r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • 15d ago
Kevin Durand Joins Liam Neeson in ‘Naked Gun’ Remake News
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/kevin-durand-joins-liam-neeson-in-naked-gun-1235888748/1
u/MarBoV108 14d ago
There is very little chance this is good based on the fact they are rebooting an old movie and not coming up with something original.
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u/W8kingNightmare 14d ago
The ONLY reason I am not balking at this is because I like Liam Neeson and I that I saw that skit of his on improvisation, it was funny as hell. I think he might be able to pull it off
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u/Kaiserqueef 14d ago
Literally zero reason to remake this.
Lesley Neilson was untouchable in this role. The best spoof comic of all time starring in the best spoof movies of all time…
STOP RUINING THINGS
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u/bwoodcock 14d ago
Well...it's got one of the correct writers. Out of 3. I'll watch it, but I'm definitely not getting my hopes up.
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u/Totinos160count 15d ago
When I was a kid I would get Liam Neeson and Leslie Nelson confused all the time. When I heard of the remake I was like fuck yeah I couldn’t believe it. Then I found out it was Liam and not Leslie and Leslie died years ago. Very confusing.
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u/Taurnil91 15d ago
"My Next Chapter."
Guess he's running away from a losing team and into movies now
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u/Arts_Messyjourney 15d ago
I know this film got greenlit because Liam Neeson name looks like a misspelled “Leslie Nielsen”, and you can’t convince me otherwise!
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u/comfortablydumb2 15d ago
There are some movies that shouldn’t be rebooted and this is one of them.
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u/Flimsy_wimsey 15d ago
Got excited about the Liam Nissan and naked in the title before I comprehended the rest of it, and now i'm just so disappointed.
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u/gabriel1313 15d ago
“Mom, can we go see Kevin Durant play tonight?”
“No sir, Sonny boy, we’ve got Kevin Durand at home!”
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u/bleedingoutlaw28 15d ago
Can't wait for the trailer with the stripped-down piano version of the theme and lots of references to the first films.
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u/GuinnessSteve 15d ago
Hail, Lord Zipacna.
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u/running_on_empty 15d ago
This was the only thing I knew this guy from until he played the Blob. He was a very good Goa'uld. Very smarmy and self-important.
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u/GuinnessSteve 15d ago
He was also in an episode of Dead Like Me. Played a totally unhinged guy.
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u/running_on_empty 15d ago
Oooh that was another show I enjoyed. Probably watched it back when I was drinking way too much, cus I don't remember details.
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u/selkiesidhe 15d ago
Love seeing Durand do more work. He's so wonderful--- he always really sells his emotional scenes.
Was just watching Dark Was The Night too
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u/No-Morning-2543 15d ago
So unnecessary. Jesus Christ. I’ll never understand why they don’t remake something that WASN’T good the first time.
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u/MrMeeeeSeeeeks 15d ago
So….who’s gonna play OJ’s character? Can we pick a former athlete/ turned actor. Maybe one with a known anger issue.
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u/Happy-Initiative-838 15d ago
Honestly I’ve liked every name they bring up. I love naked gun. And I’m super worried they will ruin the legacy.
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u/NicCageCompletionist 15d ago
You haven’t seen Kevin Durand until you’ve seen Kevin Durand in checkered pants rapping in French.
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u/ThePopDaddy 15d ago
Durand is like movie cilantro (or something you like) he's not usually the main part or the featured part, but he adds something good to the movie.
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u/Pandanectar5280 15d ago
Joshua
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u/SonicStun 15d ago
One of my favorite characters of his!
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u/Pandanectar5280 15d ago
I am currently re-watching and found out it was him!! So cool, sucha different role than what I'm used to seeing him as.
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u/MidichlorianAddict 15d ago
Wow looks like he’s having quite the comeback, with this and Planet of the apes
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u/Rustofcarcosa 15d ago
Awesome big fan
Looks like he's going to be great villain in kingdom of the planet of the apes right next to kubo
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u/Rustofcarcosa 15d ago
Awesome big fan
Looks like he's going to be great villain in kingdom of the planet of the apes right next to kubo
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u/sexywallposter 15d ago
Fet! Love Fet.
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u/alphacentaurai 14d ago
We need the book, Fet! We have to find the book!
The Fet/Setrakian double-act carried that entire show!
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u/Odd-Collection-2575 15d ago
I thought it said Kevin Durant and I instantly became very confused at to what type of product we’d be getting
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u/EffysBiggestStan 15d ago
Me too and I just assumed he'd be playing the new Detective Nordberg. Oops.
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u/Sawari5el7ob 15d ago
Naked Gun is one of those trilogies that are, for those of us who grew up with them and in that time, timeless classics.
However, a lot of the humor is rooted firmly in the milieu of late-80s and early-90s culture. Perhaps a remake wouldn't be the worst idea as long as they keep the edgy spirit of the humor alive. Especially the visual gags.
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u/Deofol7 15d ago
Perhaps a remake wouldn't be the worst idea as long as they keep the edgy spirit of the humor alive. Especially the visual gags.
