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Shit just got unlikely: Martin Lawrence says Bad Boys 3 probably won't happen
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LordOfLore
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They've removed it from their schedule last I checked.
Hero_of_the_Day
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No shit.
Spiritual_Chaos
Banned
They don't need to be who they were.
Badpsychometry
Member
There is a 3 I thought?
NealMcCauley
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There's no way they were going to top 2 unless they detonated a nuke in the Everglades or something.
family_guy
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Makes it better since it would be a different movie.
Spiritual_Chaos
Banned
Who says he's not open to it?
Lightning_Roller
Banned
You're not lying. Martin hasn't been in anything of importance in years. Dude needs a win and he gotta eat too.
I really hope they make one. The first movie was fun to watch.
sixteen-bit
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did he get blacklisted or something?
Given Lawrence's comments, I would judge that Smith's availability has proved to be something of a stumbling block. If he wanted to do it, presumably he would have made room in his schedule for it.
Peak Fresh Prince, peak Martin.
Tom Nook
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It was one of the worst movies in 2011. Outside of TV projects, he hasn't done any movies since then.
I kinda want to see a Bad boys 3.
I mean clearly you don't know what your talking about because his career has actually had a bit of a resurgence. SS may have sucked but still made a ton, then Netflix movie Bright, and now Aladdin. He doesn't need to do bad boys
shira
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There's no way they were going to top 2 unless they detonated a nuke in the Everglades or something.
Not canon as far as i'm concerned!
No, he's just really rich and works selectively. I don't know what's up with the "He needs a win" shit. Martin Lawrence is more than fine financially unless something changed very recently. Yall trippin.
What I mean is, following After Earth, the quality of Smith's projects seems to have taken a major dip in the last few years, which I think has led to people coming to view him as less of a hot commodity than what he was. Winter's Tale, Focus, Concussion ended up being misfires, in addition to Suicide Squad and Collateral Beauty being huge critical disappointments, although like you said, Suicide Squad at least made a lot of money...but even so that was an ensemble movie with lots of characters and I don't think Smith was ever viewed as a particularly big draw for audiences.
I'm aware he's doing a Max Landis penned Netflix movie that's coming out soon, but even that indicates to me his career seems to be slightly less A-List than what it was, certainly having previously once been one of the top five most in demand actors in all of Hollywood...given the project's nature as something relatively smaller scale. As a consequence, in the last few years, I would have assumed Smith would be more amiable to returning to something like Bad Boys, now that he generally seems to be spending a lot of his time working on slightly lower budget projects.
dl77
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To be honest I can't say I'm not slightly relieved that it seems to have died a death. I think the two mains could still pull it off as, to be fair, they both look good for their ages. For me though, without Michael Bay at the helm I just don't see it working. One of the best parts of the series, and especially in BB2, is the sheer level of 'Bayhem' on show.
I think Joe Carnahan can be a really good director, The Grey is one of my favourite films of the last 10 years, but I just can't see him making a film where a car chase has corpses fall out of vans and have their bodies driven over or have a scene of rats humping not seem out of place!
I think Joe Carnahan can be a really good director, The Grey is one of my favourite films of the last 10 years, but I just can't see him making a film where a car chase has corpses fall out of vans and have their bodies driven over or have a scene of rats humping not seem out of place!
Rumblebones
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I have zero doubt it will happen.
It's going to happen.
Sony is gonna Sony but we will get a third Bad Boys.
It's going to happen.
Sony is gonna Sony but we will get a third Bad Boys.
LifEndz
Member
Same. Will Smith is still in great shape and could use a box office hit. If Martin's not on board, just throw Chris Tucker in there as his replacement
I will avoid it like that plague if that happens
dl77
Member
I think they could still get the job done without the audience thinking "Aren't they too old for this shit?!"
Will Smith especially still looks terrific for someone who's nearly 50:
Tom Cruise has shown that you don't need to be in your 20's or 30's to be a convincing action lead. Hell he was what? 50, when the first Jack Reacher came out and, for me certainly, he was a great representation of the character.
Knuckle Sandwich
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Shit. Stop making shitty movies and gimme Bad Boys, Will. Pretty please?
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