We’re too old for this shit. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Warner Brothers is planning yet another reboot of a classic…Lethal Weapon. We call it blasphemy. Have all original movie ideas been used up?”What was considered an “event” movie in the late 1980s seems almost quaint in 2011 (no matter how awesome the first two movies are). The concept is essentially a police procedural featuring a mismatched pair of detectives. The chemistry between Mel Gibson and Danny Glover, coupled with Richard Donner’s direction and a sharp script from a young Shane Black, turned this into a franchise. But one wrong move and it could have been Tango and Cash or Cop-Out. The studio would need to make a risky bet on casting -- Jeremy Renner in the Gibson role? -- and recruit a hot action director to make this feel fresh. And even though the temptation might be to go big-budget (Warner likes to go big), perhaps a smaller, grittier Weapon might re-establish its credibility.”
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