After years of rumor, restarts, and reboots, THE NAKED GUN franchise is officially back, and the new full trailer that dropped today gives us our best look yet at what this reboot is aiming for. And you know what? I really hope it lands.

Reviving something as beloved (and bonkers) as THE NAKED GUN is no easy task. The original trilogy – launched by the comedy titans behind AIRPLANE! – set a near-impossible bar thanks to the legendary deadpan of Leslie Nielsen, the perfectly clueless authority of George Kennedy, and that Zucker-brand of deadpanned delight that defined a generation of parody.

This new version, headlined by Liam Neeson (yes, that Liam Neeson), looks like it’s going full steam ahead into slapstick chaos. A few gags already have me cracking up, and the casting of Paul Walter Hauser and Danny Huston as supporting players? Inspired. Those guys are low-key thespian gems, and I hope they get some real scene-stealing moments.

What’s wild is this movie has been stuck in development hell for over 10 years. At one point in 2013, it was going to star Ed Helms. That feels like a lifetime ago. Now, it’s set to finally hit theaters on August 1, 2025.

One bittersweet note: the Zucker brothers – the masterminds behind the original – have publicly expressed frustration at being left out of the process and said they’ll be skipping this reboot entirely. That stings a bit. Their fingerprints are all over what made THE NAKED GUN so timeless.

Still, fingers crossed this one surprises us all. If the tone and pace of the trailer hold, we might just be in for the kind of absurd, ridiculous, pun-heavy police parody we didn’t know we needed in the year of our lord 2025.