Some seventeen years after their last outing, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence reprised the roles of Miami PD detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett earlier this year for Sony Pictures’ Bad Boys For Life. The third instalment proved to be a solid hit, grossing almost $420 million worldwide, which – thanks to the global health […]
Quit While You’re Ahead: Why Bad Boys 4 is Too Much of a Good Thing
Tom Jolliffe looks at the prospect of Bad Boys 4 after the success of Bad Boys For Life… Bad Boys For Life, a long awaited third entry in the franchise, came out earlier this year to not only the best reviews of the series, but a surprisingly strong opening weekend on its way to almost […]
Bad Boys 4 already in the works at Sony
With Bad Boys For Life exceeding expectations at the box office on its way to what looks like the second-biggest MLK weekend, THR is reporting that Sony has already started development on a fourth instalment in the Will Smith and Martin Lawrence buddy cop franchise. As revealed by the site, Bad Boys For Life co-writer […]
Bad Boys for Life pushed back to November 2018
Production has been halted on the Joe Carnahan-directed Bad Boys for Life, apparently due to the busy real lives of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence along with their difficulties getting a script ready. It also seems that Will Smith could be placing other roles he is being offered (such as a key one in Disney’s live-action […]
Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel announced for July 2019, Bad Boys 4 moves to Memorial Day weekend
Sony and Marvel Studios must feel pretty confident about the reception from last night’s trailer debuts for Spider-Man: Homecoming (both of which you can watch here), because a sequel has just been greenlit and given a release date. According to Deadline, Tom Holland’s version of the web slinger will swing back into theaters on July 5th, 2019 for […]
The Week in Movies – New Batman Trilogy, Fantastic Four, Captain America: Civil War and Mad Max: The Wastleland
The Week in Movies discusses the last seven days in cinema – mainly the Fantastic Four dramas, rumours of a new Batman trilogy, picking sides for Captain America: Civil War and which huge cast member might not be returning for Max Max: The Wasteland? The below is excerpt from the weekly Flickering Myth Super Newsletter. Subscribe here […]
Sony Pictures sets film slate through 2017; Jumanji reboot in production
Tom Rothman, chairman of Sony Pictures, has announced the studio’s line-up for the next few years, with 16 films dated for release. Amongst the biggest films scheduled include two sequels to hit action-comedy Bad Boys, along with a remake of the Robin Williams fantasy film Jumanji, which will hit cinemas on Christmas Day, 2016. 2016 […]
Sony sets release dates for Bad Boys 3 and 4
We’ve known for a while now that Sony has been developing a third movie in the Bad Boys franchise and the studio must be confident of having a hit on its hands, as it has not only set a release date for Bad Boys 3, but also a fourth movie. Bad Boys 3 is scheduled […]