Bad Boys for Life Visual Effects Breakdowns

Bad Boys for Life Visual Effects Breakdowns

Bad Boys for Life is an upcoming American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, Will Smith and Doug Belgrad and starring Smith and Martin Lawrence. The sequel to Bad Boys (1995) and Bad Boys II (2003) and the third installment in the Bad Boys trilogy, the film follows detectives Lowrey and Burnett reuniting once again when a Romanian mob boss exacts revenge on the duo just as they are about to officially retire.

A third Bad Boys film was discussed after the success of the second, with original director Michael Bay stating he would be interested in returning but budget constraints would make it difficult. The film went through several attempts at development over the next decade, with various writers and directors attached. Finally in October 2018, the project was officially announced, and filming took place from January through June 2019 in Atlanta and Miami.

Bad Boys for Life is scheduled to be theatrically released in the United States on January 17, 2020, by Columbia Pictures.

Bad Boys for Life Visualization by The Third Floor

Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) are back for another ride in Bad Boys for Life (Sony Pictures Entertainment). As the two team up to face a drug cartel in a last on-screen assignment, THE THIRD FLOOR and the Bad Boys’ VFX team worked together to develop and realize new high-octane chase scenes, falls and other stunts that the series has become known for.

“For one of the main climatic scenes, we worked from storyboards and ideas from the vfx supervisor to outline the shots in the virtual world before filming. The techvis’ main objective was to show how the same set could be used to shoot various sequences for cost efficiency, as well as to provide blueprints for the stunts. The sequence involved characters falling from a high balcony and we were tasked with how this could be done safely using minimal CG and taking advantage of practical shooting. We provided options using techvis to show how each shot could be done including alternatives to how each stunt could technically be achieved.” notes Visualization Supervisor Mitch Gonzalez.

“It was an honor and a privilege to work very closely with Spiro Razatos, one of the leading stunt coordinators and second unit directors in Hollywood, for car chase sequences,” Gonzalez added.“We were able to lean heavily on the previs to visualize an intense chase sequence that included some very dynamic stunts. The final on-screen visuals closely match our previs, which is always rewarding for us to see.”

Directors: Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah
Release Date: 17 January 2020 (USA)

The VFX are made by:
Mammal Studios (VFX Supervisor: Gregory D. Liegey)
Soho VFX
The Third Floor (Visualization Supervisor: Mitch Gonzalez)
Scroggins Aviation (Helicopter Mockup provided)

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