MAJOR SCOOP — LETHAL WEAPON 5! YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST AT TRACKINGB.COM…
**TRACKINGB.COM EXCLUSIVE UPDATE**
**We are now hearing that Shane Black may have only handed in a detailed treatment to Joel Silver and that they are taking two old scripts and mashing them together to make LETHAL WEAPON 5… Also hearing that Silver is after Columbus Short for a role**
**TRACKINGB.COM EXCLUSIVE**
LETHAL WEAPON 5 IS ON… HERE’S HOW IT WENT DOWN.
Original screenwriter Shane Black quietly wrote the script on spec, without telling anyone… Then, he called Joel Silver and essentially told him he wanted the story to continue and that he had already written the script… We hear this time homicidal Riggs (Mel Gibson) is about to retire, but pulls Murtaugh (Danny Glover) out of retirement to solve one final case, before they both officially head off into the sun…
Gibson and Glover are down to return (although no deals have been signed yet). With the attractive package and a solid script, the picture will go… soon.
August 5th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
I’m gettin’ too old for this shit.
August 5th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Anyone read? Will Black direct?
August 5th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
HOLLLEEE SHIT. Nice. If Black stays on as sole writer, this will be solid.
August 5th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Shane Black is awesome. LONG KISS GOOD NIGHT was one hell of a script. Too bad Renny Harlin didn’t quite get the material. But, this is awesome news.
August 5th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Shane Black should also direct. If not, forget it.
August 5th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Great scoop Insider!
August 5th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
I heard this yesterday and I thought it was a hoax. My skepticism is going to kill me.
August 6th, 2008 at 5:44 am
Who’s directing?
August 6th, 2008 at 8:26 am
“I heard this yesterday and I thought it was a hoax. My skepticism is going to kill me.”
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“Rumors are always true, you know that.” — THE PLAYER
August 6th, 2008 at 8:36 am
Black should direct, definitely.
August 6th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Two cops come out of retirement to solve one last case? Wow, what an original idea.
Even with a solid script, still a questionable move for WB given that it’s been ten years since the last Lethal Weapon (eg – X-Files the Movie) and a budget that will be extremely bloated.
August 6th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
there’s no way in hell mel does this movie.
August 7th, 2008 at 8:23 am
Mel HAS to make the movie. If he doesn’t, then he has no intention of acting ever again in a film he’s not directing…
August 7th, 2008 at 9:12 am
I want this to happen, but the rumor has already been downgraded from ‘Shane Black spec’ to ‘Shane Black outline mashed with a pair of busted cop scripts’ So – who knows. Tomorrow this could be ‘Lethal Weapon tv series to air on Sci Fi Channel’
August 7th, 2008 at 9:28 am
By Monday it’ll be “I saw Shane Black at IHOP and I said “HEY SHANE, you should write Lethal Weapon 5!” and he said “…yeah”.”
August 7th, 2008 at 10:13 am
busted…
August 7th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Black was here last week (Borders in West Hollywood) and spoke to my writing group briefly about the script. Said it was written before “Kiss Kiss” and mainly referenced William Goldman’s script for the “Maverick” film as one of the touchstones, tone wise.
August 7th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
If they can get the darkness of the original movie back in there, they may have something (Riggs lost his edge in the sequels). If they go for the Joe Pesci/Chris Rock shout-fest that the last movie was, it will be embarrassing for all concerned. I am cautiously optimistic about this one.
August 7th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Oh and Mel has to become a LETHAL WEAPON again, and not be the useless old guy he was in the last film.
August 7th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Can we have Danny Devito, John Leguizamo, and Chris Rock battle it out in this one to the death of who’s more irrelevant in today’s society?
oh, and winner dies
August 7th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
As long as there is no Chris Rock, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo et al… They kept introducing new characters and then kept putting them in the next film and so on. Joe Pesci was the worst.
