10.30.09 MEN IN BLACK 3
(MIB was a groundbreaking comedy that took the novel approach of teaming a white cop with a black cop.)
Yep, Sony’s going forward with Men in Black 3. From Hollywood Reporter:
“Tropic Thunder” writer Etan Cohen is penning the script, and Barry Sonnenfeld, who helmed the first two films, is said to be attached to the new installment, though there is no formal deal or offer as yet.
I love it when journalists use a phrase like “is said”. What, who says? Isn’t that what you’re supposed to find out? “Legend has it, Old McConnagle’s ghost is said to haunt the old mill to this day.” Great work.
The X-factor remains Will Smith. The A-lister, who starred with Tommy Lee Jones in the first two, has not committed to the pic, though in recent days the buzz in development circles has been that he is now interested in returning. Smith does not currently have a go movie lined up.Tommy Lee Jones’ involvement is uncertain.
They better hope Will Smith is involved, because without him, you have a follow-up to a movie no one liked (not the first one, the first one was good) from a forgotten franchise, to possibly be directed by the guy whose last movie was RV. But if they need to recast Edgar, the man possessed by a giant bug, I know one guy who’d be perfect:
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MEN IN BLACK 3
Alex Trebek + Jesse Ventura > Will Smith + Tommy Lee Jones
On the flip side, Etan Cohen writes a decent script
I hope we get TLJ in blackface and Smiff in Whitewash. That would be epic.
Barry Sonnenfeld gets a pass from me, for being involved in my dear, departed Pushing Daisies.
But, having said that, bad idea is bad.
Someone needs to explain to Will Smiff that Scientologists are occasionally allowed to work on films that aren’t about space aliens.
Sony would like their accounting department to star in this.
Etan is the whitest name ever.
Etan is what Jews name their kids so that Italians can pronounce it.
They should make it so that Will is the veteran agent, and he has to partner up with a suicidal, batshit crazy young white agent. And Will is all, “I’m getting too old for this shit.” And…
Oh, crap, that’s Lethal Weapon. But Gary Busey would make a great alien, right?
Patty, are you suggesting that Gary Busey is human?
They made a huge casting mistake in the first sequel by not replacing Will Smith with Chris Brown. C’mon, if you’re looking for a rapper to beat the shit out of a hot woman, who’s better?
Jesus, I was going to make a “dyslixic Celtic fan” joke and come to find out they named one of the characters in Gossip Girl Nate Archibald? God I hate white people.
I always pictured Busey as more of a Frankenstein’s monster, not an alien.
If Busey was an alien, he would be a chestburster.
I sure hope this fucker has alien zombies. (D’Onofrio?)
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