Lethal Weapon Franchise DOA
Tue, March 10, 2009 
Or they're officially too old for that shit.
Clint Morris (the big cheese over at the great Movie Hole) got confirmation from two separate sources that any and all development on Lethal Weapon 5 has stopped.
The first of said sources is screenwriter Shane Black while the other is an anonymous studio contact saying, "That one is as good as dead. It won’t happen. Which is a pity."
Despite the quality of Black's script, it all boiled down to getting Mel Gibson to return and the culprit behind his refusal to come back vary depending on who you ask - whether it be money, the fact that series-director Richard Donner was reportedly not asked back, etc.
I am surprised this didn't go through considering the current wave of 80s nostalgia reviving franchises from the decade of New Coke, "I Want My MTV!" and Max Headroom.
Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Live Free or Die Hard and Rambo showed old tough guys can still kick ass and take names. Hell, we might even get a Ghostbusters 3 by the way things are looking!?!
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