That Bad Boys for Life would come out of nowhere to become a critical success and box office hit seems like a very unlikely development indeed, especially considering where star Smith’s career happens to be right now. Bremner clearly delivered the goods with his work on the Bad Boys for Life script, which is also credited to Joe Carnahan and Peter Craig (with an uncredited assist from Seth Rogen), hence his return for the sequel. Of course, Bad Boys for Life was marketed as a last fling for their characters, but the movie’s big box office obviously forced Sony to reverse course on that idea and go back for more.
Obviously, Smith and Lawrence both know a good thing when they see one, which is why the actors reportedly will be back for even more with Bad Boys 4. Of course, this time around Sony plans to get the sequel out on a faster time frame (it took seventeen years the last time). Naturally, buddy-cops Smith and Lawrence are both set to return for Bad Boys 4, and so is Bad Boys for Life screenwriter Chris Bremner.
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With the long-awaited third Bad Boys movie set to be a surprise box office hit, THR reports that Sony is moving quickly to get another sequel into development. Bay may be long gone, but the movie still has plenty of action thanks to directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. That return is finally here as Bad Boys for Life prepares to hit theaters having received surprisingly positive reviews from critics (the film currently holds a 74% rating on Rotten Tomatoes). A third Bad Boys movie seemed inevitable after the second one performed so well, but as it turned out, it would take nearly two decades for Smith and Lawrence’s wisecracking cop characters to return to the screen.
but added a hipper (at least for the mid ‘90s) edge with stars Smith and Lawrence and ratcheted up the action thanks to director Michael Bay.Ī big hit with $141 million in box office grosses against a reported $28 million budget, the film was belatedly followed up in 2003 with the sequel Bad Boys II, which also hit big at the box office with a gross of $273 million. Released in 1995, the original Bad Boys tapped into the buddy-cop tropes familiar from ‘80s action movies like Lethal Weapon and 48 Hrs. Jerry Bruckheimer, who has produced "Bad Boys for Life", will also finance "National Treasure 3".Bad Boys 4 is in the works with stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence both returning. The scribe, meanwhile, is also working on Disney''s much-awaited "National Treasure 3", which will see Nicolas Cage returning as treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates. It is a follow-up to the franchise''s previous two entries - "Bad Boys" (1995) and "Bad Boys II" (2003).īremner shares a screenplay credit on "Bad Boys for Life" with Peter Craig and Joe Carnahan, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The threequel features Smith and Lawrence reprising their fan-favourite characters of detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett, respectively. The news comes ahead of the release of the franchise''s third movie "Bad Boys for Life", which reunites the two actors after a gap of 17 years. Los Angeles, Jan 18 (PTI) A fourth part in Will Smith and Martin Lawrence''s "Bad Boys" franchise is already being developed at Sony, with Chris Bremner writing the script.