In the past few months, there’s been quite a bit of chatter about Will Smith returning to some of his most famous franchises as they receive the threequel treatment. In fact, just this week it was confirmed that Smith would start shooting Men in Black III with Tommy Lee Jones this fall for a summer 2012 release date.
There’s also been talk in the past year about Sony reuniting Smith with Martin Lawrence and Michael Bay for Bad Boys 3 with a screenwriter having been hired last summer, though it seemed somewhat dubious even last month when Lawrence confirmed to MTV that the project was “real.”
At the UK junket for Prince of Persia: the Sands of Time, ComingSoon.net asked the Big Kahuna, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, if there was a possibility we’d see him, Michael Bay and Smith working together for the first time since Bad Boys 2 back in 2003, presumably once Bay and Smith finish their current threequels, Transformers 3 and Men in Black III, respectively.
The producer was more prudent with his choice of words on the project than Lawrence, saying, “It’s a wish and a hope and a dream. We’ve been working on a screenplay, which is excellent. It’s an idea Will gave us, so hopefully, it will come to fruition, we would love it to [work out].”
Being that the first Bad Boys was the big breakthrough movie for Bay, Smith and Lawrence 15 years ago–seems like longer, doesn’t it?–it certainly would be interesting to see them do a third movie maybe with some of the modern edge they’ve seen since been exploring.
In the meantime, Bruckheimer’s own summer slate is full with Prince of Persia: the Sands of Time out on May 28 and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice out on July 16. You’ll be able to read a lot more on both those movies right here on ComignSoon.net.
