The Naked Gun is an upcoming film in the action comedy genre. Also titled The Naked Gun 4+¼: Law of Toughness, the film will be released by Paramount Pictures on August 1, 2025.
Letterboxd mentions the film's synopsis as:
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Only one man has the particular set of skills… to lead Police Squad and save the world: Lt. Frank Drebin Jr.
The film is a sequel to the 1994 Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult starring Leslie Nielsen and the fourth entry in the overall franchise. So let's take a look into all its important details, like its cast members, storyline, and other things.
When is The Naked Gun releasing?
The Naked Gun will be released by Paramount Pictures on August 1, 2025. There are a few other releases set for the same day also, including the animated heist flick The Bad Guys 2.
Akiva Schaffer has directed the film, while the script is written by Schaffer, Doug Mand, and Dan Gregor. Seth MacFarlane has produced the film with Erica Huggins under their banners Fuzzy Door Productions.
What is the plot of The Naked Gun?
The Naked Gun follows its protagonist, Lt. Frank Drebin Jr., who is the son of Frank Drebin. The film will mainly follow the misadventures of Drebin as he goes on his missions. The plot is inspired by the film franchise as well as the television series Police Squad.
The official teaser trailer showcases a hostage situation as the SWAT team surrounds a building. We see a little girl entering the building who turns out to be Liam Neeson in disguise. He then introduces himself as Drebin (son of Frank Drebin) from the police squad and ends his line saying that he is 'the new version.'
Who is in the cast of The Naked Gun?
Liam Neeson is playing the role of Lt. Frank Drebin Jr., the son of Frank Drebin (played by Leslie Nielsen in the earlier installments). Other cast members of the film are listed below:
- Pamela Anderson as Beth
- Paul Walter Hauser as Capt. Ed Hocken Jr.
- Kevin Durand
- Busta Rhymes
- Danny Huston
- CCH Pounder
- Cody Rhodes
- Liza Koshy
The franchise of The Naked Gun spans several decades. It started with the 1982 television series Police Squad! It was followed by three comedy films that came out in 1988, 1991, and 1994.
In 2024, Liam Neeson gave an interview to Collider where he shared his nervousness about doing the film. He said,
"Well, obviously, the script has got to be funny and have a kind of a theme, a kind of a story, albeit quite loose, going through the script rather than just a series of gags, which can get boring very, very quickly. Yes, I'm honored to be offered the part of Frank Drebin, and a little bit nervous about it because I've done a couple of skits before that were just very short TV things, but this would be, I don't know, 95, 100 minutes of a film. They're still casting it so hopefully my other cast members will be funny and sexy so that I could just be dead absolutely straight. There has to be lots of visual gags going on, too."
The film will be released theatrically on August 1, 2025, by Paramount Pictures.
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