In 2014, Ice Cube and Kevin Hart realized their potential as a comedic duo in the successful 'Ride Along' film, and with the sequel slated for the upcoming year, the two only plan to make it bigger and better.

Cube recently spoke with EW on the upcoming project and commented on the chemistry he had with Hart aided in the film's success. He also addresses how it will carry over and change in the upcoming sequel.

"In the past it was like, 'I hate you': a guy who doesn't think his sister's fiancé is up to par," says Cube. "Now we've been through the fire a little bit. He's still getting on my nerves. But I like him a little. He wants to call us the 'Brothers in Law.' Like, the brothers in the law. That's where he's going with it. We family. We gotta stick together and all that s-."

'Ride Along 2' plans on finding the two on another case to hunt down a fugitive, but Hart's character Ben's impending marriage proves to be a obstacle.

"So he's up against the clock, he's up against the bad guys and he's up against me," Cube explains. And yet: "Him being a gung-ho rookie, he has more attitude than when he was a gung-ho security guard. He's cocky."

Olivia Munn will be inducted into the sequel as Cube's hard-boiled detective partner.

"She and Kevin have a power struggle," says Cube. "She don't like Kevin and Kevin don't like her because she's a little too strong for Kevin. Kevin's a little too nosy. They just hate each other from the start."

"It's so lazy to just try to rely on the first one," he continues. "The challenge was to make a whole 'nother movie. We just went bigger and better with the action. We wanted to turn up the comedy, do things people haven't seen. We have to ride that into new jokes and situations and make it seem like the relationship is moving forward. Not relying on what we relied on in the past."

'Ride Along 2' is slated for release on January 15, 2016.