In August, Screen Rant reported that Shane Black was writing the script for the fifth installment of the Lethal Weapon franchise with interest from both Danny Glover and Mel Gibson making their return.
The reported synopsis had Riggs (Gibson’s chracacter) who’s just about to retire, bringing Murtaugh (Glover’s character) out of retirement to solve one final case. This sounds like it would be the final sendoff the characters and it would allow the franchise to end with some closure.
My guess is that the big case would include characters very important to them (perhaps major characters from the prior films?) to make them partner up yet again for another action-packed adventure.
2 weeks ago, we reported that Black had been asked by producer Joel Silver to helm the project – taking over from Richard Donner who had directed all four previous films in the series. In that article, Niall said we can expect to see our favorite aging crime-fighting duo to be aided by a pair of young cops.
Well it might just be that one of those two cops will be Murtaugh’s son.
Speaking with IGN, Columbus Short confirmed that he was in talks to play the role of Murtaugh’s film for Lethal Weapon 5. This is just my guess, but who better to continue the legacy then someone from the family gene pool?
Short is a promising young actor who will be getting alot of exposure with Quarantine hitting theatres this Friday and another four feature film projects on the go (not including Lethal Weapon 5).
News of Lethal Weapon 5 is of no surprise to me. Which 80s film franchise hasn’t been recently continued and/or remade?
Personally, I’d love to see the story of Riggs and Murtaugh given an appropriate finish.
What do you think?
Source: IGN
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Short is fine as Murtaugh’s son, as long as they don’t have him break dancing around the precinct (Stomp the Yard reference).
Forget milking a dead cow, this is alien cattle mutilation…
This has crossed beyond the limits of comedy down past the bowels of respect, and into the pit of dispare…
haha, 790. Very elegant.
I really enjoyed Lethal Weapon 4, and its not like these stars are that busy in recent times. I’d probably see it if it came out.
As long as Gibson keeps his crazy messiah beard on for the role.
Oh my god this will be good! I already like the way that this movie sounds and having Short as Nick yeah i guess that will do1 he kinda looks like the Nick from the last Leathal Weapon lol!
But i know already that i am going to see this movie!! I love Mel Gibson!!! lol
Well, barring Joel Silver growing a brain, we won’t see this movie…but I do have a question?
Why cast Short as Nick Murtaugh, when the actor that played him in the 4 previous films (Damon Hines) is still quite available? After all, to quote one wiser than I, “…who better to continue the legacy then someone from the family gene pool?”
Yeah Dan I agree I think that the guys who has been nick in all of the Lethal Weapons should be nick in the 5th.
I didn’t even think of that. I don’t even know who that columbus short even is I have never heard of him till this screen rant article.
But I agree that should bring back Damon Hines.
Yeah Dan I agree I think that the guy who has been nick in all of the Lethal Weapons should be nick in the 5th.
I didn’t even think of that. I don’t even know who that columbus short even is I have never heard of him till this screen rant article.
But I agree that should bring back Damon Hines.
Maybe Mel, with the beard, could redo The Ten Commandments as Moses?
Naaah…be too tempting to toss a little Riggs in there:
[*Scene: GOD is giving MOSES the Commasndments...*]
GOD: I am the Lord your God … thou shalt have no other gods before Me.
MOSES [channeling Curly Howard]: SOITENLY, nyuk, nyuk,nyuk!