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In 2009 it was revealed that a fourth film starring Leslie Nielsen was planned as a direct-to-TV sequel, titled The Naked Gun: What 4? The Rhythm of Evil. The script followed the story of Frank training a young rookie. The script was developed by Alan Spencer, best known for the series Sledge Hammer!, and was briefly moved to theatrical development where the Zucker Abrahams Zucker team attempted to stop it. Spencer wrote a sizable role for Leslie Nielsen, who would be passing the torch to a new generation of incompetent police, but Paramount asked him to reduce the part to a cameo for budgetary reasons, and later decided to remove his character altogether. After this last request, Spencer left the project. Nielsen died in November 2010.
In December 2013, Paramount Pictures announced that a reboot of The Naked Gun franchise was in development with Ed Helms cast in the role of Frank Drebin, while the script was being co-written by Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant. By January 2014, Garant revealed that the working title of the project was Episode IV: A New Hope, while announcing that it was intended to be a sequel to the original films. Helms was intended to portray a character that introduces himself as "Frank Drebin, no relation" so that the movie can introduce a new protagonist without contradicting what came before. In March 2015, David Zucker stated that he was offered a producing role on the project, but had declined to be involved because he felt like it would differ in comedic style and ultimately be inferior to his original films. In August 2015, Helms confirmed that the script was still being written, while acknowledging the concerns that Zucker had with modern-day audience reception, and a need for something other than the spoof genre of the previous movies.
By March 2017, a re-write of the script was being completed by David Zucker and Pat Proft, with the plot being reworked to feature the son of Frank Drebin, who would have been a secret agent rather than a policeman. The script was originally titled The Naked Gun 444 1/4: Nordberg Did It, but was later renamed Naked: Impossible, parodying the Mission: Impossible, Bourne and Daniel Craig James Bond franchises. Zucker felt that "they don't make cop movies anymore. When you do parody, you've got to spoof something current." According to Zucker, Jon Gonda at Paramount liked the script, written by him and Pat Proft that was presented to the studio in 2018, but that somewhere along the line the studio decided not to go with it. Zucker also said that he went on a meeting with Paramount in around 2019, where a female head of production complained over a "mild" joke about a "police officer having to adjust her Kevlar vest or have a breast reduction". He explained saying that a "stupid, mild joke" was too much for them [Paramount].
In January 2021, it was announced that Seth MacFarlane had been hired to further develop the project. After MacFarlane had previously expressed interest in casting Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin Jr. in 2015, he was hired by the studio. MacFarlane and Paramount approached Neeson with a pitch to star in the movie. In June, Neeson said MacFarlane was working on a new draft of the script, with the studio additionally negotiating his potential role as director. In October 2022, the film was greenlit with Neeson in the lead role as Frank Drebin Jr. and Akiva Schaffer directing.
In April 2024, Pamela Anderson joined the cast. Anderson was originally offered the role of Tanya Peters in The Final Insult before the role eventually went to Anna Nicole Smith. In May, Paul Walter Hauser joined the cast, playing Capt. Ed Hocken, alongside Kevin Durand in an undisclosed villain role, as well as Danny Huston, Liza Koshy, Cody Rhodes, CCH Pounder and Busta Rhymes.
On a budget of $42 million it made a global box office of $102.1 million.
Aside from the still photos, Priscilla Presley and "Weird Al" Yankovic are the only actors to appear in all four films in the Naked Gun franchise.
The scene where the snowman comes to life is set to the tune of "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" by Starship. The song was originally used in the movie Mannequin (1987), which was about a mannequin coming to life.
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