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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.
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Yes, we’re over the Will Smith slap, but dammit, we can’t be mad at a well-timed joke about it from the GOAT, Eddie Murphy.
Only Eddie Murphy could mention the infamous slap seen worldwide into 2023, and it not be a cringeworthy moment. The legendary stand-up comedian /actor made a joke about the moment Will Smith slapped Chris Rock while delivering his speech after accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award during Wednesday night’s Golden Globe Awards.
Murphy, the elder statesman in his craft, gave the Hollywood newbies in the building some sound advice to close out his speech.
“I want to let you know that there is a definitive blueprint that you can follow to achieve success, prosperity, longevity, and piece of mind,” Murphy began. “It’s a blueprint, and I’ve followed it my whole career. It’s very simple. There’s three things: Pay your taxes, mind your business, and keep Will Smith’s wife’s name out your f–cking mouth.”
Twitter Loved The Eddie Murphy Moment
The joke became an instant viral moment on Twitter, with viewers praising Murphy for his knack of knowing when to drop a well-timed joke that no one was expecting.
“Eddie Murphy would be the only person to make a Will Smith joke that was actually funny LOL,” journalist Sylvia Obell wrote in a tweet.
But if you think that was some shade towards Will Smith or his wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith, pump your breaks. He loves the couple, noting he did work with Pinkett speaking with Entertainment Tonight in an interview following the awards show.
If you were one of those people wondering if Eddie Murphy still got it, he answered your question, proving that he can still pull a joke out of nowhere.
You can see more reactions to Eddie Murphy’s Golden Globes moment in the gallery below.
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2. It was perfect
4. Solid career advice
It’s been nine months since Will Smith‘s headline-making moment at the 2022 Oscars in March, when he stormed the stage and slapped Chris Rock across the face.
The incident occurred after Rock made an onstage joke about Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, during the Academy Awards ceremony. “Jada, I love you. G.I Jane 2, can’t wait to see it,” the comedian said about her shaved head — which is caused by the actress’ struggles with alopecia.
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The King Richard actor then slapped Rock onstage, who attempted to continue his banter before Smith began shouting from his seat, “Keep my wife’s name out your f—ing mouth.”
While Smith has since issued an apology via Instagram, the actor also opened up about the situation during an appearance on The Daily Show With Trevor Noah this week, calling it a “horrific night.”
While he added that there was “nuances and complexities” to the moment, he “lost it” during the ceremony. “And I guess what I would say, you just never know what somebody is going through,” he continued. “I was going through something that night. Not that that justifies my behavior at all.”
Smith noted that there “was a rage that had been bottled for a really long time,” and that the most painful part of it all was that “I took my hard and made it hard for other people. I understood the idea where they say that hurt people hurt people.” Noah then pointed out how in Smith’s memoir, the actor shared that he grew up being afraid of conflict.
“It was a lot of things,” Smith said in response. “It was the little boy that watched his father beat up his mother, you know. All of that just bubbled up in that moment. That’s not who I want to be.”
Watch the full interview below.