Another 'Bad Boys' Looms

A high octane action series I have always enjoyed is Bad Boys! I mean come on, who doesn't love Will Smith and Martin Lawrence's banter mixed with automatic weapons, fast cars and of course outrageous Michael Bay explosions? Columbia Pictures with the same assumption as I has gone and hired a writer to hash out a script for a third Bad Boys action that would reunite Will Smith, Martin Lawrence and Michael Bay. Just who has Columbia hired to pen "Bad Boys 3" you ask, scroll down for the full story...


Columbia Pictures has acquired Peter Craig to draft a script. Craig most recently has penned the script for Ben Affleck's "The Town" which is currently filming. Peter Craig, who is something of a hot commodity right now, also has three other scripts currently in development. One for Overnight Films titled, "Southbound" with Matthew McConaughey and Eva Mendes attached to star and Jonathan Jakubowicz directing. The second script titled "Cartel", a remake of the 1993 film La Scorta, is in pre-production over at Imagine Entertainment and Universal Pictures with Ghosts of Cité Soleil director Asger Leth directing. The third is a live-action adaptation of "Cowboy Bebop" that has Keanu Reeves attached to star. Craig is also the son of actress Sally Field and attended the Oscars with her when he was only 10.

Banking on the fact that Peter Craig can write a script that all three Smith, Lawrence and Bay will sign on to return, "Bad Boys 3" will be an extremely expensive film to lens. Smith and Bay will both ask for a pretty penny and even though Martin Lawrence hasn't had a real hit since just after Bad Boys 2 with Big Momma's House 2, there's no doubt signing all three of them is going to put a initial production cost upwards of $50 million.

What becomes a bigger question mark on the prospect of a third Bad Boys, is what can Mike Lowry and Marcus Burnett get themselves into that could possibly out do the absurdity that was Bad Boys 2? I can't imagine the studio deciding to scale back the series, but there is always a slim chance. Could Lowry and Burnett be taken out of Miami and we see the characters transferred to a new city to wreak havoc on? I know one gimmic that is real hot these days and with this being the third film in the series a Bad Boys 3D might not be too far off. There is a lot of speculation that's for sure and for now that's all there is. Stay tuned for more updates on "Bad Boys 3" as they break...

Source: THR

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