Bad Boys: Ride or Die

Bad Boys: Ride or Die is an upcoming American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Adil & Bilall and written by Chris Bremner and Will Beall. Produced by Columbia Pictures, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Westbrook Studios and 2.0 Entertainment, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is the sequel to Bad Boys for Life (2020) and the fourth installment in the Bad Boys franchise. Martin Lawrence, Will Smith, Joe Pantoliano, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Paola Núñez, Jacob Scipio, and DJ Khaled reprise their roles from the previous film with Tasha Smith taking over the role of Theresa Burnett from Theresa Randle, who previously played the character in the last three films. New cast members include Eric Dane, Ioan Gruffudd, Rhea Seehorn, Melanie Liburd and Tiffany Haddish.

The film is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on June 7, 2024.

Premise

Detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett investigate corruption within the Miami PD when their late Captain Conrad Howard is posthumously accused of being involved with the Romanian Mafia, but a setup turns them into fugitives, forcing them to work outside the law in order to solve the case.

Cast

• Will Smith as Detective Lieutenant Michael Eugene "Mike" Lowrey
• Martin Lawrence as Detective Lieutenant Marcus Miles Burnett
• Vanessa Hudgens as Kelly, weapons expert of AMMO
• Alexander Ludwig as Dorn, tech expert of AMMO
• Paola Núñez as Captain Rita Secada, head of Miami Police unit AMMO and Mike's ex-girlfriend.
• Eric Dane as the villain, Banker
• Ioan Gruffudd as Lockwood
• Jacob Scipio as Armando Aretas, Mike's son
• Melanie Liburd as Christine, Mike's love interest
• Tasha Smith as Theresa Burnett, Marcus's wife. Smith replaces Theresa Randle, who portrayed the character in previous films.
• Tiffany Haddish
• Joe Pantoliano as Captain Conrad Howard
• John Salley as Fletcher
• DJ Khaled as Manny the Butcher
• Rhea Seehorn as US Marshall Agent, hunting down Mike and Marcus
• Dennis Greene as Reggie McDonald, Marcus’ son-in-law
• Joyner Lucas as a gang leader
• Quinn Hemphill as Callie Howard, Captain Conrad Howard's daughter
• Lionel Messi

Production

Development

Following the opening weekend box-office success of Bad Boys for Life, Sony announced plans for a fourth installment, with Chris Bremner returning to write the script.

In April 2022, it was reported that development for the fourth film was being put on hold in light of the incident with Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Academy Awards ceremony. However, the following month Sony head chairman Tom Rothman confirmed the fourth film was still in development, despite the previous report. In February 2023, Smith announced that he and Lawrence would reprise their roles for the film, which was in pre-production, with Adil & Bilall returning to direct. That same month, it was reported by musician/disc jockey Questlove that Smith had to drop out of a planned surprise appearance at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards because pre-production for the fourth Bad Boys film had started earlier that week. In March 2023, it was revealed that Vanessa Hudgens would reprise her role as Kelly from Bad Boys for Life. In April 2023, it was announced that Eric Dane had been cast, reportedly as the villain, and that Paola Núñez and Alexander Ludwig would also reprise their roles from Bad Boys for Life. The same month, Ioan Gruffudd joined the cast. In May 2023, it was announced that Rhea Seehorn had joined the cast. Bad Boys: Ride or Die was originally the working title by co-director Adil El Arbi, before it was confirmed in early 2024.

Filming

Principal photography began on April 3, 2023, in Atlanta, Georgia and Miami, Florida. On May 22, 2023, TMZ released behind the scenes clips of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence filming scenes of the movie in Atlanta. Filming was suspended in July due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. In March 2024, it was revealed that Jacob Scipio would reprise his role as Armando Aretas from the previous film. Filming wrapped on March 4.

Post-production

Asaf Eisenberg and Dan Lebental served as editors on the film.

Marketing

The first trailer of the film was released on March 26, 2024. The final trailer for the film was released two months later on 16 May. Later that month, on 28 May, Jimmy Butler of Miami Heat and Lionel Messi of Inter Miami featured in another trailer.

Release

Bad Boys: Ride or Die is scheduled to be released in the United States on June 7, 2024. It was originally scheduled to be released on July 3, 2019, but was moved up to May 24, 2019, before being pulled from the schedule. In July 2023, it was announced that the film would be released on June 14, 2024. In February 2024, the release date was moved up to its current date.

References

External links

• Official website
• Bad Boys: Ride or Die at IMDb