Lethal Weapon 5 Confirmed With Original Cast And Director

After much speculation, Lethal Weapon 5  is a go!

Along with the film being confirmed, the original director Richard Donner, as well as stars Mel Gibson and Danny Glover, are set to return.

Despite the film being dormant for more than 20 years, there has been much discussion, but little progression for quite sometime. However, producer Dan Lin has provided an update and things seem rather promising. Dan Lin recently appeared as a guest during a roundtable discussion that featured several other top producers in Hollywood. At one point, the subject of Lethal Weapon 5 came up. Lin revealed that the plan for the film. Lin stated,

The plan is to still have Richard Donner come back, as well as the original cast. They’re just trying to sort out the script. Here’s what he had to say about it.

“We’re trying to make the last Lethal Weapon movie. And Dick Donner’s coming back. The original cast is coming back. And it’s just amazing. The story is very personal to him. Mel and Danny are ready to go, so it’s about the script.”


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