Liam Neeson Makes Action-Comedy Mayhem in New Trailer for The Naked Gun: Watch

The trailer for the Naked Gun reboot, starring Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson, has been revealed.

Arriving in theaters on August 1st, The Naked Gun stars Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin Jr., a lieutenant in the LAPD and the son of original Naked Gun protagonist Frank Drebin (famously played by Leslie Neilsen). He works on the force alongside Captain Ed Hocken Jr. (Paul Walter Hauser) and is regularly dispatched around the city to stop crime and prevent disasters; though in typical Naked Gun fashion, Drebin Jr. is one comedic gag away from disaster at all times.

Also joining Neeson’s Drebin Jr. is Beth (Pamela Anderson), who seeks the detective’s help in finding her brother’s killer. CCH Pounder, Kevin Durand, Danny Huston, Liza Koshy, and WWE star Cody Rhodes round out the film’s cast, with several appearing as the children of their original franchise counterparts; in one comedic moment from the trailer, Detective Nordberg’s son stands before a plaque honoring his father—played by O.J. Simpson in the original films—and shakes his head in disapproval. Watch the trailer below.

Directed by The Lonely Island’s Akiva Schaffer and produced by Seth MacFarlane, both noted fans of the original films, The Naked Gun is technically the legacy sequel to 1994’s Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult and serves as the fourth film in the Naked Gun franchise.

David Zucker, who directed and co-wrote the original film, was apparently not enthused about MacFarlane and Schaffer working on the film without his immediate involvement. “(MacFarlane) called me, and for 10 minutes he just told me how much he loved my movies,” Zucker told Fox News. “However, when I first heard that he was going to do it, I kind of applied hat in hand to help, or to be involved. And he said, ‘Not until we do the script.’ He didn’t want to meet with me. So that’s his choice. All I can say is, that’s Hollywood.”

We recently named new Naked Gun star Liam Neeson one of the greatest action heroes in history—he is a man with a very particular set of skills, after all.