A director has been chosen to take on the Police Academy remake being put together by New Line Cinema, which is planned to begin production sometime this year.

It’s being reported that Scott Zabielski has been hired for the job, which will mark his feature film debut. Zabielski has worked as a director and producer on 60+ episodes of the hit Comedy Central show Tosh.0, and has worked on various other reality shows including Breaking Bonaduce, Beauty and the Geek, and Who Wants to Be A Superhero.

Back in November, Steve Guttenberg was making some very interesting claims. The ’80s star seemed not just confident, but downright positive that not only was Walt Disney developing a third film in his Three Men and a Baby franchise, but that it was time to revisit both Police Academy and Cocoon as well.

All of this as a whole remains to be seen for sure, but one of these has become an official possibility. It’s being reported that New Line Cinema is developing their very own Police Academy reboot, and that one of the original producers, Paul Maslansky, is back for the job here.

Since the first film’s release in 1984, six more films have been put out — each one disliked more than the last. If you’re a child of that time period, however, you have to have a soft spot somewhere for the first two or three movies at least, but even then, that was the absolute limit. All seven films combined pulled in $240 million, which as you know, is about the average budget of your typical, run-of-the-mill Summer blockbuster these days.