The dream workforce has lastly been reunited and it is by no means felt like such a thrill. After Will Smith and Martin Lawrence joined forces as soon as once more for this 12 months’s surprisingly good “Unhealthy Boys: Trip or Die,” the previous is ready to reunite with probably the most brazen and unapologetically chaotic motion filmmakers round — and for a brand new unique concept, as well. The person who began the “Unhealthy Boys” franchise within the first place, Michael Bay, is at the moment “in talks” to direct a film generally known as “Quick and Free” with Smith already slated to star. The thrilling information was confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter, marking the primary Bay/Smith collaboration since 2003’s “Unhealthy Boys II.”
Now, if that title sounds acquainted to you, that is as a result of we beforehand reported on the manufacturing again when it was meant to be helmed by “Deadpool 2” and “Bullet Prepare” director David Leitch. He parted methods with the mission in 2022 with a view to deal with “The Fall Man,” leaving a wide-open alternative for Bay to swoop in and add his unmistakable sense of Bayhem to the proceedings. The story definitely feels proper up his alley, coming throughout like a schlockier, B-movie tackle Jason Bourne. The unique logline is as follows:
After the chief of an upper-echelon prison group suffers reminiscence loss from an assault, he reunites together with his crew, solely to seek out that issues aren’t what he thinks they’re. When John Riley (Smith) wakes up in Tijuana after being left for lifeless with completely no reminiscence, he follows a string of clues to uncover his id discovering he is been dwelling two completely different lives: one, as a super-successful crime kingpin, surrounded by stunning ladies, costly toys, and a lavish way of life and the opposite as an undercover CIA agent, however with a puny wage, no household or dwelling life in any respect, and 0 trappings of success. The issue is, he cannot keep in mind which of those two personas is his true id, and, extra importantly, which life he actually needs to reside.
In fact, that is the excellent news. The unhealthy information is that you just will not seemingly get an opportunity to catch this in theaters anytime quickly — or, extra precisely, in any respect.
Will Smith and Michael Bay, coming to a streaming service close to you
The newest film from Will Smith and Michael Bay, our patron saints of shoot-’em-up cinema, will not be coming to theaters. That is the one and solely fly within the ointment from at this time’s information that ought to in any other case have each motion junkie dancing within the streets. In accordance with the THR article, “Quick and Free” will not be picked up by Sony (the studio behind the out of the blue rejuvenated “Unhealthy Boys” franchise) and even Common (which threw its producing and advertising muscle behind Bay’s final film, “Ambulance”). As an alternative, in what appears like a criminal offense in opposition to motion cinema, this new film has as an alternative been acquired by Netflix. There is no launch date simply but, and even any phrase on when manufacturing would possibly formally start.
For these nonetheless hung up on Smith’s slap-happy stunt on the Academy Awards a pair years in the past, the report mentions that the wheels have been in movement on this mission nicely earlier than that incident. Paradoxically sufficient, the A-lister has the most recent “Unhealthy Boys” films to thank for serving to rehabilitate his picture within the minds of essentially the most boring folks you realize and making him a sizzling commodity once more within the film enterprise. All of it comes full circle, people. Keep tuned to /Movie for extra updates on when you may count on the most recent Bay bonanza to hit (deep sigh) the small display screen within the comforts of your individual front room.