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The Key to ‘The Naked Gun’ Dumb Jokes Is Smart Filmmaking
Director Akiva Schaffer on how it's not just Liam Neeson playing it straight; the 'Naked Gun' look, design, music, stunts are ...
Andy Samberg and ‘The Naked Gun’s Director Made a Hilarious Baseball Rap Special on Netflix That We Don’t Talk About Enough
Akiva Schaffer, director of The Naked Gun, starred in and directed the hilarious The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience ...
‘The Naked Gun' Filmmaker Akiva Schaffer Explains Why He Limited the Reboot to One O.J. Joke
Writer-director Akiva Schaffer initially thought a reboot of The Naked Gun was blasphemous until he realized the full ...
‘The Naked Gun’ Review: Liam Neeson Nails the Deadpan Goofiness, but Pamela Anderson Is the Scene-Stealer in Uneven Legacy Sequel
Paul Walter Hauser and Danny Huston also appear in director Akiva Schaffer’s police procedural spoof built around the son of ...
Andy Samberg Gave The Naked Gun Reboot His Stamp Of Approval, And We Need To Talk About Why That Means So Much
Aside from the fact that Andy Samberg is hyping the 2025 movie release for the sake of supporting comedy movies, I just have ...
Ricky Gervais clip convinced The Naked Gun director to make Liam Neeson reboot
The director of the new reboot of The Naked Gun has said that a short clip from the Ricky Gervais sitcom Life’s Too Short ...
Movie review: ‘The Naked Gun’ reboot delivers with nonstop humor
Paramount has been running a PSA-style ad for their reboot of “The Naked Gun,” with star Liam Neeson imploring the viewer to ...
‘The Naked Gun’ reboot is as funny as it is unnecessary
As the star of “The Naked Gun” trilogy, Leslie Nielsen left some very large cop shoes to fill. Though the films were made ...
Liam Neeson’s ’The Naked Gun’ Aces CinemaScore as Rotten Tomatoes Audiences ROFL
Liam Neeson's The Naked Gun reboot is earning top marks across the board, especially with audiences on CinemaScore and Rotten ...
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“The Whole Movie is Doing an Impression of the Genre”: Akiva Schaffer on The Naked Gun
Thirty years after the last Naked Gun film, a legacy sequel hits theaters directed by a member of another comedy trio, Akiva ...
The Lonely Island comedian's impression of the actor also "birthed" his character's voice on "Digman!"
Andy Samberg has been working on his Nicolas Cage impression for a long time, most recently bringing the voice to his ...
What to stream: Dive into the files of ‘Naked Gun’ filmmakers
In the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, “The Naked Gun” movies starring Leslie Nielsen were wildly popular and the height of absurdist comedy. The franchise gets revived this week with a new installment and ...