows up as a true crime podcaster with personal ties to the case, and somehow ends up getting dragged into Drebin's disaster of an investigation. There are heists, fake gadgets, and jokes that fly so fast you barely have time to roll your eyes before the next one lands. But they're oh, so satisfying.
It's got the same over-the-top energy as the original films, only this time it's Neeson deadpanning his way through exploding desks, dramatic standoffs, and deeply uncomfortable misunderstandings. Basically, imagine a serious action movie if it slipped on a banana peel and kept going like nothing happened. And then it farted.
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