After more than 30 years, “The Naked Gun” film franchise is back in action.

A teaser trailer for a new reboot dropped at CinemaCon Thursday giving fans of the original police spoof films a first look at Oscar-nominated actor Liam Neeson taking the mantle from the late acting and comedic legend, Leslie Nielsen.

The 72-year-old “Taken” star is playing Lt. Frank Drebin Jr., the son of Nielsen’s titular character, and in the film, he’ll use his “particular set of skills” to lead a police squad and follow in his father’s footsteps, according to Paramount Pictures UK’s description for the teaser.

In the one-minute trailer, Drebin, disguised as a young girl, strolls into an armed bank robbery in progress before he removes his elaborate costume and takes down the suspects. When asked by a hostage in the bank who he was, Drebin responds, “Frank Drebin Police Squad. The new version.”

The reboot comes more than three decades after the trilogy consisting of the 1988 original “The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!,” the 1991 sequel “The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear” and the 1994 “Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult.”

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The original film, based on the TV series “Police Squad!,” starred Nielsen, who died in 2010; George Kennedy, who died in 2016; and O. J. Simpson, who died last year.

When does ‘The Naked Gun’ reboot come out?

“The Naked Gun” reboot is scheduled to be released in theaters nationwide on Friday, August 1, 2025.

What will be different about ‘The Naked Gun’ reboot?

Aside from many of the original actors not being in the reboot, “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane is a producer on 2025’s “The Naked Gun,” while former “SNL” writer Akiva Schaffer is serving as director.

Pamela Anderson, 56, is also set to help Neeson reload the “The Naked Gun” franchise. In a March interview with ComingSoon.net, Neeson admitted to being “slightly nervous” about showing off his comedic chops in “The Naked Gun” after a career focused almost entirely on serious movies like “Schindler’s List,” “Taken” and “The Grey.”

“But it’s a good script,” Neeson said, per the outlet. “Akiva Schafer from the world of ‘SNL’ is co-writing and he’s the director. So we’ll see. We’re still in the casting process for the other parts, but the script, there’s some very funny laugh-out moments.”

‘The Naked Gun’ reboot cast

The 2025 “Naked Gun” reboot features the following stars:

• Liam Neeson
• Paul Walter Hauser
• Pamela Anderson
• Kevin Durand
• Danny Huston
• Liza Koshy
• Cody Rhodes
• David Lengel
• Busta Rhymes
• Michael Beasley
• Wilbur Fitzgerald