Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson star in 'The Naked Gun,' a reboot of the franchise led by late actor Leslie Nielsen ...

The action star plays deadpan detective Frank Drebin Jr. in director Akiva Schaffer’s welcome sequel to the police-parody ...

Liam Neeson and Akiva Schafer successfully breathe new life into the forgotten slapstick genre with a hilarious revival in ...

Nearly 40 years on, The Naked Gun is still a high-water mark for spoof comedy - powered by Leslie Nielsen’s unflappable ...

THE NAKED GUN (15) 85mins ★★★★★ YOU have to be brave to bring back The Naked Gun – because the 1988 original starring the ...

Liam Neeson is the new lead of The Naked Gun, but his predecessor Leslie Nielsen nearly got a final comic farewell in the 2000s.

The originals honed a very specific brand of silliness – juggling slapstick, word play, visual gags, background jokes and movie spoofs all at the same time. The pace was relentless and they did it all ...

Exclusive: The Naked Gun director Akiva Schaffer chats with us the legacy of Leslie Nielsen, Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson, ...

As the new film hits cinemas, catch the laugh-out-loud original with Leslie Nielsen as a bumbling cop tries to thwart an assassination attempt on the Queen.

Liam Neeson didn't want to "emulate" the late Leslie Nielsen in his take on Frank Drebin Jr in The Naked Gun reboot.

Indeed, the biggest joke was casting serious actors, including Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stacks, Lloyd Bridges and Peter Graves. (“Surely, you can’t be serious?” “I am serious. And don’t call me Shirley.