Naked Gun Creator Explains How Seth MacFarlane Reboot Screwed Him Over | David Zucker

Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks to the creator of Airplane! and The Naked Gun, David Zucker about his original idea to reboot Naked Gun as a Mission: Impossible spoof featuring Leslie Nielsen’s son; how Paramount execs initially loved the script but then gave the project to Seth MacFarlane; why Zucker wouldn’t cast Liam Neeson and disagrees with the reboot's tone and CGI; why Hollywood no longer understands comedy; and much more.
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