'Bad Boys 3' to get new directors

Sony is in talks with directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah to helm

'Bad Boys 3'

.


According to source, the filmmakers would take on

'Bad Boys for Life'

, which would reunite Will Smith and Martin Lawrence for a third installment in the buddy-cop film series. The film has been in development for years, with Joe Carnahan most recently attached to direct before leaving the project in last March.

Arbi and Fallah recently directed episodes of crime drama

'Snowfall'

and have their third feature 'Gangsta' due out this year.