Like It Or Not, You'll Probably See A "Naked Gun" Remake, Maybe.

David Zucker, producer of such acclaimed spoof films and comedies as Airplane!, The Naked Gun, and BASEketball, sat down to talk to Hollywood.com about his newest endeavor, Scary Movie 5, and in doing so decided that yeah, a reboot or continuation of Naked Gun would be a possible good idea.

"You could do another Naked Gun, with a reboot. Like Star Trek," Zucker says. The immediate retort is, really, how could anyone live up to Leslie Nielsen? "There are people who can do that and they're not famous. You wouldn't know who they were. But I know actors who can do it. Again, I think Paramount has an international brand in Naked Gunand I think there's something you can do." For now, he hopes to revive the spirit of Naked Gun rather than the actual property. "There's room for a Naked Gun style. A bumbling guy in a position where he's respected. Leslie Nielsen played Lieutenant Frank Drebin and nobody seemed to have a clue that he's an idiot. I want to do the character, but not the specific [job]. Not Naked Gun."

While it looks like Zucker doesn't intend on rebooting the actual Naked Gun franchise, the fact that this is an idea being tossed around is something no one wants, nor are they surprised by it. 

Ideas and talk of a 4th Naked Gun film were being tossed around back in 2008 with a script written by "Sledge Hammer!" creator and script doctor Alan Spencer. These were obviously canned in 2010 with the untimely passing of Leslie Nielsen.