Martin Lawrence Reveals If 'Bad Boys 4' Is Still Happening After Will Smith's Oscars Slap

In a new interview with Ebony, the 57-year addressed whether the buddy-cop franchise would be back after his co-star Will Smith infamously slapped Chris Rock at this year’s Oscars

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The Bad Boys movie premiere in 1995 and grossed $141 million worldwide, kicking off a successful franchise that followed with Bad Boys II in 2003 and Bad Boys for Life in 2020

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“It was big,” Martin said of the first Bad Boys. “For us to come together and prove that we can deliver,

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And we can pull people into the box office — that two Black stars, two sitcom stars, could make money at the box office [was huge].”

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“I didn’t go to college, so I felt TV was my college years,” he added. “I felt with movies, I had graduated; it was just different.”

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While the actor insists the franchise isn’t going anywhere, it’s still unclear where the fourth film is in development.

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