"The Bad Boys of cinema," Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (Ms. Marvel), had no idea they would be returning to the franchise after Bad Boys for Life. "That's why we called it Bad Boys for Life," Fallah laughs, well aware of the missed title opportunity for the fourth installment, Bad Boys: Ride or Die. But when Will Smith and Martin Lawrence's reprisal of their iconic detective duo, Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett, became a box office hit, and Sony almost immediately greenlit the next one, minutia like that was hardly a factor. Now, they're back with a gamechanging storyline and innovative ways to put audiences directly into the action, in IMAX, no less.
Collider recently teamed up with Sony and IMAX for an advanced IMAX screening, where Arbi and Fallah joined the audience after the movie to talk about reuniting with Smith and Lawrence for their explosive return. This time, Mike and Marcus are framed as fugitives, flipping the script on the beloved Bad Boys formula. Originally setting out to clear Captain Howard's (Joe Pantoliano) name after he's posthumously set up, Mike and Marcus end up having to clear their own, now running from criminals and Miami PD.
Having taken the reins of the franchise from "the godfather of Bad Boys," Michael Bay, Arbi and Fallah dig into their process from getting the green light to postproduction with Collider's Steve Weintraub. We find out how big of a part Smith played in coming up with an original storyline, why Eric Dane (Grey's Anatomy) is crucial in capturing that '80s nostalgia of action paragons like Die Hard and Lethal Weapon, and what part Bay had in bringing the "Bayhem" to this new chapter. The directing duo also discusses mastering their "visual style of comedy," working with producer Jerry Bruckheimer, Smith and Lawrence's improv on set, and ideas for Bad Boys 5.
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