The third installment in the Bad Boys franchise isn’t dead just yet. Deadline reports that the sequel, titled Bad Boys For Life, will be directed by Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah (Black) with Sony Pictures eyeing the start of the production for August 2018. Will Smith and Martin Lawrence will reprise their roles from the first two movies, while Jerry Bruckheimer will produce once again. Chris Bremner (Sick Day) penned the last version of the script.
This is a welcomed surprise for all fans of the franchise since the project was considered to be abandoned by Sony. The sequel was first planed in 2009, but since then it has changed multiple directors and gone through various script changes. At one moment Sony had planned to make back-to-back sequels before removing Bad Boys 3 from their release schedule in August 2017. After that, Martin Lawrence said that he thinks a sequel is unlikely.
“I don’t think we’re going to get one, not the way everything’s turning out.” said Lawrence at the time. “Will is off doing another movie, and I don’t think it’s going to happen. I’m there, I’m ready right now. If they wanted to do it, I’m ready, but I don’t have control of that. That’s the studio’s decision.”
It looks like the studio has had a change of hearts and will bring the fans more action from the Smith/Lawrence duo. This comes just weeks after a Bad Boys TV spinoff officially got a pilot order. The television series will concentrate on character Syd Burnett, which is played by Gabrielle Union. Syd appears in Bad Boys II as the sister of Martin Lawrence’s Marcus.
