Mel Gibson has announced that he will be putting together another Lethal Weapon movie. Mel will be back as Martin Riggs as well as directing “Lethal Weapon 5”.
The original came out in 1987. It’s been 32 years since the 2nd movie came out. Riggs was originally supposed to die at the end of that one, but here were are looking towards number 5. Mel says that the original director, Richard Donner, had given Mel his blessing to continue the franchise before he died. Apparently Donner had already been working on a screen play. Mel will start work on the new movie in 2022, but no details on the plot yet.
Not sure if Danny Glover is coming back, but he’s 75 years old now. Mel is 65. If you’ll excuse the use of the original movie quote, they’re both getting too old for this. Joe Pesci, who’s 78, retired in 1999. I could see Chris Rock coming back. And to really put a point on how long it’s been, Ebonie Smith, who played Danny’s youngest daughter in the movies is 43 now.