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More than 30 years after the “Naked Gun” franchise enjoyed its “Final Insult” in 1994, arguably the world’s most beloved slapstick spoof film series is back for another slice of straight-faced silliness — and to test the contemporary box office waters of big-screen comedy. Leslie Nielsen, whose legendary turn as bumbling L.A. detective Frank Drebin still has fans merrily reciting …

The fourth reboot of The Naked Gun arrives this week from Paramount Global, its distributor, which is also heralding its own massive reboot — a study in contrasts. The three Naked Gun films over 40 years hilariously chronicled a litany of organizational debacles, the last even subtitled “Final Insult.” But in unveiling his $8 billion takeover, Skydance’s young CEO David …

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After three successful films, Nielsen was so inextricably tied to the role that no one in their right mind would consider rebooting the franchise. Until now, that is. Director Akiva Schaffer (of The Lonely Island, alongside Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone) and his team of co-writers, Doug Mand and Dan Gregor, bring us a new case from the files of …

Jamie Lee Curtis confirmed that her “Murder, She Wrote” reboot movie is in the works on the carpet for “Freakier Friday.” “Oh it’s,” Curtis began, taking a big dramatic pause while speaking with Entertainment Tonight. “Happening.” “We’re a minute away. But very excited. Very excited,” Curtis continued. “But I’m tamping down my enthusiasm until we start shooting. I have a …

After Deadline reported a Murder, She Wrote reboot in the works at Universal, Jamie Lee Curtis has officially confirmed she’s on the case. The Oscar winner revealed she “a minute away” from taking over the late Angela Lansbury’s beloved middle-aged mystery writer and amateur sleuth role, Jessica Fletcher, in a feature adaptation of the CBS series that ran for 12 …

Marvel Studios Kevin Feige gave an update on where the company currently stands with “Blade,” telling TheWrap alongside a group of reporters on Friday the studio “didn’t feel confident” in the script, highlighting that there have been four versions of the project as it became a casualty of a push for quantity over quality. Mahershala Ali is still attached to …

Amazon MGM Studios’ United Artists and Scott Stuber have acquired the rights to the not-yet-titled relaunch of the 1992 erotic thriller “Basic Instinct,” with the original film’s writer Joe Eszterhas returning to pen the script. Producers of the upcoming film include UA’s Scott Stuber and Nick Nesbitt and Vault Entertainment’s Craig Baumgarten. Adam Griffin of Vault Entertainment will executive produce. …

It’s not a good idea to heat up old fish in public. Those leftovers almost always stink, and the smell is particularly bad if the fish was iffy to begin with. By that logic, Sony’s new “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” a reboot/sequel of the now-iconic but then-mediocre fisherman slasher from 1997, should reek like low tide. But …

The latest attempt to jumpstart the iconic Smurfs franchise back to boxoffice life, Smurfs, will be perfectly acceptable fodder to keep the kiddies amused, and because of its original 80’s Saturday Morning cartoon series, just might provide enough nostalgia to make it bearable for their parents. For me however, even though the Smurfs was the Belgian creation of comics artist …