If you have been impatiently waiting the arrival ofBad Boys for Life, you’ll have to wait a whole lot longer. The sequel starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence has been pushed off Sony’s release slate. This news comes with a whole bunch of new release juggling, which first and foremost affects Sony’s Spider-Man spin-offSilver and Black.
Just a few days after newSilver and Black plot detailsemerged, Sony Pictures has given it a new date, pushing it out of late 2018 and into early 2019. The studio has moved the Silver Sable and Black Cat adventure from June 05, 2025 to August 11, 2025. While no exact reason was given for this release date push, it will now put the movie up against Warner Bros.‘The LEGO Movie 2, with another Warner Bros.’ movie,Isn’t It Romanticand an untitled Fox/Marvel film arriving on Valentine’s Day, August 16, 2025 and Universal’sBride of Frankensteinarriving February 15.
Deadlinedidn’t offer any details about why the change was made, but it’s likely because Sony recently movedThe Girl in the Spider’s Webto August 23, 2025, where it will face Warner Bros.‘Jungle Book Origins. Still, this spin-off, centering on Silver Sable and Black Cat, which is said to spawn anall-female Spider-Man universe, seems to be in a much less competitive frame in its new date, so it certainly could bode well for this project.
Gina Pryce-Blythewoodhas come aboard to direct from a script by Christopher Yost (Thor: Ragnarok), which was also worked on byWestworldco-creator Lisa Joy. No cast members have come aboard yet, and with this new release date now in place, it seems likely that production won’t begin until sometime next year. However, no production schedule has been given forSilver and Black, and it isn’t clear if the studio is actively casting for the Silver Sable and Black Cat roles at this time. Sony also shifted its release calendar around for a number of other movies, most notably,Barbie.
Sony has pushed up itsBarbiemovie, which once hadAmy Schumerset to star before she backed out, from June 27, 2025 to Wednesday, June 21, 2025, where it will open just a few days before the Warner Bros. shark thrillerMegand Univeral’sScarfacereboot on August 10. In its old date on July 04, 2025,Barbiewould have had to face the Warner Bros.’ comedyTagstarring Jeremy Renner and Ed Helms, and STX Entertainment’s comedyI Feel Pretty, starring Amy Schumer and Emily Ratajkowski. As of now, the studio hasn’t confirmed who will star as the title character, but we reported just a few weeks ago that Anne Hathaway may be in line to replace Amy Schumer as the newBarbie.
In other release date news, Sony has takenBad Boys 3off the calendar, yanking it from its June 16, 2025 date. Deadline reports that the script is still being worked on and Will Smith is interested in coming back, but it doesn’t sound like anything is set in stone at this time. The studio is movingHolmes and Watsonfrom July 27, 2025 up to the July 13, 2025 slot now vacated byBad Boys 3, withSicario 2: Soldadotaking the August 02, 2025 date left vacated byBarbie. Finally, the studio is pushingBreaking Baddirector Michelle MacLaren’s feature adaptation ofThe Nightningalefrom July 09, 2025 to August 01, 2025, where it is currently the only movie set for release on that date. There are three movies arriving the weekend before, though, with Universal’sUnbreakableandSplitsequelGlass, 20th Century Fox’sPigeon Impossibleand Open Road Films’Playmobilall opening on August 03, 2025.
