Police Squad! reboot

[Owain Taggart]

But can you picture him as Frank Drebin? I think it could have worked at one time

If they eventually want to go with a younger Frank Drebin, I think Colin Mochrie could work. Could actually be the perfect vehicle for him to get more work done outside Canada.

 

[Haggis and tatties]

I think of this whenever a discussion like this comes up. Have you ever seen the series Police Squad was based on?

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Ha, i had no idea about that, and i now get the "in colour" bit. Lol

 

[Aragorn]

Edit: I'm trying to think of serious actors who could play Frank Drebin. Could you imagine if someone who only does intense drama like Daniel Day Lewis doing something like this? I think i'd be interesting (if he'd even think of "slumming" it and doing comedy )

Clive Owen?

How about Sean Penn? At this point in his career, Spicoli is an anomaly.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

If they eventually want to go with a younger Frank Drebin, I think Colin Mochrie could work.

 

[Owain Taggart]

You don't think it could? You really haven't seen much of anything outside Whose Line then. He's a pretty good dramatic actor, and does some fantastic deadpan.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Oh, I have no doubt he could do a great Frank Drebin. But I thought you were joking when you suggested him as a younger Frank Drebin.

 

[thribs]

Would be fun to see. They don’t make those sort of comedies anymore

 

[Owain Taggart]

Oh, I have no doubt he could do a great Frank Drebin. But I thought you were joking when you suggested him as a younger Frank Drebin.

Ohh, I see. Yeah, he's technically not that young, but I still think he has young-ish looks and so could pose for someone younger.

 

[Jayson1]

They should get Shatner for the George Kennedy role. Deion Sanders for the Norborg role.

 

[thribs]

Shatner needs to guest star again

 

[Vanyel]

Another movie people don't know was done by ZAZ is Ruthless People. The movie is, at points zanny, but a more typical comedy with only a handful of sight gags throughout the whole movie, than the handfuls you'd get every minute in Airplane! and Top Secret!.

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[John Clark]

Another movie people don't know was done by ZAZ is Ruthless People. The movie is, at points zanny, but a more typical comedy with only a handful of sight gags throughout the whole movie, than the handfuls you'd get every minute in Airplane! and Top Secret!.

Enjoyed that too when I last saw it - though that was longer ago than I'd prefer to remember

 

[the G-man]

Another that could potentiall work would be Tom Selleck.

Love Magnum, etc., but Selleck always has that twinkle in his eye and a certain laconic delivery wherein I don't think it would work at all.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Tony Shaloub maybe?

 

[Owain Taggart]

Love Magnum, etc., but Selleck always has that twinkle in his eye and a certain laconic delivery wherein I don't think it would work at all.

I dunno, that may have been true in the past, but have you seen some of his recent work on Blue Bloods? In some ways, Leslie Neilsen was also a bit laconic. Selleck's also done a bunch of comedies before and those turned out alright. Coming from Blue Bloods to something like Police Squad would be quite the contrast that could make it work.

 

[the G-man]

Remembering his work on the short-lived "Dragnet" remake (produced by L&O's Dick Wolf IIRC), I think Ed O'Neill could pull it off.

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[Owain Taggart]

I actually loved that remake, and felt that it was generally misunderstood. I think that you're right. He'd be a great choice.

 

[Random_Spock]

Night Court had a similar sense of humor as Police Squad. But no Leslie Nielsen, is a deal breaker for a Police Squad remake.

Word. They need to leave well enough alone.

 

[Owain Taggart]

^ Surely, you must be joking!

Er... I just had to say it. Felt appropriate

 

[Shaka Zulu]

Unlike most of you, I want to see this reboot go forward, or the simple reason being that Liam Neeson should be in a comedy, and this IP would play off of his strengths as a serious actor who can also do comedic roles, much like what happened with Nielsen. Have an open mind about this reboot rather than a closed one.

Why should we trust anyone other than the Zuckers with a Police Squad! reboot? Who but them could possibly understand?

When you start trusting non-Zuckers to take over for them...you get stuff like Airplane II.

I thought Airplane II was funny, and had as many great lines (and jokes) as the original one did (I especially loved the 'She's beginning to crack up' scene.)