David Zucker is not a fan of what Paramount did with Naked Gun reboot

That is not the extent of the issues Zucker has with the 2025 film, which was produced by Seth McFarlane and Erica Huggins. “Paramount ruined the franchise, and it’s too bad, but I repurposed the script as ‘Counter Intelijence’, spelled with one l and a j. It’s just such a great script. Maybe someday it’ll be done,” says Zucker. However, it sounds like his issues are more with the corporate side of things than with the talent who participated in the reboot. “Seth called me, and the director [Akiva Schaffer] is a very nice guy. He came to my house twice. They are just so respectful and so complimentary. They idolise these movies. So how can you be angry or mad at somebody who keeps telling you what a genius you are? But it’s frustrating in the business… all I care about is doing something original. I don’t want to do what I did before.”

Then again, The Independent reports that he added “with a laugh,” “They just so fucked it up… We would have truly rebooted the franchise with young actors, and Seth MacFarlane ruined it. So what can I do?” That all being said, Zucker hasn’t actually seen the new film, rationalizing, “If your daughter became a prostitute, would you go watch her work?”