LOS ANGELES, Aug 24 — The Bad Boys are definitely coming back as Will Smith and Martin Lawrence have been confirmed to star in the sequel.
The third instalment in the popular franchise will be titled Bad Boys for Life and it comes 13 years after the original movie. The movie was originally scheduled for release in June 2017 but there has been a delay and it is now scheduled for release in January 12, 2018.
The film’s director Joe Carnahan in a recent interview with i09 revealed that the delay was needed to ensure the film met with fan expectations. Carnahan is also confident that the film will be the strongest of all three.
“Unless you’re Toy Story 3, usually third ones aren’t the strongest, and I think this one will be the strongest of the trilogy thus far. There’s a lot of funny s**t in this movie,” he said.
“And there’s also a very mysterious, but tonally spot-on story that I think is kind of perfect for where we are in this day and age, where the guys are and reflectively, a very modern take on these guys. It’s kind of what becomes of Bad Boys when they’re not boys anymore.
“There’s only one Will Smith and one Martin Lawrence,” Carnahan said. “You can’t replace those guys and I wouldn’t want to be involved if it wasn’t Will and Martin. They are that franchise.”
