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Lethal Weapon 5
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by: James Thoo Sep. 26, 2008


It is being reported today that LETHAL WEAPON 5 is a go, so long as Mel Gibson signs on. Gibson of course is currently off shooting EDGE OF DARKNESS. Shane Black, who gave man-birth to the franchise way back when, has penned a lengthy treatment for the movie that involves bringing in a couple of young NYPD cops. There's no word as to whether or not Danny Glover has signed on but I think it's safe to say he has since what the fuck else is he doing.

Right off the bat: I'm only down with this if Shane Black writes and directs. If not, screw it. Also, word to the wise: if you want Gibson to agree you know what you have to do. Just man up and make the villains, ya know, Jewish. A shady cabal of Jewish businessmen. It's nothing if not fresh. Also, I hate the idea of two young NYPD cops. Didn't we learn our lesson with Chris Rock?

Source: EW

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Extra Tidbit: Jet Li had to slow his movements down in LETHAL WEAPON 4 because he was too fast for the camera to capture.

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darqjade
1:29PM on 09/30/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Jet Li Rocks. That is all.
Jet Li Rocks. That is all.
 
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Nvrnding
8:15PM on 09/28/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Hopefully...
this will be good. I know a lot of people already thinks it's gonna be crap, but, whatever, everybody's entitled to their own opinion. I personally love all four Lethal Weapon movies and everytime I watch them I feel like there should be one more. On a side note, I don't understand why everybody is saying they're to old. Mel Gibson is 52 and Danny Glover is 62...how come when Robert De Niro...
this will be good. I know a lot of people already thinks it's gonna be crap, but, whatever, everybody's entitled to their own opinion. I personally love all four Lethal Weapon movies and everytime I watch them I feel like there should be one more. On a side note, I don't understand why everybody is saying they're to old. Mel Gibson is 52 and Danny Glover is 62...how come when Robert De Niro age 65 and Al Pacino age 68 do a movie like this no one complains about their age at all.
 
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Jay Fingers
6:13PM on 09/28/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Blerg
The series ended on such a great note with part 4 ... bringing Riggs, Murtaugh, and company back is completely unnecessary.



However, if they can get Traci "Rianne Murtaugh" Wolfe back on screen, well then I'm all for it.
The series ended on such a great note with part 4 ... bringing Riggs, Murtaugh, and company back is completely unnecessary.



However, if they can get Traci "Rianne Murtaugh" Wolfe back on screen, well then I'm all for it.
 
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solo the hut
5:23PM on 09/28/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
this gotto be a joke right?



lw4 was crap - and those guys were already old THEN !

this gotto be a joke right?



lw4 was crap - and those guys were already old THEN !

 
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Vlad99
11:23AM on 09/28/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I'll take it!!
Shane Black writing, Gibson & Glover back and now in New York? This can only be great! The Weapon series is one of the best ever - I grew up with Murtaugh & Rigg's!! It was one of those rare series that was able to keep all of the original actors throughout.
Shane Black writing, Gibson & Glover back and now in New York? This can only be great! The Weapon series is one of the best ever - I grew up with Murtaugh & Rigg's!! It was one of those rare series that was able to keep all of the original actors throughout.
 
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WalterKovacs
3:54AM on 09/28/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Jet Li is the shit.
Jet Li is the shit.
 
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avoidz
1:44AM on 09/28/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I love the first two Weapons, and 3 is just okay, but 4 was shit. Besides a fifth movie being a very bad idea, Glover and Gibson are too old to play these characters again (maybe Mel could get away with it), even if Shane Black is writing.
I love the first two Weapons, and 3 is just okay, but 4 was shit. Besides a fifth movie being a very bad idea, Glover and Gibson are too old to play these characters again (maybe Mel could get away with it), even if Shane Black is writing.
 
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nickdoll
10:52PM on 09/27/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Riggggs!
Are you really crazy? Or are you as good as they say you are?
Are you really crazy? Or are you as good as they say you are?
 
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predator_silver
11:12PM on 09/26/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
wow!
Nothing else better to make, remakes, sequals are all we can think up huu. I was watching the horrible "be kind rewind" and Danny Glover is old as hell, I can see him strolling around in a wheel chair for this lol. But could be fun, hmm just when I thought I had all the lethal weapons on dvd in a 4 pack, great yet another.
Nothing else better to make, remakes, sequals are all we can think up huu. I was watching the horrible "be kind rewind" and Danny Glover is old as hell, I can see him strolling around in a wheel chair for this lol. But could be fun, hmm just when I thought I had all the lethal weapons on dvd in a 4 pack, great yet another.
 
