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While no footage was offered, Sony did take time in the CinemaCon presentation to tease the next installment in the “Bad Boys” franchise. Sony’s opening presentation featured Will Smith and Martin Lawrence stumbling through an intro with confusion about whether they were happy or unhappy not to be at CinemaCon. The film is four weeks into shooting, and the brief joke pre-taped bit concluded with the stars introducing Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group President Josh Greenstein who came to the stage and bragged about 23 theatrical releases for the coming year, emphasizing a wide variety of movies beyond just conventional blockbusters.

Will Smith is celebrating the 70th birthday of Jackie Chan. To commemorate the occasion, Smith shared some photos alongside Jaden Smith, showing the three on the set of “The Karate Kid,” which came out in 2010. Willow Smith shows off her hand tattoos: What is the meaning behind them?Will Smith and Jada Pinkett’s charity is reportedly closing after the infamous Oscars slapA post shared by Will Smith (@willsmith)Photos show the three in the set of the film, with Jaden looking adorably small and having a great time with his dad and Chan.

The new trailer for Bad Boys 4 is out now!

Nearly thirty years old and comprising four films, the “Bad Boys” franchise, starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, is still going strong. And despite the actor’s strikes that looked like it might delay it, the fourth film in the series, “Bad Boys: Ride Or Die,” will be ready and will arrive this summer.

Jaden Thompson Sony Pictures has just released the trailer for “Bad Boys 4,” starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. The film’s official title is “Bad Boys: Ride or Die.” This is the fourth film in the popular action-comedy franchise that debuted in 1995, when Smith and Lawrence first teamed up as Miami PD detectives Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett, who investigate illegal drug trading in Miami.

EXCLUSIVE: Artists First has signed Nancy Moscatiello, the investigative journalist and Emmy-nominated producer whose most recent investigation spurred the hit podcast Scamanda, for which she was creator and EP. Going forward, the management and production company will look for opportunities to help her translate stories, old and new, for film and TV, while supporting her other endeavors.

EXCLUSIVE: Following a brief stint working on her own, Amalea Chininis has joined Artists First as a Manager, working out of the company’s Los Angeles office.

Vanessa Hudgens is reporting for duty on the set of Bad Boys 4!

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Jacob Scipio is headed back to the “Bad Boys” universe. Actor Scipio, who most recently starred opposite Pedro Pascal and Nicolas Cage in the meta adventure “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” will reprise his role as Armando Aretas – the estranged son of Will Smith’s Miami-Dade police detective character Mike Lowery. Scipio is getting a narrative upgrade from his debut in 2020’s “Bad Boys for Life,” we hear, as the script will see him play the main antagonist in the action film led by Smith and Martin Lawrence.

If you didn’t already know that Eric Dane is playing the villain in Bad Boys 4, these new set photos will reveal that plot point for you!

Will Smith is having a busy week on the set of Bad Boys 4.

Sony’s latest Bad Boys sequel had a theatrical release date of June 14, 2024. But the studio really wants June 7, and that’s where it’s now dating the Will Smith-Martin Lawrence reteam.

Martin Lawrence shows off his super strength in the Oikos 2024 Super Bowl commercial!

Saudi’s Joy Awards Honors Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Costner & More

The 75th annual Primetime Emmys, raring to go after an almost four-month delay due to the double Hollywood strikes last year, are set to take place Monday, January 15, 2024 in a live telecast on Fox. It will be available the next day on Hulu.

Oscar-nominated movie directed by Ava DuVernay follows Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (David Oyelowo) during the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights marches.

The Television Academy has announced the full list of performers and presenters who will appear at the upcoming 75th Emmy Awards.

EXCLUSIVE: Artists First has signed Latin-American superstar Rodolfo Salas for representation across all areas.

Saturday Night Live has included tons of excellent guest stars in its nearly 50 year run, but not everyone is welcome back to Studio 8H.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Ultra-prolific writer-director, fiercely independent producer, pioneering entrepreneur, self-made studio chief. Any and all of these labels apply to Tyler Perry, though the one he chooses for himself is “Maxine’s Baby” — the same moniker that documentary duo Gelila Bekele and Armani Ortiz opted to give their motivational profile of the boundary-obliterating multi-hyphenate, who comes off disarmingly humble for someone who’s achieved so much.

EXCLUSIVE: Rising British actress Leo Hatton has inked with Artists First for management.

Saturday Night Live has featured tons of fantastic guest stars in its nearly 50 year run, but not everyone is welcome back to Studio 8H.

EXCLUSIVE: After announcing new docs on NFL Hall of Famer Mel Blount and MLB icon Tommy John in Whatever It Takes and The Bionic Man, respectively, Winter State Entertainment has unveiled The Hitman: A Tommy Hearns Story as its latest sports documentary.

