Jim Abrahams

The Naked Gun: Liam Neeson says he’s had talks of starring in reboot

Posted 5 years ago

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! remains a comedy classic almost entirely due to the deadpan brilliance of Leslie Nielsen, so it's hard to imagine anyone else following in his footsteps. Hollywood has been attempting to reboot...

The Best Movie You Never Saw: Top Secret!

Posted 6 years ago

Chris Welcome to The Best Movie You NEVER Saw, a column dedicated to examining films that have flown under the radar or gained traction throughout the years, earning them a place as a cult classic or underrated gem that was...

The Good, The Bad & The Badass: George Kennedy

Posted 10 years ago

Chris Last week, we took a look at the career of enigmatic director Terrence Malick. This week’s actor is a guy celebrated for a totally different kind of work, but a late icon who made his mark in a big...

Quentin Tarantino’s New Beverly Cinema will screen Airplane! for 9/11

Posted 11 years ago

The New Beverly Cinema located on (you guessed it) Beverly Blvd in Los Angeles, California, has been owned by Quentin Tarantino since December of 2007. He's been quoted as saying, "As long as I'm alive, and as long as I'm...

Read JoBlo’s own unproduced comedy screenplay entitled “Skool!”

Posted 11 years ago

For the 17th anniversary of this site's inception (March 1998), I thought it might be fun to share 1 out of the 4 screenplays I wrote after finishing my MBA back in 1996, as I was looking for a job,...

Ed Helms set to play Detective Frank Drebin in a reboot of The Naked Gun!

Posted 12 years ago

Now this is some reboot news I can get behind. Paramount has tapped Ed Helms to play legendary Detective Frank Drebin in a reboot of THE NAKED GUN: FROM THE FILES OF POLICE SQUAD! Previously portrayed by Leslie Nielsen with...