BAD BOYS 3 Gets A New Title, And It’s The Best Of All Possible BAD BOYS 3 Titles
Until today, all we’ve really known about Bad Boys 3 is that the original Bad Boys, Martin Lawrence and Will Smith, are expected to return and that Joe Carnahan will direct. There’s also a lingering doubt as to whether or not the film will even happen.
But now we know so much more thanks to this tweet from Exhibitor Relations:
Sony's BAD BOYS 3 is now titled BAD BOYS FOR LIFE--and will NOT be released next summer, instead drops January 12, 2018.
— Exhibitor Relations (@ERCboxoffice) August 11, 2016
Yep! From now unto the end of time (even if they change their minds later, I’m not changing mine) the film will be known as Bad Boys For Life (for some reason, I originally read it as Bad Boys Forever which is plenty silly, but still not as great as Bad Boys For Life). This means there is a limit to how long they are bad boys. As old men who can’t make it to the toilet, Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett will still be BAD BOYS. But after they die, whether they go to Hell or Heaven, their contract to be BAD BOYS will be up. Only then can they finally be REGULAR BOYS.
We also learn from this tweet that the film’s release date has been changed significantly. Now, instead of coming out next summer, which seems ludicrous, it will hit January 12, 2018, which seems slightly less ludicrous.
I’m not a huge Bad Boys fan, but I have high hopes for this - should it happen - thanks to Carnahan’s involvement. Hopefully the film can live up to its amazing new title.