Paramount Rebooting ‘The Naked Gun’; Ed Helms Is The New Leslie Nielsen
By Angie Han/Dec. 13, 2013 8:51 am EST
The new reboot isn’t Paramount’s first attempt to restart the franchise. After Nielsen’s death in 2010, it emerged that the studio had been considering a fourth Naked Gun without Nielsen at one point. The plan was to release that installment straight-to-video, but in the end nothing came of it. (AICN’s 2009 review of that script is still up, if you’re curious to know more.)
Helms has had a busy year. He starred in two comedies over the summer, The Hangover Part III and We’re the Millers, and was seen in the final season of The Office as well as Season 4 of Arrested Development. Next year, he’ll pop up in David Wain’s They Came Together and Joe Carnahan’s Stretch.
