Writer-director Akiva Schaffer initially thought a reboot of The Naked Gun was blasphemous until he realized the full potential of having Liam Neeson step into the shoes of Leslie Nielsen.

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The two films — along with Neon's gruesome horror-comedy 'Together' — are going up against holdovers 'Fantastic Four: First Steps' and 'Superman' at the early August box office.