Saturday Night Live has seen so many fantastic guest stars over its nearly 50 year run – but not everyone is exactly welcome back to Studio 8H.

Will Smith put a high-profile spotlight today on his fellow actors and scribes out on strike.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock/Venom is crashing the summer movie season for the first time as Sony Pictures has set a July 12, 2024, release date for its third “Venom” movie. The film is untitled at this time. Hardy’s previous two comic book tentpoles, 2018’s “Venom” and 2021’s “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” both opened at the start of October.

Major Sony release date changes here, a bulk of them due to the actors strike.

Columbia Pictures on Friday filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court as part of a dispute over rights to the original Bad Boys movie. The 1995 Will Smith-Martin Lawrence buddy comedy was a hit that spawned a franchise, with two sequels and a third in the works, that has grossed more than $840 million at the global box office.

Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are laying down the law on the set of The pair were spotted filming one of the movie's high-octane action scenes, and were decked out in full tactical police gear, complete with body armor and prop assault rifles.The pair were all business as they shot the scene that was reportedly set at the Gatorland amusement park in Orlando, Florida.Smith and Lawrence first revealed  was in the works in January in a video Smith posted to Instagram.While the plans had been in motion for some time to get the fourth installment off the ground, the project, it seemed, experienced a bit of a speed bump after Smith's now-infamous Oscars slap.But back in July, Lawrence put fans at ease when he told  that «we got one more at least,» in reference to at least one more sequel.Then in April, Lawrence was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and after the ceremony he spoke with ET's Kevin Frazier about the hotly anticipated project.«It has the chance to be the best one of them all and everybody's doing their thing,» Lawrence shared with ET. «We got a lot of the team back from the last one.

Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are laying down the law on the set of The pair were spotted on set shooting one of the film's high-octane action scenes, and were decked out in full tactical police gear, complete with body armor and prop assault rifles.The pair were all business as they shot the scene that was reportedly set at the Gatorland amusement park in Orlando, Florida.Smith and Lawrence first announced was in the works back in January, when they announced the news together in a video Smith posted to Instagram.While the plans had been in motion for some time to get the fourth installment off the ground, the project, it seemed, experienced a bit of a speed bump after Smith's now-infamous Oscars slap.But, back in July, Lawrence put fans at ease when he told  that «we got one more at least,» in reference to at least one more sequel.Then, in April, Lawrence was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and after the ceremony he spoke with ET's Kevin Frazier about the hotly anticipated project.«It has the chance to be the best one of them all and everybody's doing their thing,» Lawrence shared with ET, adding, «we got a lot of the team back from the last one. Big Willie's doing his thing as always and so focused and, yeah, it has the chance to be the biggest one.»The fourth installment of the Bad Boys franchise has Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah returning to direct, and features a script by Chris Bremner. The previous entry in the franchise,  hit theaters in 2020, grossing $426 million at the box office.

Saturday Night Live has seen so many fantastic guest stars over its nearly 50 year run – but not everyone is exactly welcome back to Studio 8H.

Tasha Smith is joining the cast of Bad Boys 4.

read an Instagram post on the account for the “Back in Action” star, 55. “Feeling blessed.”It was not clear, however, whether Foxx himself wrote and posted the message, or if a representative for the actor did so instead.His viral proof of life gave fans a brief sigh of relief, with many showering the comments in heart emojis, or writing “So glad you’re with us.”While close friend Martin Lawrence, 58, previously revealed that Foxx was on the road to recovery and “doing better,” it’s unclear what Foxx is currently battling as he remains in a Georgia hospital.A post shared by Jamie Foxx (@iamjamiefoxx)The social media post comes after Foxx’s fans were urged to “pray for Jamie” earlier Wednesday.

McKinley Franklin editor Tasha Smith will join Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in the latest installment of Sony Pictures’ “Bad Boys” franchise.  In “Bad Boys 4,” Smith will play Theresa, Marcus Burnett’s (Lawrence) loving and devoted wife, a role previously inhabited by Theresa Randle in the first three “Bad Boys” films. Plot details for “Bad Boys 4” have been kept under wraps. Smith is best known for her roles as Carol in the drama series “Empire,” Ronnie Boyce in HBO’s Emmy-winning series “The Corner” and Angela in Tyler Perry’s “Why Did I Get Married?” She has also directed episodes of “Our Kind of People,” “Mayor of Kingstown” and “Bel-Air.”

Unlike Covid, which forced a sudden and immediate shutdown of feature film productions that ultimately cost the studios anywhere north of $30 million per pic, the Hollywood majors have been planning and bracing for the WGA strike that began today since last fall.

EXCLUSIVE: Stand-up comedian and actress Dulcé Sloan has signed with APA.

The Bad Boys are back.