The first two Bad Boys films were released in 1995 and 2003 respectively, with the third installment, Bad Boys for Life, dropping in 2020 and raking in more than $426 million at the worldwide box office before COVID hit and shut things down. Altogether, the Bad Boys franchise has earned $840.7M at the global box office, according to Deadline.
Deadline reports the fourth installment of Bad Boys is in early pre-production and will be directed by Bad Boys for Life's director Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. Chris Bremmer will write the script. Check out Smith's announcement post above.