Lethal Weapon (franchise)

Lethal Weapon
Official franchise logo
Created by	Shane Black
Original work	Lethal Weapon
Owner	Warner Bros. Pictures
Years	1987–present
Films and television
Film(s)	Lethal Weapon (1987) Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) Lethal Finale (TBA)
Television series	Lethal Weapon (2016–2019)
Games
Video game(s)	Lethal Weapon (1992)
Miscellaneous
Theme park attraction(s)	Lethal Weapon – The Ride (1995–2012)
Pinball	Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)

Lethal Weapon is an American buddy cop action-comedy media franchise created by Shane Black. It focuses on two Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) detectives, Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh. The franchise consists of a series of four films released between 1987 and 1998 and a television series which aired from 2016 to 2019. The four films were directed by Richard Donner and also share many of the same core cast members, while the television series is a reboot with different actors. Although the first film was not explicitly a comedy, the later films and the television series gradually became comedic in nature.

A proposed fifth installment had been in talks and development since 2007, but has yet to enter production.