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However, on January 11, 2014, Garant stated that the film will be more of a sequel than a reboot.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/113348-the-naked-gun-reboot-will-be-more-sequel-than-remake|title=The Naked Gun Reboot Will be More Sequel Than Remake|work=ComingSoon.net}}</ref> In March 2015, David Zucker referred to the film as more of a reboot than a sequel, stating that it will not have the same [[Spoof film|spoof]]ing style as the original series, while disagreeing with the choice of Helms as the lead, saying "I would want somebody who had never been in a comedy". Zucker was approached by the studio to produce the film.<ref name=Zucker-comments-reboot>{{cite news|last1=Brown|first1=Kat|title=Naked Gun Reboot 'Won't Be That Kind of Movie' says David Zucker|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/11465586/Naked-Gun-reboot-wont-be-that-kind-of-movie-says-David-Zucker.html|access-date=13 January 2016|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=March 11, 2015}}</ref> In August 2015, Helms gave an update on the film stating "You have to make something that a contemporary audience is going to like. We haven't seen many of those slapstick movies in a while, so I'm not sure what the right angle is on it", echoing Zucker's comments on the film's modern take.<ref name=Helms-Naked-Gun-Update>{{cite news|last1=Polowy|first1=Kevin|title=Ed Helms Updates Us on ''Naked Gun'' Reboot, Answers 'Things We've Always Wondered'|url=https://www.yahoo.com/movies/ed-helms-naked-gun-remake-news-update-ed-helms-125970571247.html|access-date=13 January 2016|publisher=[[Yahoo! Movies]]|date=August 5, 2015}}</ref> Zucker stated in 2017 that he was working on a script for a fourth ''Naked Gun'' film with [[Pat Proft]].<ref name="cardinal">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailycardinal.com/article/2017/03/director-david-zucker-talks-airplane-comedy-getting-his-start-on-campus|work=[[Daily Cardinal]]|title=Director David Zucker talks "Airplane!", comedy, getting his start on campus|access-date=June 12, 2017|last=Skubish|first=Jake|date=March 30, 2017}}</ref> He described the film's plot as being about the son of Frank Drebin.<ref name="cardinal" />
In 2021, [[Liam Neeson]] revealed that Paramount and [[Seth MacFarlane]] had approached him about the possibility of a ''Naked Gun''
==Cast of characters==
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