Variety is reporting that Columbia Pictures is moving forward with the Men in Black franchise as they look to Etan Cohen to come up with a script for the apparently “anticipated” sequel.
[Columbia Pictures] has tapped “Tropic Thunder” scribe Etan Cohen to pen “Men in Black 3.” There are no deals in place for the franchise’s stars Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, though it’s unlikely that Col would greenlight the project without the duo’s involvement.
Columbia pictures doesn’t exactly have a lot of cards to play when it comes to “big-name” franchises. Ghostbusters was their highest grossing film until the original Men in Black film was released in 1997, which was then toppled by the juggernaut, Spider-Man. It’s safe to say that the Men in Black series is a successful one considering the first two combined made over $1 billion, but I doubt there would be much interest in the third one at this point.
I thought the first Men in Black was alright. It was a fun movie, but the second didn’t even come close to being up to par with the first one. Essentially a reversed-and-regurgitated version of the first film I thought it was incredibly unoriginal and frankly, boring.
This bot will more than likely pass on a third installment to this franchise.