Men in Black is a fun set of films that had a huge franchise potential which raked in massive cash for the studio. But after its 2002 sequel, they just didn’t bother to make another.
Well 8 years later we catch wind that there WILL be another Men in Black but it wont star Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. So casting is opening up and the rumour wheel is already turning with names like Josh Brolin and Sacha Baron Cohen.
Columbia Pictures is officially having conversations regarding their third entry in the Men in Black franchise as we’re being told by industry insiders that in addition to Jonah Hex cowboy Josh Brolin likely (still unconfirmed) to star, they’ve shown strong interest in both Sacha Baron Cohen (Sweeney Todd, Bruno) and Jemaine Clement (“The Flight of the Conchords”) for a character named “Yaz” (a new agent?). Neither are locked, this should be taken strictly as rumor for now
Now before I get a pile of emails and comments from wannabe actors without agents or ambitious nobodies… we are NOT the casting agency associated with this film. (Seriously, we get emails all the time from people who obviously didn’t read the article saying “Put me in UR Movie! I am perfect for the role” like I can do anything about it …)
Now that the public service announcement is out of the way, I really like the Men in Black series, and I think it would be great to focus on some of the other agents. I mean, there are 24 other letters in the alphabet, so why should agent M and J get all the attention?
Keep the charm and move forward. No need for Smith and Jones. I am not sure about Cohen as an agent, but he does odd well enough that he would make a great alien of some sort.
The first film grossed nearly $600m with an impressive $440m from the sequel. According to “the rules” there NEEDS to be another, but they didn’t. Probably because Will Smith costs too much. They can do this without him and its been a while.
Lets get some new Men in Black.
