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It's confirmed, Richard Donner will indeed be behind the camera for
Lethal Weapon 5
.
At 90, the historic director of the franchise has only one hurry: to find Mel Gibson and Danny Glover for one last adventure.
“This is the very last.
It is both my privilege and my duty to do so.
It's actually exciting.
It's the last one, I promise you, ”he told the
Daily Telegraph
.
A beautiful promise which now engages the nonagenarian with the many fans of one of the most memorable action franchises of the 80s and 90s.
A huge success
Lethal Weapon
was released in 1987
, featuring for the first time the shock duo formed by Martin Riggs, a disillusioned widower cop played by Mel Gibson, and Roger Murtaugh, a veteran police camped by Danny Glover.
An explosive and bloody film, pure product of the 80s, which had made a splash with 120 million dollars of box office worldwide for a budget of 15 million.
Director Richard Donner says he's still on to make Lethal Weapon 5, and that it'll be the final film in the series: https://t.co/2fuHGyQh86 pic.twitter.com/kTxlrqpLK7
- Empire Magazine (@empiremagazine) December 31, 2020
Three films followed, until
The Fatal Weapon 4
, published in 1998. Now, it is a question of arming oneself with patience until the arrival of this epilogue which will undoubtedly be more fatal.
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