Sony is in talks with directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah to direct Bad Boys 3.
The upcoming action-comedy film is a sequel to the 2003 film, Bad Boys 2, and is third edition in the Bad Boys film series. The third part has been titled Bad Boys for life.
The filmmakers would take on Bad Boys for Life, which would reunite the two lead actors from the prequels ,Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, for a third installment in the buddy-cop film series, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The film has been in development for years, with Joe Carnahan most recently attached to direct the film before leaving the project in March 2-17.
Arbi and Fallah recently directed episodes of FX crime drama Snowfall and have their third feature film due out this year.
(From inputs with PTI)