Will Smith And Martin Lawrence Reunite For Bad Boys 4 Via Instagram Video: "It's Official!"

Will Smith and Martin Lawrence have confirmed Bad Boys 4 is in the works.

The actors shared the same video on social media, revealing they will reunite as Miami-Dade detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett, for a fourth chapter in the franchise, a follow-up to 2020's Bad Boys for Life,  

In an Instagram clip, Smith films himself heading to Lawrence's house in his car, in which he plays the song 'Shake Ya Tailfeather', by Nelly, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, and Murphy Lee, from the 'Bad Boys II' soundtrack as he gives fans a "hint" about what is to come.

Speaking into the camera, Smith said. "I wish I was you not knowing what I'm about to show me."

Smith then arrives at Lawrence's house and the pair embrace before both saying "it's about that time", followed by: "Bad boys for life, baby."

During the clip, Smith joked that they shouldn't have called the third movie Bad Boys for Life, because it would've worked better for this film as a play on words with the number four.

He explained: "We shouldn't have called it that, though.

"The three was the 'e'. "But this is 'Bad Boys 4'. It's official!"

The pair captioned their Instagram posts: "IT’S ABOUT THAT TIME! (sic)"

The sequel is in early pre-production with Bad Boys for Life directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah back at the helm. Post-Bad Boys for Life, The Belgian directors did a few episodes of Ms Marvel as well as the scrapped Batgirl movie. 

Last July, Lawrence admitted he felt confident that another Bad Boys film would be made. He told Ebony: "We got one more at least."

Lawrence said the original 1995 movie had a transformative impact on his career.

He recalled: "It was big.

"For us to come together and prove that we can deliver, and we can pull people into the box office – that two black stars, two sitcom stars, could make the money at the box office (was huge).

"I didn't go to college, so I felt TV was my college years. I felt with movies, I had graduated; it was just different."

Watch Smith's announcement video here:

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