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Joel Silver Talks Lethal Weapon 5
By Chris Tilly,IGN UK
November 10,2008
If Richard Donner is to be believed, a new Lethal Weapon film is dead in the water thanks to Mel Gibson's lack of enthusiasm for the project. Well IGN was on the set of Guy Ritchie's new Sherlock Holmes flick last week, and took the opportunity to quiz uber-producer Joel Silver on the subject.
"We talked about it, but it was something that Mel didn't want to do now," Silver explained. "It doesn't mean that he doesn't want to do it ever, but as of right now, he doesn't."
Silver isn't ruling out the prospect of a fifth installment in the future, however. "If we can do it, it would be fun. Shane [Black] had a great take on it, a great idea, a great feeling about it. He did a really complex kind of treatment or outline, very complicated, very good. The idea that they wanted to get it up right away, we couldn't do that, but we'll see what happens."
So that's the skinny on Lethal Weapon 5; categorically not dead, just on the back burner.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Mel Gibson turns down Lethal Weapon 5?
By Erik Davis,Cinematical
October 13,2008
But was he ever considering it in the first place? Not long ago it seemed a Lethal Weapon 5 was all but a lock, what with Shane Black writing the script and Columbus Short supposedly in talks to play Danny Glover's son -- but now, according to a recent interview with Richard Donner in the LA Times, it looks like the whole thing might just go away. Thank God. That's because, in Donner's world, Mel Gibson has already passed on the project. (And here we thought Glover passed over a year ago.) The director notes, "Mel turned it down. I would like to think that Mel turned it down because I wasn't involved. Knowing Mel, I would like to think that. Would that be the kind of thing he does? It sure would be."
Though "Gibson's people" refused to comment, the LA Times is pretty confident in their findings. Donner, who directed all four previous Lethal Weapon films, seems a bit "I toldja so" in the interview, regarding Warners decision to follow Joel Silver's lead: "It's too bad, actually, because Channing Gibson, who wrote the fourth one, and Mike Riva, a designer on three of them, and myself and Derek [Hoffman, an associate at The Donner Company] had an incredibly strong story for the fifth movie. But we weren't given the opportunity and I think maybe I could have convinced Mel to do it. But Warners chose to go with Joel Silver." He later adds, "Yes, the project is pretty much dead in the water unless someone had the sense to come to me."
Of course, Donner could be talking out his rear end ... though, on the surface, it seems like a reach for both Gibson and Glover to agree to a fifth film, especially one without Donner behind the camera.
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Saturday, September 27, 2008
Lethal Weapon 5 still in the works
By Nicole Sperling,hollywoodinsider.ew.com
September 24,2008
When reports surfaced this week that writer-director Shane Black (Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang) had signed on to direct Universal's Cold Warrior, it threw Lethal Weapon fans into a tizzy because they feared another installment of the beloved franchise would never come to pass. Truth is, the delay has nothing to do with Black, who wrote the first Lethal script and has penned a long treatment for a fifth iteration. (In fact, he plans to take over the director's reins from Richard Donner.) Lethal number 5 still hinges on Mel Gibson, who's currenlty filming Edge of Darkness in Boston. Longtime Lethal producer Joel Silver has been trying to nail down approval from Gibson about Black's approach, which includes introducing a pair of young NYPD cops.
Friday, August 8, 2008
Lethal Weapon 5 in the works?
Mel Gibson and Danny Glover have reportedly signed up to star in a fifth Lethal Weapon movie.
The actors are said to be in negotiations for Lethal Weapon 5 - ten years after the release of the fourth installment of the action franchise.
Director Richard Donner, who oversaw all four of the previous films, last year revealed that he was ready to make another movie - as long as Gibson agreed.
And now it looks as if the picture could finally get the green light.
A source tells British newspaper the Daily Star, "Lethal Weapon 5 is a go. Mel and Danny are back. The script is fabulous!"
Shane Black has written the spec script for Lethal Weapon 5 .The story would center around Riggs' impending retirement (and his, undoubtedly, being too old for ... well, you know). But before he leaves the force, he has to tackle one last case, and as there are no other police officers in Los Angeles, he hauls Murtaugh out of retirement to help him.
Source:IMDB,Cinematical
