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EXCLUSIVE: We are proceeding that Ride Along 3 is successful early improvement astatine Universal pinch stars Ice Cube and Kevin Hart, head Tim Story, and shaper Will Packer each successful early discussions to return.
The news comes astatine a clip erstwhile Uni has closed a woody pinch CAA-repped scribe Daniel Gold (Netflix/CBC drama bid Workin’ Moms) to pen nan screenplay. While Cube, Hart, Story and Packer ever wanted to do a 3rd movie, they were often not successful unison connected ideas which were being floated. Gold’s pitch, which is nether wraps, sewage nan foursome excited and connected nan aforesaid page.
No doubt, nan large surface requires much comedies, and arsenic nan revived Bad Boys threequel and fourthquel person proved, beloved franchise action comedies are peculiarly coagulated container agency bets. Nostalgia will nary uncertainty beryllium successful threequel’s favour fixed that it’s been 10 years since Ride Along 2. The first Ride Along came retired successful 2014 and was an contiguous MLK play hit, debuting to $48.6M 4-day and legging retired to $134.9M U.S. and complete $154M WW. Ride Along 2 bowed to a $41M 4-day, and finaled astatine $91.2M domestic, $124.6M global. All in, nan franchise has arrested $279M astir nan world.
In Ride Along, security defender Ben Barber (played by Hart) must beryllium himself to his girlfriend’s brother, a apical constabulary officer, James Payton (played by Ice Cube). In doing so, Ben rides on pinch James connected a 24-hour patrol of Atlanta. In portion two, nan duo caput to Miami to return down a supplier trader who is supplying narcotics to Atlanta.
Also successful early talks to return arsenic producers according to sources are Cube nether his Cube Vision which is tally by his head Jeff Kwatinetz; Hart nether his Hartbeat Productions and Story via his The Story Company. Cube is repped by UTA and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole, while Hart is repped by WME and 3Arts, Story by UTA and Johnson Shapiro, etc; and Packer by CAA and Johnson Shapiro etc.
This play Packer has nan Halle Bailey and Rege-Jean Page romance drama You, Me & Tuscany opening via Universal.
Universal had nary comment.
