‘Bad Boys 3’ And ‘Bad Boys 4’ Coming In 2017 And 2019
Sony has officially announced that they will be releasingBad Boys 3in February 2017 andBad Boys 4in July 2019. More details after the jump.
Not much more is known at this time. Sonydateda dozen upcoming films which included the Bad Boys sequels:Bad Boys 3is scheduled to hit theaters on February17th 2017, whileBad Boys 4will hit theaters two years later: on July 3rd 2019.
In June 2015, we learned that writer-directorJoe Carnahan(The Grey) was circling the action sequel, whileWill SmithandMartin Lawrencewere being courted to return. Carnahan was in early talks to rewrite the script byDavid Guggenheim(Safe House), and possibly direct.
Comedian/actorMartin Lawrenceappeared on Conan in August 2014 andannounced thatBad Boys 3was in the works:
“I believe so. Yes. I just talked to Jerry Bruckheimer yesterday and he said its real, they’re working on the script, they’re getting close and it all looks good.”
In July, Lawrencepublicly called uponhisBad Boysco-star Will Smith to make a third film happen.Last weheard,David Guggenheim(Safe House) was hired to write a script forBad Boys 3, with the hope is thatWill SmithandMartin Lawrencewould sign to return. NovelistPeter Craighadpreviouslyworked on the threequel. At that time,Michael Baywasn’t involved in the project, despite making the first two movies. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer said in April 2014 thatBad Boys 3was a victim of bad timing:
It’s so funny because we’ll get Sony real excited to make the movie, and then Will [Smith] is off doing two movies. And then, Will will come back and be real excited about it, and Sony will say, ‘Well, maybe it’s not the time for this.’ And then, Ride Along came out and was a big hit, and now they’re all excited to make the movie, but Will is off doing something else. It’s just trying to get everybody together to make it. But, we’re working on the script. We have a lot of faith and hope that we’ll do it.
Fans have been asking for a thirdBad Boysfilm for a while. Will Smith has said in the past that he had an idea forBad Boys 3, but added that the reason the film wasn’t getting made is because director Michael Bay) “is too expensive now.” And it looks like the Bad Boys sequels will happen with Bay in the directors chair, which will disappoint some fans of the franchise.
Carnahan seems like a solid choice to take over as he has experience with big-budget action, thanks toThe A-Team, and his resume is full of other macho thrillers likeThe Grey,Smoking Aces, andNarc. His last feature wasStretch, a dark comedy-thriller that went straight to VOD. Outside of movies, Carnahan most recently worked on episodes ofThe BlacklistandState of Affairs. Hesigned onearlier this year to rewrite and direct DreamWorks’Motorcade.
The car chase sequence inBad Boys 2is very under-appreciated, and is probably (wait for it.. hyperbolic statement coming up… in 3…2…1..) one of the best car chase action sequences of the last decade (seen below).
