He is an officer of the law. Sort of. Actor and comedian Martin Lawrence
is lining up a return to one his most critically panned (but loved by audiences) action movie hits, Blue Streak. The Bad Boys star is reportedly “looking to revive” the action-comedy classic, with Deadline revealing that Lawrence is now working on a sequel, with Blue Streak 2 now in early development. Yes, we are all just as surprised (and sort of excited) as you are.
No cast or director have yet been confirmed, but the report does reveal that Cole Masika is now working on the screenplay, with insiders stating that Blue Streak 2 “is in early development with no other talent involved.” As well as presumably returning to star, Martin Lawrence will also produce the sequel through his production company Run Tel Dat along. Other producers include Robert Lawrence, Rae Proctor and Stacy Lyles as well as Toby Jaffe and his RDV Films.
Released back in 1999, Blue Streak was directed by Les Mayfield, and was in fact inspired by a British comedy from 1965 titled The Big Job. Starring Martin Lawrence alongside Luke Wilson, Dave Chappelle, Peter Greene, Nicole Ari Parker and William Forsythe, Blue Streak follows Bad Boys: Ride or Die and Big Momma’s House star as Miles, a thief who, after a diamond heist goes wrong, stashes the jewel at a construction site before being carted off to prison.
Released two years later, Miles returns to the scene of the crime…only to discover that the construction site has now become a police station. Disguising himself as a cop, Miles is dragged into solving crimes while also trying to work out where the diamond is.
Boasting the sort of over-the-top antics from Martin Lawrence that fans have come to expect, as well as a classic buddy cop adventure, thrilling action scenes, plenty of humor, and a villain that’s easy to hate in The Mask star Peter Greene, the Blue Streak fanbase (there are dozens of us!) can finally celebrate.
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