Damn, Gina! Martin Lawrence's Classic '90s Sitcom Is Getting Rebooted Like Will Smith's 'Bel-air'
Recent years have been fairly kind to Martin Lawrence fans, as the actor returned to the "Bad Boys" franchise opposite Will Smith for both 2020’s "Bad Boys for Life" and 2024’s "Bad Boys: Ride or Die," and took part in the "Martin" streaming reunion special on BET in the meantime. Now, it looks like interest in the ‘90s sitcom universe has only gained momentum, and a brand new project is in the works that will take a page out of Smith’s "Bel-Air" playbook by tackling the material with a far more dramatic approach.
That’s right, this won’t be quite the return to form that viewers may have been hoping for after the reunion sparked renewed interest in a revival, which Tisha Campbell addressed somewhat positively back in 2022. But rather than another multi-camera project or even a single camera comedy without a studio audience, Lawrence’s production shingle RunTelDat is teaming with WonderHill Studios for an hour-long origin story that’s currently being called "Young Martin."
That’s right, this won’t be quite the return to form that viewers may have been hoping for after the reunion sparked renewed interest in a revival, which Tisha Campbell addressed somewhat positively back in 2022. But rather than another multi-camera project or even a single camera comedy without a studio audience, Lawrence’s production shingle RunTelDat is teaming with WonderHill Studios for an hour-long origin story that’s currently being called "Young Martin."