Ed Helms Stars In Naked Gun Reboot

Ed Helms ("The Hangover," "Cedar Rapids") will take over for the late great Leslie Nielsen as the character of Frank Drebin in a reboot of "The Naked Gun" comedy franchise says Variety

"Reno 911!" creators Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant  will pen the screenplay which will put a new spin on the Drebin character first seen on the small screen in 1982 on the short lived TV series "Police Squad!" and then its film trilogy released from 1988 to 1994 grossing over $275 million at the box-office.

Created by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker, the first film saw police detective Drebin trying to stop a plan to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II by a rich businessman (Ricardo Montalbán) using random people activated by remote-controlled hypnosis.