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Akiva Schaffer on 'The Naked Gun' reboot , The Lonely Island and more
There’s probably nobody better to direct and write a movie like The Naked Gun reboot than Akiva Schaffer. He has a resume full of brilliant, dumb, joke-a-minute work. Together with Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone he is a member of the comedy trio The Lonely Island.
Last week “The Naked Gun” opened, a reboot of the comedy film trilogy, which starred the sublimely oblivious Leslie Nielsen.
In his five decades in Hollywood, Liam Neeson has seen and done it all—from Oscar-nominated dramas to hard-hitting action thrillers, with a touch of romantic comedy and a flirtation with parody along ...
The film, one of the few comedies getting a theatrical release this year, generated about $17 million at the box office.
It’s not bad. The reboot of “The Naked Gun” tosses off a few sharp and/or stupidly effective gags of the hit-and-run variety, nice and quick. Sample exchange: “I guess you can’t fight City Hall.” “No.
First Steps' held firm at the top of the U.K. and Ireland box office for a second weekend, adding $4.1 million.
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