The Naked Gun trailer: Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson lead action-comedy reboot
Actor Liam Neeson has joined the crime comedy reboot of the classic 'The Naked Gun' franchise. The trailer for the film, released by Paramount Pictures, has an additional surprise element with Pamela Anderson joining the wild ride.In the two-minute, one-second trailer, audiences get a glimpse of iconic references from previous movies of 'The Naked Gun' series as well.Neeson is introduced as Lt Frank Drebin Jr, son of Lt Frank Drebin Sr played by Leslie Nielson in the prequels.advertisement
In the nostalgic sequence, we see Drebin taking a knee in front of his father's portrait while promising to make him proud.The camera then zooms in on a line of detectives doing the same in front of other portraits. However, a young detective refuses to pay respect to the portrait of Nordberg (played by OJ Simpson).The scene is a reference to OJ falling out of grace in Hollywood, after being accused of murdering his ex-wife and her partner.The fast-paced action, gunshots, humour and adventure in 'The Naked Gun' is an homage to several action franchises, including 'Mission Impossible'.From Drebin's complete disregard for laws and regulations to his ruthless bashing of criminals, 'The Naked Gun' brings back old-school humour in one of Neeson's funniest on-screen characters.Watch The Naked Gun trailer here:advertisement Anderson portrays Neeson's love interest in the movie. She was last seen in the 2024 film 'The Last Showgirl'.Rapper Busta Rhymes and WWE wrestler Cody Rhodes also make fun cameos in Neeson-Anderson's edge-of-the-seat action-comedy.'The Naked Gun' is directed by Akiva Schaffer and produced by Seth MacFarlane and Erica Huggins. Schaffer wrote the script with Dan Gregor and Doug Mand.The crime comedy also features Paul Walter Hauser, CCH Pounder, Kevin Durand, Cody Rhodes, Liza Koshy, Eddie Yu, with Danny Huston.Paramount Pictures India releases the film on August 1, 2025.
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