Before Adil & Bilall, aka Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, found themselves at the heart of the Batgirl cancellation storm (and before they knocked it out of the park with their Ms. Marvel episodes), the filmmakers rose up with Bad Boys For Life – the belated threequel to Michael Bay’s buddy-cop romps that put them on the action map, and received strong reviews to boot. And while they’re likely still smarting from the fact that their DC film was unceremoniously scrapped post-shoot (and has recently been at the receiving end of some damning comments from within the DC ranks), they’re bouncing back – not just with their forthcoming film Rebel, but with the news that they’ll be officially helming Bad Boys 4, with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence on board too.
The fourth Bad Boys movie (‘Bad Boys 4 Life’?) is officially in pre-production at Sony, with Adil & Bilall working from a script by Chris Bremner – who also wrote For Life and last year’s The Man From Toronto. Smith shared a (warning: it's pretty loud) video on his Instagram in which he reunites with Lawrence to confirm their joint return:
It’s happening, then – more Bad Boys, with Smith admitting that they probably shouldn’t have splurged the Bad Boys For Life title on the third movie. ‘Bad Boys 4-Ever’, maybe? We’ll keep brainstorming while they get ready to roll cameras.