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The move comes after the project was put in limbo when director Richard Donner, who'd helmed all the 'Weapon' movies since their inception in 1987, died in July.

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00:00You ever met anybody who didn't kill?

00:05Well, I haven't killed you yet.

00:08Mel Gibson is stepping behind the camera to direct Lethal Weapon 5,

00:11which will likely be the final installment of the action franchise.

00:14Richard Donner, who directed all the previous Lethal Weapon movies,

00:17had been developing a fifth film on and off for years,

00:20but the project was put in limbo when the director died in July at age 91.

00:24Gibson revealed that he was taking over while speaking at an experience with event in London.

00:28According to London's The Sun, Gibson said of Donner,

00:31he was developing the screenplay and he got pretty far along with it.

00:34He said to me one day, listen kid, if I kick the bucket, you will do it.

00:38And I said, shut up.

00:39Gibson continued, he did indeed pass away, but he did ask me to do it,

00:43and at the time, I didn't say anything.

00:44He said it to his wife and to the studio and the producer,

00:47so I will be directing the fifth one.

00:49The first Lethal Weapon was released in 1987

00:51and was one of the first studio movies to establish Gibson as a Hollywood star.

00:55What you got in there?

00:57Boy and Smith.

00:57A lot of old-timers carry those.

01:00For more on this story, go to THR.com.

01:03For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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