I have a friend that is on the crew for the production. He was very happy to report to us that while he can not break his NDA, the writers absolutely 100% "get it" and he can't wait to see what everyone thinks.
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u/superkickstart 14d ago
I know sex jokes are part of the movies, but i hope they dial it back a little, closer to the original tv show.
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u/Darkforces134 14d ago
We need the shoe-shine guy!
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u/I_had_the_Lasagna 14d ago
The heart surgeon asking Johnny the shoeshine guy about heart surgery is one of the funniest bits in any TV show ever.
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u/ShibaVagina 15d ago
I met him on a short film, he's super nice. Also a huge fan of trailer park boys. He was quoting Rickyisms. Get 2 birds stones with one joint.
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u/cowboypsychedelia 15d ago
While I didn’t love Abigail, Durand’s comedic timing was more than fantastic — this movie is shaping up to be super fascinating
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u/imcrapyall 15d ago
Needs to also be a killer. I hope Ray Lewis is available before the season starts.
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u/sixtus_clegane119 15d ago
I read the headline as Kevin Durant and thought he was filling the OJ role for a sec
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u/-Clayburn 15d ago
I bet he's playing Elon Musk.
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u/Rasselkurt007 15d ago
Now that you mentioned it, he has a kinda similar face.
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u/-Clayburn 15d ago
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u/Thick_Duck 15d ago
I’ve been a fan of this guy specifically since his role in the Walking Tall remake with the rock
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u/Top_Praline999 15d ago
KD should have been Terry Funk role in the Roadhouse remake. There wasn’t one, but it should have been him.
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u/Timothee-Chalimothee 15d ago
Back in the days when The Rock was willing to be seen next to someone bigger than him.
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u/PM_YOUR_CENSORD 15d ago
Is this another made up think in the rocks contracts?
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u/Timothee-Chalimothee 14d ago
No, just a trend I’ve noticed. Typically the bad guy is no taller than 6’3 and his teammates are no taller than 6’1 (Jumanji, Hobbs and Shaw, Baywatch, Jungle Cruise, Black Adam*, even League of Superpets).
“*” = Pierce Brosnan is over 6’1, but The Rock is not prominently shown in the same frame as him and he’s in his later years, so he wouldn’t really qualify as any kind of physical rival.
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u/slimed-ferda 15d ago
Suns get swept and bros already on to the next thing smdh
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15d ago
well he was in classic 2012 thriller thunderstruck, so it makes sense he is going back into acting.
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u/Punjabiveer30 15d ago
This is what suns front office meant by no team has utilized KD to his best yet
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15d ago
Booker is a great player, but hopefully he isn't in this. Him and Durant don't seem to put forth a winning product together.
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u/LSF604 15d ago
and the history of sporting legends starring in naked gun movies is pretty grim.
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u/McFistPunch 15d ago
Kevin Durant? This is Kevin Durand
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u/taatchle86 15d ago
Presumably as the villain?
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u/Rasselkurt007 15d ago
No as Liams Love intresst.
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u/imcrapyall 15d ago
I hope they have this as a scene where he's in a wig and Drebbin embraces him from behind and tries talking sexy. Mentions his broad shoulders then kisses but when he pulls away, KD pulls off the wig and pulls a gun on him. Drebbin is shocked and said he should've known because KD kisses better.
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u/Rasselkurt007 15d ago
Yeah sounds fun.
Maybe KD should wear something like that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfIHsurwTMo3
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u/mdmnl 15d ago
As much as I love him, that was my response too.
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u/taatchle86 15d ago
He plays a GREAT villain, so him in a Naked Gun movie hamming it up as a bad guy is right in his wheel house. Like before I knew it was him, he played a Dr. Evil henchman in the second Austin Powers movie. Small role, but still.
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u/BusinessPurge 15d ago
Loving this Durand renaissance!
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u/TalkLikeExplosion 15d ago
I used to run into him in my neighbourhood all the time when he was shooting The Strain in Toronto. Such a genuinely nice dude, really happy for him.
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u/IceLord86 15d ago
He was great in Abigail. Should work well in Naked Gun.
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15d ago
It will be hard to compete with OJ Simpson in the original trilogy, but he can give it a try. A shame OJ passed so he couldn't reprise his role.
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u/ROBtimusPrime1995 15d ago
Crazy how prolific his career has been before...and then BOOM, 2024 is the year of Durand.
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u/riegspsych325 r/Movies Veteran 15d ago
he’s honestly a solid and enigmatic character actor. But should the Blood Meridian adaptation get off the ground, he’s my pick to play Judge Holden
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u/FartForce5 15d ago
Nobody from Thunder Bay is enigmatic.
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u/VidzxVega 15d ago
I had no idea he was from Thunder Bay...no one is from Thunder Bay. (I have family there)
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u/FartForce5 15d ago
Same, really tears down the mystique. Like finding out James Cameron is just some furry from Kapuskasing.
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u/sixtus_clegane119 15d ago
I don’t see him physically as judge holden,
Vincent dorphino or Pruitt Taylor Vince
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u/Fair-Calligrapher-19 13d ago
I'm hoping to be surprised. But really think Jon Hamm should have be picked for Frank Drebin. Better comedy chops