It’s been almost two years since the mini ‘Martin‘ reunion in 2018 between Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell, and Tichina Arnold where the trio reconnected for lunch after years apart collectively.
As you recall, the public sighting sparked instant nostalgia and fans instantly began wondering if a ‘Martin’ reboot/reunion would be in the works. All three actors insinuated that they would be down for it if it was done properly.
Carl Payne, who famously played one of Martin’s BFF’s Cole on the show also confirmed during an interview at ‘Sister Circle Live’ just last year that talks of a reboot of the show were going down.
Well since then it’s been pretty quiet although Martin did briefly address the possibilities of a new show during his promo run with Will Smith for ‘Bad Boys For Life’ just months ago.
Well, now Tisha is giving fans an update on what’s going on with the highly anticipated project. During a recent press run to promote her new sitcom ‘Outmatched,’ Tisha dished on the plans for the show and says they still want it to happen but attributes the delay to everyone’s super busy schedules.
via BAW:
“Everybody’s working their behinds off,” she said in an exclusive interview with “Entertainment Tonight” recently. “So we’re all trying to find the time.”
“Tichina [Arnold] has her show, and Martin [Lawrence] and his movies,” she continued, speaking on Arnold’s hit CBS sitcom “The Neighborhood” and the success of the recent third installment of Lawrence’s “Bad Boys” franchise.“Carl [Anthony Payne II] is working constantly and doing stand-up,” she added. “So the time is so hard to kind of schedule to do something like that.”
In addition to that, the 51-year-old actress and mother of two noted that they still also contend with the fact that another one of their important cast members, Thomas Mikal Ford, who played Tommy, passed away in 2016. He was only 52 and passed away unexpectedly after being placed on life support following a ruptured aneurysm in his abdomen.
“Rest in peace Tommy,” she said about her late friend. “That’s one of the reasons why it’s a little hard, because Tommy’s not with us.”
Check out a brief clip below at the 2:50 mark from the ET visit as well as a longer clip from a recent visit to KTLA.
