The Men In Black! Let me see ya just bounce it with me, just bounce it with me, bounce with me… *ahem* er, sorry, not sure what came over us there. Actually, that's not true — we know exactly what came over us, folks. A sudden spark of excitement. Why? Because Deadline is reporting that following the success of its recent years' Bad Boys legacy sequels, Sony Pictures has put a new Men In Black film into development, with Bad Boys For Life scribe Chris Bremner attached to write and Will Smith eyed to reprise his OG trilogy role as Agent J.
According to Deadline, the current plan of action over at Sony is to get Bremner's script finished pronto and straight into the hands of Smith. While the trade is quick to affirm that Smith — who last donned Agent J's iconic shades-and-suit combo in 2012's Men In Black 3 — is not currently attached to the project and is in no rush to commit to anything before seeing a script, it is understood that Bremner's first draft definitely features Smith back in the Ray-Bans. Whether or not there'd be any involvement for Tommy Lee Jones' Agent K after MIB 3's wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey shenanigans is anybody's guess at this stage, as is whether Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson's Agents M and H would be in line for a return after 2019's reboot Men In Black: International.
Should Bremner's screenplay pique Will Smith's interest, a new Men In Black movie would add to a steadily growing list of sequels on the Oscar-winner's horizon, joining long-gestating I Am Legend and Hancock follow-ups in the star's upcoming pipeline. With Men In Black's sequels to date never quite living up to the sci-fi comedy punch of the original movie, here's hoping this one won't have us reaching for the neuralyzer. Come on and let me see ya just slide with me, just slide with me…
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