As is usually the case, “Unhealthy Boys 3” discovered itself caught in improvement hell for a number of years. Between screenwriters coming and going and Will Smith’s busy schedule as one of the crucial in-demand main males within the enterprise, it proved difficult to have the entire items come collectively on the proper time. Even so, greater than a decade after “Unhealthy Boys II” hit theaters, optimism endured.
“I imagine so. Sure,” Lawrence mentioned in 2014 when requested by Conan O’Brien if “Unhealthy Boys 3” was nonetheless going to occur. “I simply talked to [producer] Jerry Bruckheimer yesterday and he mentioned it is actual, they’re engaged on the script, they’re getting shut and all of it seems good.” Earlier that very same yr, Bruckheimer defined that a lot of it got here all the way down to unhealthy timing.
“We’ll get Sony actual excited to make the film, after which Will [Smith] is off doing two motion pictures. After which, Will will come again and be actual enthusiastic about it, and Sony will say, ‘Properly, possibly it is not the time for this.’ After which, ‘Trip Alongside’ got here out and was an enormous hit, and now they’re all excited to make the film, however Will is off doing one thing else.
As Marcus Burnett would possibly say, “s*** simply obtained actual” when Sony introduced in 2015 that each “Unhealthy Boys 3” and “Unhealthy Boys 4” had locked down launch dates in 2017 and 2019, respectively. Six years after the sequel formally entered improvement, the studio was doubling down. Be that as it could, issues as soon as once more stalled. Lawrence, talking in 2017, solid doubt on the sequel ever coming to fruition.
“I do not assume we’ll get one, not the best way all the things’s turning out. Will is off doing one other film, and I do not assume it is going to occur.”
