State Champ Radio bad boys
HipHopWired Featured Video
Source: Albert L. Ortega / Getty / Will Smith / Martin Lawrence
Detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett’s next hilarious, action-packed adventure has a release date.
Will Smith has graciously recovered following the infamous Oscars slap incident and has been furiously working on films. One of his most anticipated projects, Bad Boys 4, the following up to the highly successful film Bad Boys 4 Life, also starring Martin Lawrence, has officially wrapped and is coming sooner than many thought.
Taking to Instagram, Smith wrote, “WRAPPED! Nothin’ but Magic every time I’m with my guy. See y’all June 7 for @BADBOYS 4!!”
In follow-up posts, the rapper/actor shared more behind-the-scenes photos from the fourth film in the famed Bad Boys film franchise, showing Grammy-award-winning artist John Batiste visiting the set while they were filming.
In the caption for the post, using his comedic charm he wrote, “@jonbatiste came to see Me & @martinlawrence on our last day of shooting @badboys. I don’t remember what I was talkin’ about but there was a whole lotta Hand-Talkin’ goin’ on!”
In another post, Smith paid tribute to the city of Miami, which has been the locale for each of the three films and will continue to be in Bad Boys 4.
“It was only right we shoot @BadBoys 4 on the streets where it all began. Mil gracias, Miami!! Te amo ❤️ Happy 305 day,” Smith wrote.
What Will Bad Boys 4 Plot Be?
Hoping to recapture the box office magic of the last film, Adil El Arbi, and Bilall Fallah returned to sit in the director’s chair. We’re not sure about the next film’s plot, but we most certainly know that Mike Lowery’s love child will somehow be involved, and Marcus will be once again contemplating a well-deserved retirement.
We can’t wait to see the first trailer.
HipHopWired Featured Video
Source: Gabe Ginsberg / Getty / Sony Cinemacon
It’s Cinemacon time, and to kick things off, Sony showed off its slate of upcoming films.
Cinemacon is underway in Las Vegas, and Sony came through with some updates on a bevy of its highly-anticipated movies.
We already reported on the upcoming sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife and The Equalizer 3, but those were not the only films Sony has up its sleeve.
Kraven the Hunter
Related Stories
For those who have forgotten, Sony still owns the rights to Spider-Man despite his exploits in the MCU. The studio is still actively building out its cinematic universe around the web-slinger and his villain, despite how awful you thought the Venom and Morbius films were.
Another famous Spidey villain getting his feature-length film is Kraven the Hunter. The film’s star, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who played Quicksilver in the MCU, addressed the crowd in a prerecorded message IGN reports revealing that Kraven the Hunter will be the first R-rated Marvel movie for Sony.
A roughly 2-minute teaser trailer was shown, and in it, Taylor-Johnson’s Kraven is performing some gruesome kills. Russell Crowe is in the film and will play the father of Sergei Kravinoff. It was also revealed The Rhino is the antagonist in the film, and in a clip, Alessandro Nivola, who is playing the villain in the movie, skin can be seen changing into rhino skin.
The trailer also featured a brief shot of Sergei holding up his signature fur costume that Kraven wears in the comic books.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Source: Sony Pictures Animation / Sony
Attendees saw 14 minutes of the highly-anticipated animated sequel, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Per IGN, the footage showed a grounded Miles Morales defying his parents’ orders to stay in his room to hang out with Gwen Stacy, aka Spider-Gwen.
The two young heroes swing through Brooklyn before stopping and talking about saving dimensions from collapsing, the possibility of dating each other, and how dangerous that could be for the both of them.
The footage ends with Gwen and Miles at a festival, with Gwen leaving and Mile’s mother showing up to comfort her son, giving him confidence and support for his next mission.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse swings into theaters on June 2.
Bad Boys 4
We knew Bad Boys 4 was on the way, and now we know the film is currently in production. Will Smith and his co-star Martin Lawrence appeared a Cinemacon virtually from the film set.
Lawrence told the audience the film was in its fourth week of shooting, with Smith adding he was “hyped” and “excited” about what he and the rest of the crew have been working on.
Of course, Lawrence threw in some comedy relief, adding, “glad they weren’t there because they’re being paid to be on set.”
You can read up on the other films discussed during the event by heading here.
—
Photo: Gabe Ginsberg / Getty
HipHopWired Featured Video
Source: Albert L. Ortega / Getty / Bad Boys 4
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence will be reuniting to bring our favorite cop duo, Mike Lowery and Marcus Burnett, back for a fourth Bad Boys film.
In the most Will Smith way possible, the actor/ slapper of comedians who cross the line announced to his 62 million plus Instagram followers that Bad Boys 4 is coming.
Armed with a camera, Will Smith hopped in his vehicle to take a quick tripLawrence’sd Boys co-star, Martin Lawrence’s house, to make the announcement together.
In the caption for the IG p”IT’SSmith wrote in th” caption, “IT’S ABOUT THAT TIME!”
According to Deadline, the fourth film is already inLife’soduction, and Bad Boys for Life’s Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah are returning as directors, with Chris Bremner penning the script.
Bad Boys for Life was one of the last Hollywood blockbusters before COVID came and shut everything down. The film brought in $426M worldwide with a 4-day domestic opening of $73M.
As a franchise, Bad Boys has brought in $840.7M, and most certainly will cross a billion when Bad Boys 4 comes to theaters.
Jerry Bruckheimer, Smith for Westbrook, Doug Belgrad, and Chad Oman will produce the fourth film, Martin Lawrence, James Lassiter, Mike Stenson, Barry Waldman, and Jon Mone will all serve as executive producers on the project.
—
Photo: Albert L. Ortega / Getty
-
Pages
