Bad Boys 3 In Development
Remember the scene inMichael Bay’sTransformers: Revenge of the Fallenwhere Sam is drawing symbols all over the walls of his dorm room? Yeah, we’ve tried to forget about it too. What you might not have noticed is that Sam writes the number 3 on a poster for the other Michael Bay sequel,Bad Boys II. Now we’ve learned that the studio is moving forward with development on a third film, but will the original crew return for one more adventure?
THRreports that Columbia Pictures has hiredPeter Craigto write a screenplay forBad Boys 3. But the project is only in the early stages and none of the participants have yet agreed to return.
At the 2008 MTV Movie Awards, Will Smith told Hollyscoop that he had an idea forBad Boys 3, but added that “Michael (Bay) is too expensive now. He’s way too expensive.” And that is the big hurdle — getting the cash to bring back Will Smith, who has since exploded into a megastar, Bruckheimer, who never comes cheap, and Bay, who is now use to collecting percentages of toy merchandise Lucas-style.
All of the usual suspects have expressed an interest in coming back for a third movie, but only if they can get the story right. That’s where Craig comes in. For those of you who don’t recognize his name, you probably shouldn’t, as he has no completed screenwriting credits on his Hollywood resume.
According to Wikipedia, he’s a published author known for his “darkly comic novels of imploding father-child relationships.” His novels includeThe Martini Shot, Hot Plastic,andBlood Father. As for Hollywood, he has been developing a few projects, mainly co-writing Ben Affleck’sThe Townwhich begins shooting next month, and has been working on a live-action adaptation of the popular animeCowboy Bebopfor 20th Century Fox and Keanu Reeves. Oh, and he’s also the son of actress Sally Field.
Many of you know that I’m often a defender of Michael Bay. That said, I didn’t speak up after the release ofTransformers:Revenge of the Fallenfor obvious reasons. And before that, my least favorite films he’s made are theBad Boysseries. That’s not to say they’re bad, I just don’t like Martin Lawrence. The firstBad Boysfilm is interesting to watch just because you can tell Bay is on a leash, restrained by producers and budget, on his first feature film. His next two films,The RockandArmageddon, are probably his most coherent, probably because it was a time when he still had structure.
Back to theBad Boysfilms, I will say this — the car chase sequence inBad Boys 2is very under-appreciated, and is probably (wait for it.. hyperbolic statement coming up… in 3…2…1..) one of the best car chase action sequences of the last decade (seen below).
And hey, best case scenario, as GetStuck suggests, this and thePoint Breaksequel might lead to aHot Fuzz 2… Just a thought.
