Overview

• Liam Neeson takes on the role of Lt. Frank Drebin Jr., stepping into Leslie Nielsen’s comic legacy in his first full-length comedy starring turn.
• The first full trailer, released June 16, parodies modern action tropes with violent slapstick and includes direct callbacks to the original series.
• Akiva Schaffer directs the film with producers Seth MacFarlane and Erica Huggins guiding it through final post-production.
• Pamela Anderson appears as femme fatale Beth and is joined by Paul Walter Hauser, CCH Pounder, Kevin Durand, Danny Huston, Liza Koshy and Cody Rhodes as the new Police Squad ensemble.
• Paramount has set the reboot’s theatrical debut for August 1, 2025, concluding a development run that stretched back to initial plans in 2013.