Overview
- Zucker told Woman’s World that producer Seth MacFarlane copied the ZAZ spoof style without grasping its rules.
- He argued comedies should avoid large budgets and criticized the reboot’s “technical pizzazz,” contrasting its reported $42 million cost with the original’s roughly $14.5 million.
- The 2025 installment stars Liam Neeson, is produced by MacFarlane and Erica Huggins, and is directed by Akiva Schaffer from a script by Schaffer, Dan Gregor and Doug Mand.
- Since its Aug. 1 release, the film has grossed about $102.1 million worldwide and holds an 88% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes.
- Zucker says Paramount rejected his own script for a fourth entry before proceeding with the new version without his involvement.