10 Awesome-Sounding Sequels That Will Never Happen

3. Bad Boys For Life

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Bad Boys II is the Michael Bay movie to end all Michael Bay movies. This was the project his entire career had been building up to; with $100m and 147 minutes to play with, Bayhem was well and truly unleashed in a non-stop assault on the senses packed with enough shootouts, punch-ups and car chases to fill three movies. Maybe even five.

Quite a lot of people can't stand Bad Boys II because of its blatant disregard for subtlety and relentless over-the-top carnage. Just as many people love it for the very same reasons.

Although Michael Bay never showed much interest in returning to the franchise, Bad Boys III was never definitively taken off the table. Then, in June 2015, Joe Carnahan was hired to be write and direct the newly-christened Bad Boys For Life with a February 2017 release date announced soon after and action movie fans across the world rejoiced in super slow motion.

Then the date was pushed back to June 2017. Then again to January 2018. Then to November 2018. Eventually, Carnahan quit the project. This month, Sony removed it from their release schedule entirely and co-star Martin Lawrence sounded skeptical that the movie would happen at all. The sad truth is that after nearly fifteen years, the Bad Boys will never ride together again.

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