Looks like Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett are coming back to a theater near you. Martin Lawrence spilled the beans about the production of Bad Boys 3 on the “Conan O’Brien” show Wednesday. Lawrence, 49, revealed the script is currently being written and the studio is in talks with director Michael Bay, who directed the first two installments. It’s unclear whether Lawrence’s partner in crime fighting, Will Smith, will reprise his role.
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer said in April that Bad Boys 3 was always 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.”
The original film, Bad Boys, was released in 1995 with a huge opening weekend at the box office. The sequel, Bad Boys 2, grossed over $138 million at the box office in 2003, despite horrible reviews from critics.
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