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About Ride Along
Ride Along from 2014 pairs guard Ben Barber with detective James Payton for a chaotic Atlanta patrol day before the wedding, with Ice Cube and Kevin Hart leading. Ride Along 2 from January 2016 moves the duo to Miami for a hacker case with the marriage closer and higher stakes.
A third film has floated since Tim Story raised it in 2016, with a fresh writer take reported in April 2026 bringing Daniel Gold aboard and Story plus Will Packer circled to return. Ice Cube and Kevin Hart remain in talks to return as the leads. No shoot or date exists as of September 2026.
Good to know
Watch the 2014 film, then the 2016 sequel in that order. The partnership and wedding countdown only work in sequence from patrol to marriage. The third film stays yearless until a studio dates it, since the 2026 report covers writers and talks rather than greenlight. Release order matches story order throughout both cases.