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annihilist
9:08PM on 09/26/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
*sigh*



have you seen the Lethal Weapon movies, Balboa6? you can't compare Rocky Balboa to a Lethal Weapon 5. first off, Stallone is in much better shape than Gibson or Glover, yet even then, Rocky Balboa was mostly character development and much less action, which is fine because that's how the first movie was.



a new Lethal Weapon movie is not going to have that...
*sigh*



have you seen the Lethal Weapon movies, Balboa6? you can't compare Rocky Balboa to a Lethal Weapon 5. first off, Stallone is in much better shape than Gibson or Glover, yet even then, Rocky Balboa was mostly character development and much less action, which is fine because that's how the first movie was.



a new Lethal Weapon movie is not going to have that kind of luxury. nobody wants to watch 2 hours or Riggs and Murtaugh reminiscing. people want to see them throwing themselves onto moving cars, smashing out of buildings and falling into pools, getting tortured, and so on.



you think two characters in their 60s and 70s, played by actors of similar age who don't have the kind of buff physique Stallone has, are going to be capable of doing those kinds of things convincingly? the answer is, of course, no. so why bother?



 
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REBELO
8:51PM on 09/26/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
GOTTA BE CAREFUL
THEY BETTER BE CAREFUL, THEY MIGHT BE GOING TO FAR WITH THESE MOVIE, AND END UP LIKE THE LAST 7 POLICE ACADEMY MOVIES.
THEY BETTER BE CAREFUL, THEY MIGHT BE GOING TO FAR WITH THESE MOVIE, AND END UP LIKE THE LAST 7 POLICE ACADEMY MOVIES.
 
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navarr0
6:21PM on 09/26/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Awesome.
Jet Li is pure awesome.
Jet Li is pure awesome.
 
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Balboa6
5:30PM on 09/26/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
annihilist, your reasoning makes no sense. Why is age always brought up? I suppose you were one of the morons who thought Rocky Balboa was about an aged boxer and completely missed the point of what was an astounding film, right? Any of these films, whether it's Rocky Balboa, Rambo, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull or now Lethal Weapon 5 are about specific things--why do...
annihilist, your reasoning makes no sense. Why is age always brought up? I suppose you were one of the morons who thought Rocky Balboa was about an aged boxer and completely missed the point of what was an astounding film, right? Any of these films, whether it's Rocky Balboa, Rambo, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull or now Lethal Weapon 5 are about specific things--why do people like you constantly get hung up on their ages? Are you so shallow that you just don't get the point?
 
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anomaly7
5:04PM on 09/26/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I wouldn't be against another LW movie, but I'd actually like to see Gibson do some more directing. The 3 movies he has directed were great in my opinon.



I wonder what a Gibson directed Lethal Weapon would be like?

I wouldn't be against another LW movie, but I'd actually like to see Gibson do some more directing. The 3 movies he has directed were great in my opinon.



I wonder what a Gibson directed Lethal Weapon would be like?

 
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Mister_NOIR
4:29PM on 09/26/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Did Righteous Kill teach us nothing?
Did Righteous Kill teach us nothing?
 
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Maverick027
4:09PM on 09/26/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I'm cool with this is if Shane Black is coming back to write. I met him once and found it amusing how much he hated on II, III, and IV. He griped about how much the movies turned Riggs into an a$$hole.



But hey, if Shane BLack can come up with an idea to use them, then I'll be lined up opening night. :)
I'm cool with this is if Shane Black is coming back to write. I met him once and found it amusing how much he hated on II, III, and IV. He griped about how much the movies turned Riggs into an a$$hole.



But hey, if Shane BLack can come up with an idea to use them, then I'll be lined up opening night. :)
 
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annihilist
4:04PM on 09/26/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I don't think so
you have to think about the time frames here, people. Murtaugh was 50 when the first one was made, back in 1987. that will have been 22 years by the time this movie comes out. by this point, Murtaugh would have had a mandatory retirement years ago, and Riggs would either be retired with him or manning a desk somewhere.



does anyone really want to see some half-assed movie about...
you have to think about the time frames here, people. Murtaugh was 50 when the first one was made, back in 1987. that will have been 22 years by the time this movie comes out. by this point, Murtaugh would have had a mandatory retirement years ago, and Riggs would either be retired with him or manning a desk somewhere.



does anyone really want to see some half-assed movie about two old cops somehow brought out of retirement or whatever, so that their 72 year-old and his 60 year-old asses can run around L.A. blowing stuff up? and who wants to see new characters, or some pathetic "passing of the torch" crap?



no, i'm sorry, but anything they come up with would be stupid in the light of the facts. just leave these movies be.



what Mel needs to do is go back and give us another Mad Max. that's a franchise that needs a conclusion. he's not quite over the hill enough to forbid that, yet.
 
