Alright, no shockers here or really much news to speak of other than a release date.
Director Barry Sonnefeld recently told press that “Men In Black 3” would be shot in stereoscopic 3D and would reteam the original leads Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones for the McFranchise threequel.
All of this is now true, though TLJ is not officially locked in, but essentially he’ll be onboard (he’s in “advanced negotiations” which means it will happen). Josh Brolin is also in talks to play the younger version of Jones’ character, with a time traveling plot that will take the story back to 1969. We really hope Agent Kay was a pot smoking hippie in those days.
Now Columbia Pictures has set a date for the film which will be May 25, 2012, the start of Memorial Day weekend. Etan Cohen (“Tropic Thunder”) wrote the script, David Koepp gave it a polish and production will start this fall.
Summer 2012 is already getting hectic: Marvel’s “The Avengers” hits May 4, Peter Berg’s boardgame-with-aliens picture “Battleship” arrives May 25, J.J. Abrams‘ “Star Trek” sequel is slated for a June 29 date , the rebooted 3-D “Spider-Man” by director Marc Webb is scheduled for July 3 and Christopher Nolan’s third “Batman” film swoops into theaters on July 20.
Other films likely hitting that summer are “John Carter of Mars, “Wolverine 2” and the recently announced “Godzilla” reboot (presumably in 3-D).