Officer Mahoney Says “No Details Yet, But It Is In A Gift Bag Being Readied”
Though there have been rumours and news stories about a new Police Academy movie — be it a reboot of the original or a continuation of the seven films to date — nothing has actually graduated from development training.
Now Steve Guttenberg (Carey Mahoney), one star of the beloved 1980s franchise, tweeted on Monday that a new Police Academy was in the works.
He tweeted:
Adam , the next Police Academy is coming, no details yet, but it is in a gift bag being readied! https://t.co/HxzdmqS6WP
— Steve Guttenberg (@SteveGuttbuck) September 3, 2018
So far there are seven films in the Police Academy franchise, the first released in 1984. Guttenberg starred as Officer Mahoney in a number of the films, but not all.
The first film was an adult comedy, rated R, but the rest of the films in the franchise were geared more towards teens and kids, rated PG-13 and PG.
To date, the last film released in the series was 1994’s Police Academy: Mission To Moscow.
The film franchise helped spawn a cartoon series and toy line. It also made actors such as Michael Winslow and Bobcat Goldthwait household names.
Over the past fifteen years, there have been plenty of different attempts to bring Police Academy into the twenty-first century, with little results. Most recently, New Line was developing an eighth Police Academy film in 2012, with Scott Zabielski set to direct, but the project has seemed to linger in development hell.
Must it reinvent itself for today’s comedy tastes? Either way, sounds like Guttenberg will be involved.