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unitedvisions
3:23PM on 09/26/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
What about Pesci!?
If you're going to do number 5, fine. But you NEED Shane writing, Donner directing, Gibson and Glover AAAND Joe Pesci starring.



And while I am constantly defending Indy 4 on this site, I do think that the guys making this need to learn a lesson from that movie. Don't put your lead characters on the sideline and replace them with less talented younger "it stars."
If you're going to do number 5, fine. But you NEED Shane writing, Donner directing, Gibson and Glover AAAND Joe Pesci starring.



And while I am constantly defending Indy 4 on this site, I do think that the guys making this need to learn a lesson from that movie. Don't put your lead characters on the sideline and replace them with less talented younger "it stars."
 
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sugarontop
2:37PM on 09/26/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I'm NOT too old for this shit
One of the few franchises that deserves another go.



Fuck Saw and Hostel and the million Halloweens and other dastardly remakes.



This one is one we do need. Of course, it will need to change--can't have them running around just as they used to--so I do expect new additions and twists. But, still, I'd take that over so much of the crap out there any old day.
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One of the few franchises that deserves another go.



Fuck Saw and Hostel and the million Halloweens and other dastardly remakes.



This one is one we do need. Of course, it will need to change--can't have them running around just as they used to--so I do expect new additions and twists. But, still, I'd take that over so much of the crap out there any old day.







 
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nickdoll
2:25PM on 09/26/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Could be great if...
Obviously is needs Shane Black writing and maybe directing(though Donner could direct it just fine).



But I say no young cops, and definitly none of the characters added in Lethal Weapon 3 or 4.



1 and 2 were the shit, because they were darker (but still funny) and simple, it was all about Riggs and Murtaugh. Bringing in Chris Rock and a girl for Riggs complicated...
Obviously is needs Shane Black writing and maybe directing(though Donner could direct it just fine).



But I say no young cops, and definitly none of the characters added in Lethal Weapon 3 or 4.



1 and 2 were the shit, because they were darker (but still funny) and simple, it was all about Riggs and Murtaugh. Bringing in Chris Rock and a girl for Riggs complicated things and made them too goofy and cheesy.



No young cops! Riggs and Murtaugh! And sure, why not a little Leo Getz... but just a little!
 
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Housecoat man
1:58PM on 09/26/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Black Direct LW?
This can work but...when did Shane Black ever direct a Lethal Weapon flick? This is Donner's directing baby, he's the one to do it...he and only he...

This is a great franchise and it's a buddy cop film people, its not Lucas making prequel flicks to Star Wars. The continuing adventures of these characters can go on and on...Do it already!
This can work but...when did Shane Black ever direct a Lethal Weapon flick? This is Donner's directing baby, he's the one to do it...he and only he...

This is a great franchise and it's a buddy cop film people, its not Lucas making prequel flicks to Star Wars. The continuing adventures of these characters can go on and on...Do it already!
 
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MisterTwister
1:46PM on 09/26/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I love Shane Black but...
Richard Donner should still direct, not Black. Now if Donner refuses to, go ahead with Black.
Richard Donner should still direct, not Black. Now if Donner refuses to, go ahead with Black.
 
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fury159
1:18PM on 09/26/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I don't know about this. Maybe if they're attempting a new franchise under the Lastethal Weapon name and having Riggs and Murtaugh as supporting these new characters. This would have been cool 8 years ago to make up for Lethal Weapon 4 (which wasn't THAT bad but c'mon, even cast admits they improvised most of the scenes because they had to rush it). I'm fine with a pseudo update, but Gibson and...
I don't know about this. Maybe if they're attempting a new franchise under the Lastethal Weapon name and having Riggs and Murtaugh as supporting these new characters. This would have been cool 8 years ago to make up for Lethal Weapon 4 (which wasn't THAT bad but c'mon, even cast admits they improvised most of the scenes because they had to rush it). I'm fine with a pseudo update, but Gibson and Glover don't really need this, though I'd like to see Donner make a comeback.
 
