From nan files of nan Police Squad, “The Naked Gun” is backmost connected August 1 successful theaters everyplace — nan rebooted Liam Neeson type that is. Paramount Pictures has released nan theatrical trailer for nan continuation of nan bid from which nan similarly-named Leslie Nielsen mined container agency gold.

In nan caller film, Neeson plays Lt. Frank Drebin, Jr., boy of Nielsen’s Frank Drebin character. Along for nan sure-to-be-wacky thrust are Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, CCH Pounder, Kevin Durand, Cody Rhodes, Liza Koshy, Eddie Yu, and Danny Huston. Written by Dan Gregor, Doug Maud, and Akiva Schaffer, nan movie was directed by Schaffer and produced by Seth MacFarlane and Erica Huggins.

Neeson is not known for playing drama — although Nielsen wasn’t either anterior to his straight-faced “Don’t Call Me Shirley” move successful 1980’s “Airplane!” Neeson told ComingSoon.com past year that he needed to beryllium his comedic chops.

“I’m somewhat tense of it. A small Stephen Colbert sketch aliases Ricky Gervais, I’m OK because it’s short. But a whole film, we’ll see. We’ll see,” the action prima said. In 2022, aft it was announced nan movie was successful development, Neeson cracked, “It’ll either decorativeness my profession aliases bring it successful different direction. I honestly don’t know.”

The past “Naked Gun” introduction was released successful 1994, conscionable months earlier co-star O.J. Simpson’s became embroiled successful contention aft Simpson faced proceedings — thing the first teaser trailer for nan reboot cheekily referenced. The original trilogy was based disconnected a failed ABC TV series titled “Police Squad,” besides starring Nielsen.

Anderson makes her first large surface quality since her much-heralded movie comeback “The Last Showgirl,” which netted her SAG and Golden Globes nominations. She told Seth Meyers successful January that nan “high comedy” of “The Naked Gun” was thing she’d “always wanted to do.”

“And Liam is specified a gentleman. He’s specified a sweetheart, specified a love, and we conscionable had a awesome connection. And Akiva is simply a awesome director,” Anderson said. “But what a difference, going from an indie movie to a Paramount ‘Naked Gun.'”

Anderson added that nan “Saturday Night Live” unit was connected nan set, throwing retired caller jokes passim nan shoot. “Some were funny, immoderate weren’t, but immoderate were — astir of them were funny. Liam is hysterical. You’re not going to spot it coming. That’s really bully he is.”

“The Naked Gun” blasts into theaters connected August 1. Check retired nan trailer below.