Packing Heat: Director Akiva Schaffer and Producer Erica Huggins Reignite the Theatrical Comedy in THE NAKED GUN

In the world of spoof comedy, few titles loom as large as The Naked Gun. The cult classic film trilogy, based on the television series Police Squad!, helped define the genre with its irreverent humor and zany wordplay. Comedy filmmaking trio David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker (abbreviated as ZAZ) pioneered their unique brand of parody with barrels chock-full of visual and verbal gags fired with deadpan delivery. The original 1988 film starring ZAZ mainstay Leslie Nielsen became an icon of screen absurdity. 31 years, 4 months, and 14 days after the opening of 1994’s Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult, the boys in blue are back in theaters for more inane antics.

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