But Trent has other ideas he wants to pursue a career as a rapper. As the film opens, Malcolm is thrilled when graduating high school student Trent is accepted to Duke University.
The Malcolm-Trent dynamic is central to the series’ new direction.
The action is set in an equally surprising setting: an all girls’ high school, and several music and dance sequences feature Lawrence, Jackson, and a talented ensemble of bright young stars. Essentially, as Friendly notes, “we’re starting over and making something that is not a shadow of the first two films.” Malcolm/Big Momma now has an unexpected partner – his stepson Trent. In doing so, they opened the film up to an audience largely untapped by “Big Momma’s House” and “Big Momma’s House 2”: teens. The success of the first two “Big Momma” films led to this third offering, but Lawrence, Friendly, Whitesell and screenwriter Matthew Fogel wanted the new film to reinvent the franchise, and not merely continue a successful formula. But beyond that, she’s funny and loving.” “To know Big Momma is to love her, and she has become nothing less than an icon,” sums up director John Whitesell, who also helmed “Big Momma’s House 2.” “Big Momma has an opinion about everything, and will put you on your butt if need be. Big Momma goes through life with a positive attitude, trying to make things better.” Friendly, who along with Lawrence has been an integral part of all three “Big Momma” films: “Martin obviously knows Big Momma inside and out, and makes her soulful and comforting. And those are the things I love about Big Momma.” Adds producer David T. “She might not look like the character I play, but everyone has a sister or aunt or grandma who keeps it honest and has a really loving heart. “I think everybody knows a Big Momma,” says Lawrence. The fun continued with a follow-up, “Big Momma’s House 2.” Audiences around the world responded to star Martin Lawrence’s bigger-than-life portrayal of a matriarch who lets nothing and no one – not even the most hardened criminals – get in her way.īig Momma resonated with all audiences of all ages, no matter where they lived.
BIG MOMMAS HOUSE LIKE FATHER LIKE SON CAST MOVIE
When the character of Big Momma was introduced to movie audiences in 2000′s “Big Momma’s House,” the film became a global box-office sensation. Rios, Doubleday and Ang will play students at the school who befriend Jackson’s character. roadie who becomes smitten with Big Momma. Love will play Kurtis Kool, a school security guard and former Run-D.M.C.
Jackson) go undercover at an all-girls performing-arts school to unmask a murderer. Posing as Big Momma and as hefty coed Charmaine, they must find the murderer before he finds them.īig Momma (Martin Lawrence) and Charmaine (Brandon T. Turner is joined by Trent, as they go u ndercover at an all-girls performing arts school after Trent witnesses a murder. Martin Lawrence returns as FBI agent Malcolm Turner and as Turner’s deep-cover alter-ego Big Momma. Big Momma is back – and this time he has big backup: his teenage stepson Trent.