Rap Island Forever

Rap Island Forever is an upcoming American 3D computer-animated musical comedy-drama film produced by Lakeshore Entertainment, Color Force, Spyglass Media Group. It is the sequel to 2016's Rap Island 3 as well as serving as the fourth and final installment in the Rap Island film series. The film will be directed by Ash Brannon reprising his role from the previous installment along with long-running franchise writer Keenen Ivory Wayans returning to write the film along with Eyal Podell and Jonathon E. Stewart joining to write. It also features the reprised roles of Romeo Miller, Dennis Haybert, Brandy Underwood, Kevin Hart, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Omar Epps, and Kenan Thompson, along with new members Pharrell Williams, Jonathan Majors, Tessa Thompson, Marlon Wayans, GloRilla Jones, 21 Savage, Josh Peck, Miranda Cosgrove, and Billie Ellish.

The film is scheduled to be released on October 11, 2024 in IMAX and 3D formats by Lionsgate.

Cast

 * Romeo Miller as Booker Gallon, the king of Rap Island and the husband of Trisha.
 * Dennis Haybert as Terry Gallon, a retired musician who is the father of Booker.
 * Brandy Underwood Trisha Gallon, the queen of Rap Island and wife of Booker.
 * Kevin Hart as Darryl, a short-tempered battle rapper.
 * Joseph Gordon-Levitt
 * Omar Epps
 * Kenan Thompson
 * Pharrell Williams
 * Jonathan Majors
 * Tessa Thompson
 * Marlon Wayans
 * GloRilla Jones
 * 21 Savage
 * Josh Peck
 * Miranda Cosgrove
 * Billie Ellish

Development
In January 2017, director Ash Brannon and writer Keenen Ivory Wayans had ideas for a sequel that would bring othe genres of music while also giving more stakes for the Gallon family. Wayans stated that many of the crew and voice cast were open to the sequel, believing that they had "barely gave all they had" when recording the film while all claiming that there is still a story to tell. In November 2017, Lionsgate announced that the development on the sequel had begun, along with the sequel's title, which was officially announced as Rap Island 4, with Brannon announced as the film's director returning from the 3rd film and was announced that the sequel would be released on March 20, 2020. Lionsgate CEO, described the film as a franchise capper that will leave all the character's arcs on a high note.

Pre-production
In November 2017, Lionsgate announced that the final film would be released on March 20, 2020 with Miller reprising his role. Brannon would direct the film, with Spyglass returning to produce. Longtime writer, Keenen Ivory Wayans said the film was in early pre-production. Work on the script began a few months later, with Wayans as the screenwriter. The story was conceived by Brannon. Wayans stated that the story would continue from where the previous film ended. It was initially reported that Peter Lepeniotis would not be involved in the project, although Brannon later said that Lepeniotis would serve as an executive producer: "Of course I would never make a Rap Island film without Peter Lepeniotis. That would be insane." Later that year, it was announced that Lepeniotis would have no involvement, with Wayans stating two years later that "life changes and we're moving on. He moved on".

In 2018, the film's release date was pushed back to December 2020, due to a production shakeup following the box office bomb of TBA. Brannon said "we recently failed and we are making sure that this film will be a good and best franchise ender", and confirmed that Ludacris' character, Kaine Karls, would not appear in the film, due to Bridges having schedule conflicts with Cool Spot and F9. Brannon set Rap Island 4 as his next film, with production set to begin in April 2019. However, voice recordings was pushed back as a final script had yet to be approved. In early 2018, Lionsgate met with screenwriters Scott Beck and Bryan Woods for an "open canvas talk" including the Rap Island franchise. Beck stated that they had considered writing the next Rap Island movie, but that ultimately he and Woods were more interested in establishing an original franchise. Brannon said that a lot of people had pitched ideas for the film. Wayan ended up remaining the sole writer, and a new release date was set for 2021.

Casting
In July 2018, Romeo Miller, Dennis Haybert, Brandy Underwood, Kevin Hart, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Omar Epps, and Kenan Thompson were reported as being set to reprise their roles.

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Release
The film is scheduled to be released on October 11, 2024 in IMAX and 3D formats.