Liam Neeson promises The Naked Gun reboot will be ‘very funny’

Liam Neeson has teased that ‘The Naked Gun’ reboot will be "very funny".

The 72-year-old actor is due to star in a new take on the 1988 Leslie Nielsen comedy classic and has promised that fans won't be disappointed by the revival.

Speaking to JoBlo, he said: "It’s going to be very funny."

The ‘Taken’ actor gushed about his co-stars Pamela Anderson and Danny Huston and said that he and the cast "had some laughs" making the movie, which is being written and directed by Akiva Schaffer.

He continued: "It was nerve-racking, but we had some laughs. And hopefully the audience will have some laughs too."

Neeson - who plays Frank Drebin Jr., the son of Nielsen's detective from the original series - previously admitted he was "a bit nervous" about helming the reboot.

He told MovieWeb in March: "I've done a couple of, like, TV skits with Stephen Colbert and Ricky Gervais, but those were two minutes, three minutes tops.

"But I’m a bit nervous about ‘Naked Gun’, because it's a feature film ... If he tests it well, which I'm sure he will, Akiva Schaffer is our writer-director.

"And there's lots of funny gags, lots of funny visual gags happening at the same time while ‘serious things’ are being discussed, you know?"

The ‘Star Wars’ actor emphasised that the spoof comedy - which is set to hit cinemas in August 2025 - was not a "remake" of the original and had its own identity.

He explained: "It's not a remake. It's a reboot. It's a totally different thing. I think we start in May and shoot for a couple of months or so. It's a good script but it's still developing.

"You know, there's about three laugh-out-loud moments, but we need seven or eight."

Neeson added he would be putting his own spin on the series as he follows in the footsteps of the late comedy icon Nielsen.

He said: "I'll do my own thing. I remember Leslie very well. I love those films. Especially that first, ‘Airplane!’ You know, ‘Don't call me Shirley’. Just that line alone, I think, changed Leslie's career up until he passed away."