A recent report means that the long-gestating buddy cop sequel Lethal Weapon 5 will shoot subsequent yr, with Mel Gibson within the director’s chair.
We know {that a} fifth entry within the Lethal Weapon sequence has been within the works for a very long time. The late, nice Richard Donner – director of the primary 4 movies – was engaged on it earlier than he handed away in 2021. Then, in the identical yr we heard that Mel Gibson, one half of the sequence’ main duo was set to take over the directorial reins. Of course, so much has occurred on the earth since 2021, with a variety of that turbulence straight affecting Hollywood movie manufacturing. However, regardless of the entire uncertainty, Hollywood insider Daniel Richtman (through World of Reel) is reporting that Lethal Weapon 5 will shoot subsequent yr.
According to the report, Jez Butterworth, the author behind Edge Of Tomorrow and Le Mans 66 (often known as Ford Vs Ferrari in all places else) has penned the most recent script based mostly on Donner’s unique concept for the movie. Warner Bros are behind the challenge and Danny Glover is about to reprise his function because the long-suffering Roger Murtaugh alongside Gibson’s Martin Riggs.
Should this report show to be correct, the place this leaves Gibson’s different long-gestating directorial challenge, The Passion Of The Christ 2, we don’t know. That challenge is presently going underneath the title of Resurrection and was mentioned to be ‘on the eve of manufacturing’ again in February of this yr. Of course, the actors’ strike could properly have thrown a spanner into the works there, however given how lengthy we’ve heard speak of follow-up movies to each Lethal Weapon and The Passion Of The Christ, the thought that each may instantly movie within the area of a calendar yr appears unlikely.
It shall be not less than 20 years because the launch of The Passion Of The Christ and much more since we final noticed a brand new Lethal Weapon film on our screens. The query of whether or not the world has moved on in that point stays to be answered. Whether both of those Mel Gibson-directed movies will truly occur in 2024 is probably a extra urgent query, however Gibson does have a movie (in all probability) due out in 2024 – that being Flight Risk, a challenge headlined by Mark Wahlberg that’s (in all probability) on account of launch yr.
