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Warner Bros. is rebooting its Lethal Weapon franchise, sans original series stars Mel Gibson and Danny Glover.
Deadline reports that the studio and Lethal Weapon producer Joel Silver have hired former cop-turned-screenwriter Will Beall to script the reboot. Beall also wrote the period LAPD pic Tales From the Gangster Squad for Warners.
"Beall pitched a take that maintains the tone of the original -- a hard R-rated edgy street cop movie," according to Deadline. (Shane Black scripted the 1987 classic and Richard Donner directed all four installments in the series.) Warners had tried to make a Lethal Weapon 5 a few years ago until that imploded.
Deadline reports that the studio and Lethal Weapon producer Joel Silver have hired former cop-turned-screenwriter Will Beall to script the reboot. Beall also wrote the period LAPD pic Tales From the Gangster Squad for Warners.
"Beall pitched a take that maintains the tone of the original -- a hard R-rated edgy street cop movie," according to Deadline. (Shane Black scripted the 1987 classic and Richard Donner directed all four installments in the series.) Warners had tried to make a Lethal Weapon 5 a few years ago until that imploded.
It's been a good run.
I pray they don't turn this into another "Miami Vice" when all we wanted was another "Bad Boys" sequel.
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