UPCOMING MOVIES 'Police Academy' gets new assignment

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Another '80s staple is back, but it's not another sitcom adapted for the big screen.
The mildly popular law enforcement comedy franchise "Police Academy" has returned for its eighth installment, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"I felt it was time to start again," says series creator Paul Maslansky. "I saw that 'Starsky & amp; Hutch' and a number of other revivals were doing really well. 'Police Academy' has such a great history. I thought, 'Why not?'"
"Police Academy" first came on the crime scene in 1984, and the comedy about misfit cops continued for six more films, including the latest sequel, "Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow" in 1994. Steve Guttenberg appeared in the first four films but later dropped out. Bobcat Goldthwait has appeared in the series along with regulars David Graf, Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, Marion Ramsey and Leslie Easterbrook.
Many of the original cast members will combine with new "original talent" for the eighth film.
"We became very much like a family," says Maslansky, who will act as executive producer. "It's is very unusual to have seven films with virtually all the same major cast."
Maslansky, 70, is reportedly working on the upcoming "Stunt School" and a biopic about jazz king Buddy Bolden.