Barbershop: The Next Cut

Barbershop:The Next Cut
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Directed by	Malcolm D. Lee
Written by	Kenya Barris Tracy Oliver
Based on	Characters by Mark Brown
Produced by	Ice Cube Robert Teitel George Tillman Jr.
Starring	Ice Cube Cedric the Entertainer Regina Hall Anthony Anderson Eve J.B. Smoove Lamorne Morris Sean Patrick Thomas Tyga Deon Cole Common Nicki Minaj
Cinematography	Greg Gardiner
Edited by	Paul Millspaugh
Music by	Stanley Clarke
Production companies	New Line Cinema Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer State Street Pictures Cube Vision
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates	April 6, 2016 (2016-04-06) (Los Angeles) April 15, 2016 (2016-04-15) (United States)
Running time	112 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$20 million[2]
Box office	$55 million[3]

Barbershop: The Next Cut (also known as Barbershop 3 or Barbershop 3: The Next Cut) is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Malcolm D. Lee, written by Kenya Barris and Tracy Oliver and produced by Ice Cube, Robert Teitel and George Tillman Jr. It is the sequel to 2004's Barbershop 2: Back in Business and the third installment in the Barbershop film series. It stars an ensemble cast including actors Ice Cube, Cedric the Entertainer, Anthony Anderson, Eve, Sean Patrick Thomas, and Deon Cole who return, as well as new cast members Regina Hall, J. B. Smoove, Lamorne Morris, Tyga, Common, and Nicki Minaj. It is the first film in the series in which Michael Ealy and Leonard Earl Howze did not reprise their roles as Ricky and Dinka respectively.

The project was announced in March 2014, and Lee was hired to direct the film in February 2015. Principal photography began in Atlanta in May 2015 with some aerial shots filmed in Chicago.

Barbershop: The Next Cut was released on April 15, 2016 by Warner Bros. Pictures. It received positive reviews from critics, with praise directed at the performances of the cast, Lee's direction, and the screenplay. It was a moderate box office success, grossing $55 million worldwide on a $20 million production budget.