Police Academy (1984) Police Academy was released in 1984 and directed by
Hugh Wilson. The film has a newly elected female mayor announcing a policy requiring the police department to accept all willing recruits. The movie followed a group of misfit recruits in their attempts to prove themselves capable of being police officers and their adventures at the police academy.
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985) In
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment, the newly graduated cadets are sent to one of the worst
precincts in the city to improve the conditions. Lt. Mauser undermines their attempts so he can get Capt. Lassard fired and get the position in charge.
Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986) Police Academy 3: Back in Training was released in 1986, and like its predecessor, was directed by
Jerry Paris. When the governor of the state announces that budget cuts necessitate the closure of the worst of the two police academies, the officers of the Metropolitan Police Academy, led by Commandant Lassard, work on ensuring it is not theirs. This is hindered by their unusual gang of new cadets.
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987) Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol, released in 1987 and directed by
Jim Drake, involves new recruits being brought in when the officers work with a newly formed Citizens on Patrol group. Harris and Proctor are in charge, though, and plan to dismantle the program.
Citizens on Patrol was the final film starring Guttenberg.
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988) Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach, released in 1988, was directed by
Alan Myerson. The plot involves the officers attending a police convention in
Florida to honor Commandant Eric Lassard as
police officer of the decade, wherein he inadvertently switches his sports bag with that of a group of jewel thieves. The thieves try to get it back.
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989) The sixth installment,
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege, directed by
Peter Bonerz, was released in 1989. When the city suffers from a dangerous set of crimes by a gang of jewel thieves, the Metropolitan Police Academy graduates are brought in to do something about it.
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994) Police Academy: Mission to Moscow, released in 1994 and directed by Alan Metter, involved the officers going to
Russia to help catch an international crime figure.
Future A franchise reboot has been in various stages of
development hell since September 2003, when the eighth
Police Academy film was announced with a tentative release scheduled for 2007. The studio acknowledged the franchise's return after more than thirteen years of absence, with most of the main cast members set to return. Hugh Wilson was later slated to direct.
Leslie Easterbrook (Capt. Debbie Callahan) and
Marion Ramsey (Sgt. Laverne Hooks) mentioned that filming for the next
Police Academy film was scheduled to commence principal photography mid-2006 to meet its 2007 release. The film was suspended in October 2006, at which point Easterbrook mentioned that the project may be repurposed as a direct-to-DVD sequel. She added that though
Warner Bros. wanted to do a new film, they wanted a producer to get independent financing. In May 2008, Michael Winslow replied to a question about a possible new
Police Academy film: "Anything's possible. You've got to hope for Paul Maslansky and those folks over there to put it together. It's up to them. It would be great to see everyone again." In November of the same year, Steve Guttenberg (Sgt. Carey Mahoney) confirmed that
8 was still in development and that he was working on the script with Warner Bros. Guttenberg is slated to direct the film, and stated that all living cast members from the previous installments would return to reprise their roles. Later that month, the filmmaker stated that he plans to bring back some of the original cast to train the new recruits. While appearing as a guest on the July 12, 2010, edition of
This Morning, Michael Winslow (Sgt. Larvell Jones) confirmed that
Police Academy 8 was in active development. In August 2010, Steve Guttenberg revealed a script was being written by
David Diamond and
David Weissman. In August 2010, actor
Bobcat Goldthwait (Officer Zed) released a statement urging Hollywood to reboot the
Police Academy series with a new group of actors instead of the original cast members. Goldthwait confirmed that Steve Guttenberg would return and that movie bosses were trying to get
Kim Cattrall and
Sharon Stone to return for an eighth film, though Goldthwait said he had no desire to return to the series. By January 2012,
New Line Cinema announced that Scott Zabielski would replace Maslansky as the director of the upcoming film. Later in March of the same year,
Michael Winslow stated that production of the eighth film tentatively scheduled to commence that November, and that an offer had been made to
Shaquille O'Neal to replace the late
Bubba Smith as Hightower. In June 2012,
Jeremy Garelick was hired to contribute to a rewrite the aforementioned script. In April 2014,
Keegan-Michael Key and
Jordan Peele, from the sketch show
Key & Peele were brought in produce the film. Steve Guttenberg shared his excitement with the project in July 2015, as the project was rumored to be titled
Police Academy: Next Generation. In April 2016, the two said that the project was still ongoing and that it was going to be influenced by
End of Watch and
M*A*S*H. They said that the project would be a "funny take on a grounded, real approach as the Key and Peele way", and noted that it would give them access to talk about what was going on in the landscape at the time. After years of delays, Steve Guttenberg announced in September 2018, that the sequel was once again in active development; stating, "the next
Police Academy is coming, no details yet, but it is in a gift bag being readied!" In 2021, when asked about an eight film, Guttenberg replied with "I suspect you haven't seen the last of my Mahoney". ==Television==