Mel Gibson and Danny Glover Confirmed For LETHAL WEAPON 5

Not long ago, word broke that Richard Donner, Mel Gibson, and Danny Glover were all considering making Lethal Weapon 5. According to the initial report, they were looking to explore the opportunity for another film that Donner would be back to direct. The script for that film will be written by Channing Gibson, who wrote Lethal Weapon 4.

Well today we've learned that the project is still in active development and in a recent interview with the Spocklight podcast, Richard Donner confirmed that Mel Gibson and Danny Glover are officially on board!

"It's a story I came up with with Channing Gibson, the writer who wrote 4, and I'm just having to work it out with the studio. If everybody steps up and we all get together, we'll make it. Mel and Danny are on board. If it doesn't work out, at least we tried. But there's a better chance that you will see the movie."

I love the Lethal Weapon franchise and the fact that we could actually get another sequel with the original team of talent that developed the original films is exciting! It's going to be a lot of fun to see Gibson and Glover back in the roles of Riggs and Murtaugh at least one more time.

The project still has yet to get an official greenlight from Warner Bros. but I hope that they push it forward! I imagine we'll find out soon if Lethal Weapon 5 will happen or not after Donner and his team make their final pitch to the studio.

If they do get the greenlight, I really hope that they can get Joe Pesci back on board!