Martin Lawrence And Sony Reunite On ‘Blue Streak’ Sequel

EXCLUSIVE: Following the massive success of Bad Boys: Ride Or Die, Sony Pictures and Martin Lawrence are looking to revive another classic comedy from the comedian as sources tell Deadline a sequel to the 1999 buddy comedy Blue Streak is in development. Cole Masika is writing the screenplay, and insiders add that the film is in early development with no other talent involved. Lawrence is producing through his production company Run Tel Dat along with Robert Lawrence, Rae Proctor and Stacy Lyles as well as Toby Jaffe and his RDV Films.

Released in 1999, the film starred Lawrence as Miles, a jewel thief who tries to retrieve a diamond he left at a police station, whereupon he disguises himself as a detective and gets paired with a real policeman, played by Luke Wilson, to investigate burglaries.  The film opened as the number one movie in North America and went on to gross nearly $120 million at the worldwide box office.

Lawrence most recently starred alongside Will Smith in Sony Pictures’ Bad Boys: Ride or Die, which kickstarted this year’s summer box office opening to $56 million domesticallyand has since grossed over $403M worldwide, boosting the Bad Boys franchise to over a billion dollars. Lawrence is currently on his nationwide comedy tour You All know What It Is, which will run through March of 2025.

Lawrence is represented by UTA, Artists First and Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown & Passman. Masika is represented by UTA.