August 7th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Please give Riggs some real edge. chris rock was terrible… the sequels kept getting more and more “fluffy”… THIS NEEDS TO STOP. Get back to the two guys who made this franchise what it is! Get back to the tone of the first.
August 8th, 2008 at 4:56 am
Sounds like they should team up with Rocky
August 9th, 2008 at 5:43 am
i love this saga…
August 9th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
I thought Rene Russo was the best added character to the whole series. After watching the fourth film and the third back to back, I actually enjoyed the fourth film better. Pesci was annoying and it did detract attention from the films, but yeah these movies are a hell of a lot better acted, directed, written, and action oriented than Rush Hour or other buddy cop movies. Bring it on. No PG-13 rating.
August 9th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
are they community patrol citizens now? I hate those guys
August 9th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
community patrols I mean. hell they were too cheap to use their cellphone to report it ever, used it for personal calls, and just blocked the road sucidally with their car instead of filing complaints like they were supposed to.
August 10th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
I can’t wait, the lethal weapon series has always been top notch and Shane Black will not let us down.
August 11th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Hopefully, this is true. I love the LW movies, and I would love to see a Lethal Weapon 5. A real final entry. Shane Black writing it is such a major plus.
I don’t know about Black as a director, but there is only one director for LW 5 and his name is Richard Donner. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. You saw the picture collages at the end of part 4. This is a family. Donner is the dad. You can’t have a family reunion without Dad.
August 14th, 2008 at 11:20 am
I preferred the dark tone of the original LW. LW 4 was too much like a comedy, and Mel Gibson had really lost his edge. Just leave out all of the supporting characters, Joe Pesci was really annoying in LW 4. I see no reason to bring him back. The only one person that should direct this is Richard Donner.
August 21st, 2008 at 1:37 pm
I’m so excited about Lethal Weapon 5 and I think this will be a great storyline for something entirely new. *It should be sensational!!!*
Thanks SUPER DAVE!!!!!!!!
August 25th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
As a screenwriter myself, I’ve yet to be disappointed by anything Shane Black has written. The last script I read of his entitled “The Nice Guys” will forever be the best unproduced script in Hollywood history…well, that and Joe Esterhas’ “Foreplay”. Find “The Nice Guys” and treasure it (also picture Ray Liotta and John Cusack as the leads) . As for LW5…the only way it could be good is if they don’t stray from the script like soooo many other films “written by Shane Black” do. Bring back Dick Donner. Let him do for LW5 what he couldn’t do for “Superman II.” It is time to erase the embarassment that was the last two Lethal Weapons…and NO CHRIS ROCK!! OR JOE PESCI!!!
August 26th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Looks like the big bucks won out over integrity if this is true.
August 30th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
I think it’s great to see the magic comes back one last time for one final action thrill with Gibson & Glover, I hope they bring some people back like DARLENE LOVE, JOE PESCI, Richard Donnner did a terffic job direct all LW series, and my favorite movie of Donner is Superman. I expect a lot to see LW5.
September 6th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
I HOPE THAT THEY DO MAKE LW5
AND THEY NEED TO MAKE IT FAST BECAUSE THE TWO GUYS ARE GETTING OLD FAST.
September 7th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
I think a fifth and final LW would be great. The series were packed with plenty of action, no doubt but very few films really embodied the on screen chemistry of its characters as this one does. I hope its a go.
September 24th, 2008 at 12:54 am
Shane Black can’t direct it has to be Richard Donner. It wouldn’t be the same otherwise
October 16th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
mel has to be in the fifth one
if not, it wouldn’t be worth seeing!!!
October 30th, 2008 at 9:19 am
I hope they will do LW 5, cause Mel & Danny are perfect team in LW series
December 3rd, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Add to my Bookmarks
December 9th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
save to my Bookmarks
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:53 am
Let’s do it! You Wanna Jump, Let’s Jump!
April 28th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
oh yes pigs can fly blacks not directing so mels pulled out if black directs then it will be a dead cert you can only hope