The release of the latest installment of the Naked Gun franchise is right around the corner.
A trailer for the upcoming film The Naked Gun was released on June 16, 2025, highlighting the perfect balance of comedy, action sequences and witty Liam Neeson one-liners.
The sequel comes 37 years after the original The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! was released in 1988, starring comedy icon Leslie Nielsen. The movie followed Lt. Frank Drebin as he uncovers a terrorist crime plot targeting the U.S. It also starred Priscilla Presley as Jane Spencer, Ricardo Montalbán as Vincent Ludwig, George Kennedy as Capt. Ed Hocken and O. J. Simpson as Det. Nordberg.
(Nielsen, who played more than 220 characters in more than 100 films and 150 TV shows during his 60-year career, died in 2010. He was 84.)
Now, an entirely new generation of comedy fans will get a chance to fall in love with a new version of the beloved film. Keep scrolling to learn everything you need to know about The Naked Gun.
Neeson was cast as Lt. Frank Drebin Jr., the son of Frank Drebin, who was originally played by Nielsen. Pamela Anderson was cast as Beth, a woman who seeks help from Frank after someone murders her brother. Paul Walter Hauser was cast as Capt. Ed Hocken Jr., another legacy officer whose father previously worked on the police force.
Rounding out the cast are Kevin Durand, Danny Huston, Liza Koshy, Cody Rhodes, CCH Pounder, Busta Rhymes and Eddy Yu.
The Naked Gun trailer was released in June 2025. In it, Drebin Jr. pledges to his late father that he will carry on his legacy.
“Once you kill a man for revenge, there’s no going back,” Neeson’s character says in the trailer.
Neeson takes part in a scene where he is fighting someone and rips their arms from their body. He then proceeds to beat the person up using the dangling arms.
“A voice in your head saying over and over, ‘That was awesome,’” Drebin Jr. says.
In another moment featured in the trailer, Drebin Jr. eats a hot dog and drinks a coffee while driving, causing him to have to stop for an emergency bathroom break due to an upset stomach.
“I need a bathroom,” he says to himself before walking into a cafe and demanding those waiting in line for the bathroom to let him through.
He declares that it’s “police business” and fires off his gun to disperse the crowd waiting outside of the bathroom.
After the bathroom emergency, he is seen eating another hot dog.
“I’m going to ruin another suit,” he says as his stomach grumbles again.
Elsewhere in the trailer, Anderson’s character seductively approaches Neeson’s character to help solve a case.
“Rest assured, I won’t stop until I have found justice,” Neeson says, rounding out the trailer.
In the final scene, Neeson is dressed as a schoolgirl wearing a mask. He takes off the mask to reveal his true identity and fights off an assailant in what seems to be a nod to Tom Cruise’s character in Mission Impossible, Ethan Hunt.
When Will ‘The Naked Gun’ Be Released?The Naked Gun will be released in theaters on August 1, 2025.
