Bad Boys 5 Update Is Encouraging For Will Smith's $841 Million Franchise Return

Summary Will Smith's return to Bad Boys is crucial for the franchise's future, as Martin Lawrence will continue only if Smith is involved.

Bad Boys: Ride or Die, set for release in 2024, may be part of a modern trilogy, with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence reprising their roles.

Making Bad Boys 5 without Will Smith would be a disaster, as he has always been the main draw of the franchise.

The Bad Boys franchise will see the release of its fourth film in the form of Bad Boys: Ride or Die, and this update on Bad Boys 5 is encouraging for Will Smith's return to the $841 million franchise. The Bad Boy series made its comeback in 2020 with the film Bad Boys for Life, with the shocking box office success of the film leading to a fourth movie getting greenlit. Bad Boys: Ride or Die is now just around the corner, and this update proves that it may not be the end of the Bad Boys saga.

Bad Boys: Ride or Die is the highly anticipated next film in the Bad Boys series, with it set to release in theaters on June 5, 2024. Bad Boys: Ride or Die sees the return of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence to the buddy cop action series, reprising their roles that originated in Michael Bay's 1995 original. Bad Boys: Ride or Die may end up being only the second film in a modern Bad Boys trilogy, as the possibility of a fifth Bad Boys movie has already been teased.

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Will Smith Is Rightfully The Key To Bad Boys 5 Happening

The Franchise Won't Continue Without Him

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The Bad Boys franchise may be headed in the right direction, as the series has already shown that it knows that Will Smith is rightfully the key to Bad Boys 5 happening. Martin Lawrence addressed the future of Bad Boys 5, with him saying that he will continue to do Bad Boys movies for as long as Will Smith continues to do them.

This comment implies that Martin Lawrence will stop doing Bad Boys movies when Will Smith stops, and this is probably the right call. Although Martin Lawrence is a great actor and comedian, Will Smith has always been the biggest draw of the Bad Boys movies, so it would be weird to do a fifth film without him.

Related Where To Watch All 3 Bad Boys Movies All three of the original Bad Boys movies released before the 2024 installment Ride or Die are available to watch online via various platforms.

Bad Boys 5 Without Will Smith Would Be A Horrible Decision

The Movie Wouldn't Work

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Doing Bad Boys 5 without Will Smith would be a horrible decision, with it most likely being a train wreck no matter how it is pulled off. The partnership between Will Smith and Martin Lawrence's characters has been the heart of the franchise since the very beginning, and having a fifth Bad Boys movie without one of the titular bad boys would ruin the franchise's entire appeal.

The Bad Boys title and buddy cop genre shows just how important it is to have both protagonists in the franchise, and Bad Boys moving on without Will Smith would ruin. On top of that, Bad Boys for Life already gave a greater focus to Will Smith's side of the story, making it even more unlikely that a fifth Bad Boys movie without the actor would work.