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JohnLocke2342
12:36PM on 09/26/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Great!
an obvious money grab? So then did you hate the 2nd, third, and fourth ones Hunglowman? Cause if u think about it, I'm sure that was the main reason behind all 3 of the sequels.



And they were all fun, great cop movies. These two have awesome chemistry and are one of my favorite on screen duos. After finishing a LW marathon a couple weeks ago this news IS GREAT!
an obvious money grab? So then did you hate the 2nd, third, and fourth ones Hunglowman? Cause if u think about it, I'm sure that was the main reason behind all 3 of the sequels.



And they were all fun, great cop movies. These two have awesome chemistry and are one of my favorite on screen duos. After finishing a LW marathon a couple weeks ago this news IS GREAT!
 
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theotherness
12:35PM on 09/26/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
On three conditions.



1--Mel Gibson returns and gets first credit.

2--Danny Glover returns and gets second credit.

3--Richard Donner directs.



Otherwise, big fat negatory on this one, bud.
On three conditions.



1--Mel Gibson returns and gets first credit.

2--Danny Glover returns and gets second credit.

3--Richard Donner directs.



Otherwise, big fat negatory on this one, bud.
 
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rasagathi
12:35PM on 09/26/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
To be fair, only the first two Lethal Weapon films were legitimatly good, the third was passably entertaining although it lacked the dark edge that made the first film great, and the fourth installment wasn't even enjoyable it was so bad. If Shane Black returns, the man who planned on killing Riggs in the second film, then i'm down with it. But otherwise it's a big mistake.
To be fair, only the first two Lethal Weapon films were legitimatly good, the third was passably entertaining although it lacked the dark edge that made the first film great, and the fourth installment wasn't even enjoyable it was so bad. If Shane Black returns, the man who planned on killing Riggs in the second film, then i'm down with it. But otherwise it's a big mistake.
 
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PuffCity
12:27PM on 09/26/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Hey, LW4 was great, just like the first 3. It would be hard to screw this up with all the talent involved (if they all come back). However, I don't see Pesci coming back, he looked really old in The Good Shepperd, and I think he's retired anyways.
Hey, LW4 was great, just like the first 3. It would be hard to screw this up with all the talent involved (if they all come back). However, I don't see Pesci coming back, he looked really old in The Good Shepperd, and I think he's retired anyways.
 
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Hunglowman
12:17PM on 09/26/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
only if shane black is back... if not... fuck this obvious money grab
only if shane black is back... if not... fuck this obvious money grab
 
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Big Bri
12:06PM on 09/26/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Re: MAYBE
RDJ and Kilmer wouldnt exactly fit the bill as "two young cops". This is why your dreams of being a casting director should be set aside to concentrate on your dreams of running a daquiri bar in cancun. Wait, maybe that's my dream. Hmmm...daquiri bar...half-naked spring breakers...
RDJ and Kilmer wouldnt exactly fit the bill as "two young cops". This is why your dreams of being a casting director should be set aside to concentrate on your dreams of running a daquiri bar in cancun. Wait, maybe that's my dream. Hmmm...daquiri bar...half-naked spring breakers...
 
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D.B. Cooper
12:00PM on 09/26/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Are'nt they to old for this shit?
Are'nt they to old for this shit?
 
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John_Cusack
11:45AM on 09/26/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Maybe
I love the Lethal Weapon movies as how they are some of my all time favorite movies, but doing a 5th movie may be a horrible idea.



I think they should only do a 5th Lethal Weapon movie if all of the old cast comes back (i.e. Gibson, Glover, Pesci, Russo, Rock, Glover's family, etc.) and only if Shane Black writes AND directs it.



If not, then I guess it wasn't meant...
I love the Lethal Weapon movies as how they are some of my all time favorite movies, but doing a 5th movie may be a horrible idea.



I think they should only do a 5th Lethal Weapon movie if all of the old cast comes back (i.e. Gibson, Glover, Pesci, Russo, Rock, Glover's family, etc.) and only if Shane Black writes AND directs it.



If not, then I guess it wasn't meant to be. I am a die hard Lethal Weapon fan and thought that the 4th Lethal Weapon movie ended the franchise on a very good note.



My pick for the two young NYPD cops would be Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer considering they both starred in a Shane Black movie and the fact that they had great comedic chemistry between them.
 
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kdraines
11:26AM on 09/26/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Lethal Weapon 4 was great
And I'm only down with this if Richard Donner comes back.
And I'm only down with this if Richard Donner comes back.
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