David Zucker, the Co-Co-Created the Police Squad! And naked weapons franchise companies and direction of the first two films with Leslie Nielsen reacted to the warm critical reception and the healthy coffers reacted with the restart with Liam Neeson.
Sugar had previously expressed skepticism and even trouble about the direction in which the new film seemed to be moved, and the studio's decision not to add him to the process.
But speak to the Hollywood reporter after a strong ticket sales and with the Hollywood reporter and speak and Robust reviews For the Akiva Schaffer restart, sugar seemed to be more conciliatory.
“People like what is great,” he said. “I really like the director and I just couldn't wish him anymore. I have already written a text message and said:” I hear that the reviews are great and followed it well. “He was very happy to hear from me, and we will probably come together later a month when the smoke clarifies.”
He continued: “I am enthusiastic about it because it only shows that there is a strong market for comedy in film cinemas and especially parody.”
Last year the director was less enthusiastic and said about the restart: “Paramount just goes on and don't. Sugar and the other co-creators of the franchise, including his brother Jerry Zucker, had previously set up a screenplay of the fourth installation that concentrated on the thirty-year-old son of the main character Frank Drebin, but it was rejected by the studio.
“We were not looking forward to the fact that the franchise was given to other people,” he continued. “You did not contact me to make a Cameo appearance or to be involved in writing. Whether you will do a good job with it, this kind of parody, I mean it is not rocket science, but it's not easy.”
At the beginning of this year, Sugar repeated his disapprovalHe said he “did not intend to see the bare weapon remake”.
“I regret that I saw the trailer for it,” he continued, before comparing the promo with a Brazilian pornographic film from 2007. “It's like seeing 2 girls 1 cup. I can't visit it.”
Despite his turn, sugar repeated his aversion to seeing the film to Hollywood Reporter, but said that the team was behind it before his publication.
“I won't see it, but I don't see any of the sequels made by my material by other people, and that's okay. I said Akiva that I don't have the intention of seeing it,” he said.
“He actually invited me to see an early part of it, but I told him that I couldn't do anything to help because it is really not what I would have done. That doesn't mean that he didn't really make a good film. But I don't think I could help.”
Sugar added that the producer Seth MacFarlane had called him shortly after the new script was completed.
“He spent the first 10 minutes to tell me how much he loved plane!, The bare weapon and the top secret!” Said Sugar. “I can't get angry with someone who will tell me what kind of genius I am. It was a good conversation. I was glad that Seth called, I told him politely:” Good luck, but I can't use my name on it. ” [But] Everything happens for one reason. “
The new naked Gun Film plays Neeson as Frank Drebin Jr. next to Pamela Anderson and Danny Huston. In his four-star review, Peter Bradshaw from The Guardian praised it as “incredibly ridiculous, refreshingly flat, completely senseless and guilty”.