Pamela Anderson is headed again to the massive display for a remake of the Bare Gun, reverse Liam Neeson.
The Lonely Island alum Akiva Schaffer will direct the as-yet-untitled remake, primarily based on the collection of crime spoof comedies launched within the Eighties and 90s, for Paramount. Schaffer, Doug Mand and Dan Gregor – the trio behind the favored Emmy-winning Disney+ film Chip ’n Dale: Rescue Rangers – will pen the script.
Plot particulars are being stored strict lock and key, based on the Hollywood Reporter, however Neeson will play Frank Drebin, a clumsy and aloof police detective initially performed by Leslie Nielsen, who improbably stumbles into fixing the crime of the day. Anderson will play his love curiosity, in a job mixing sexiness and goofiness much like the one originated by Priscilla Presley.
Household Man creator Seth MacFarlane and Erica Huggins will produce beneath their banner Fuzzy Door. Schaffer, the manager producer of such comedy collection as I Suppose You Ought to Go away with Tim Robinson and Pen15, may also government produce.
The remake marks a return to movie stardom for Anderson, a former Playboy mannequin who achieved worldwide fame on the TV collection Baywatch. The 56-year-old actor made her big-screen debut because the lead of Barb Wire, an adaptation of a Darkish Horse Comics title that was savaged by critics and bombed on the field workplace. She went on to star within the present VIP in addition to Scary Film 3, in addition to showing in a number of actuality reveals.
Extra lately, Anderson was again within the highlight as the topic of the Hulu collection Pam & Tommy, starring Lily James as Anderson and Sebastian Stan as her ex-husband Tommy Lee. The collection covers their infamous Nineties intercourse scandal, when a disgruntled contractor stole their non-public intercourse tape, which was then marketed and bought to thousands and thousands with out their consent. Anderson publicly opposed the collection for rehashing her trauma, and turned the highlight on her profession through a well-received run on Broadway as Chicago’s Roxie Hart and the Netflix documentary Pamela, A Love Story.
Anderson can also be set to star in Gia Coppola’s The Final Showgirl, taking part in a Las Vegas dancer attempting to rebuild her life in her 50s reverse Jamie Lee Curtis, Dave Bautista, Brenda Track, Kiernan Shipka and Billie Lourd. It will likely be her first movie function since 2022’s Alone at Night time.
Whereas filming particulars for Bare Gun are nonetheless beneath wraps, Paramount is eyeing a July 2025 launch.
