This will be the only film in the Lethal Weapon series not directed by Richard Donner, who sadly passed away during pre-production in 2021 at age 91. However, due to his years, he had personally asked his friend Mel Gibson to take over in such an event.
Mel Gibson stated to many news outlets and articles that Lethal Weapon 5 would most likely start filming in "the early months of 2023"
Danny Glover will be over 75 and Mel Gibson will be over 65 if this 5th Lethal Weapon movie were to start filming in 2022 which reports have said is the year the film will go into production.
Will reincorporate musical themes from the previous films by Eric Clapton and David Sanborn.
The first film in the franchise to not have its music composed by Michael Kamen, as he passed away in 2003.