Mel Gibson Offers Update on What's Going on with LETHAL WEAPON 5

It’s been a while since we’ve had an update on Lethal Weapon 5, which has been in development for a few years. The last we heard, Mel Gibson was going to direct the movie and step in for the late Richard Donner. He is already set to star alongside Danny Glover, and he wanted to continue developing the project as “a proper tribute to his friend and the late director of the franchise.”

While speaking with ScreenRant, Gibson offered an update on the project and confirmed that production has been further delayed due to the Warner Bros. Discovery merger. He said:

“The only delay is now with all the shake-up at Warners, with Discovery coming in and the new boss [David Zaslav]. They chop everyone else up and throw them away and get new people. It always takes time for these companies to regroup, so that’s been a delay, but I’m pretty confident we’ll get this one up on its feet, probably shoot it in the first quarter of the New Year.”

Gibson went on to say that they have “a really good screenplay” and “they had a really good template” and shared that he continued to work on the script after Donner passed away:

“I had the honor of sitting down, after Richard passed away, with the writer and doing a couple more drafts and trying to do it in the spirit of what we thought Donner might [want] because I knew the guy so well. We tried to get that flavor, and we were pretty happy with what we came up with.”

Well, I hope that Gibson and the creative team actually get to make this movie and bring this next chapter of the Lethal Weapon franchise to life.

Gibson is directing with the blessing of Lauren Shuler Donner, the wife of the late filmmaker. Dan Lin is set to produce the film alongside Shuler Donner, with Gibson also now attached as a producer.