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The New MEN IN BLACK Movie Has A Writer...


Merrick here...

A while back he learned that Columbia wanted another MEN IN BLACK movie (details HERE).

Now we know who is writing it:

Studio 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.

...says Variety HERE.

I can't seem to locate the exact interview at the moment but, if memory serves, didn't Will Smith once say he thought there'd be an MIB 3 to (essentially) apologize for the second film (which he correctly felt was a disappointment to fans)? If I'm right, and if anyone can find that statement, please link to it in the Talkbacks below.




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I'll see it
by slone13
Oct 30th, 2009
10:26:53 AM
does Will Smith steal more of The Rock's lines?
by Meadowe
Oct 30th, 2009
10:29:05 AM
....and that writer is Satan.
by Baron Karza
Oct 30th, 2009
10:34:10 AM
me
by BEYONDTHUNDERDOME2GIRLS1CUPBIL LCOSBY
Oct 30th, 2009
10:34:26 AM
MiB 1 = Awesome. MiB 2 = Meh.
by HarryCalder
Oct 30th, 2009
10:34:29 AM
The original MIB was perfect
by bongo123
Oct 30th, 2009
10:35:42 AM
make it more serious and less hip
by BEYONDTHUNDERDOME2GIRLS1CUPBIL LCOSBY
Oct 30th, 2009
10:35:55 AM
"Apology" Sequels!!!
by YackBacker
Oct 30th, 2009
10:36:50 AM
interesting that my name isn't mentioned
by JettL93
Oct 30th, 2009
10:37:35 AM
This idea = owned by YackBacker
by Jayemel
Oct 30th, 2009
10:38:23 AM
Rip Torn GOTTA EAT!
by ricarleite2
Oct 30th, 2009
10:38:29 AM
I've been hired on too as a preemptive script doctor
by AsimovDiedOfAIDS
Oct 30th, 2009
10:40:07 AM
Tropic Thunder was terrible
by Hint_of_Smegma
Oct 30th, 2009
10:40:13 AM
Smegma
by damned-dirty-ape
Oct 30th, 2009
10:47:34 AM
Don't need Smith/Jones...
by badboymason
Oct 30th, 2009
10:48:17 AM
And Introducing Shia LaBeouf as "Pee"
by YackBacker
Oct 30th, 2009
10:50:17 AM
Men In Black 2
by skimn
Oct 30th, 2009
10:50:38 AM
JettL93, a legend in his own...
by The Bicycle Sharer
Oct 30th, 2009
10:55:14 AM
Dirty Ape
by Hint_of_Smegma
Oct 30th, 2009
11:03:37 AM
YackBacker
by Merrick
Oct 30th, 2009
11:03:49 AM
Oceans "make up" sequel wasn't bad
by skimn
Oct 30th, 2009
11:11:38 AM
That's awesome, Merrick!
by YackBacker
Oct 30th, 2009
11:21:35 AM
Isn't the term "writer" and MIB kind of an oxymoron?
by BatVomit
Oct 30th, 2009
11:27:05 AM
I guess I'm alone
by AnUsulDarkley
Oct 30th, 2009
11:34:06 AM
Nothing says Class quite as much....
by RighteousBrother
Oct 30th, 2009
11:34:51 AM
etan cohen
by AnUsulDarkley
Oct 30th, 2009
11:35:04 AM
Sir, given that story you truly earned the name of
by skimn
Oct 30th, 2009
11:35:58 AM
Why?
by exie
Oct 30th, 2009
11:36:48 AM
Why would anyone want to see anything Will Smith related?
by Sick Fixx
Oct 30th, 2009
11:41:27 AM
A third MIB movie could really try to amp up the whole ...
by Royston Lodge
Oct 30th, 2009
11:42:11 AM
skimn, nice!
by YackBacker
Oct 30th, 2009
11:50:58 AM
Just keep that bloated hack Sonnenfeld far, far away
by Menstrual_Bloodfart
Oct 30th, 2009
11:53:22 AM
Wait...what?
by yer mama
Oct 30th, 2009
11:55:37 AM
Etan Cohen
by philosopher
Oct 30th, 2009
11:56:09 AM
@ Menstrual_Bloodfart
by philosopher
Oct 30th, 2009
11:57:43 AM
:/
by Pancho_Villa
Oct 30th, 2009
12:03:49 PM
MIB = Worst Over-Hyped Twaddle
by Big_Daddy_Nero
Oct 30th, 2009
12:03:56 PM
Anyone watch the animated series?
by Mindtrip
Oct 30th, 2009
12:08:10 PM
tropic thunder was one of the worst films..
by emeraldboy
Oct 30th, 2009
12:11:03 PM
I already saw MIB3 this summer
by IAMFeAR
Oct 30th, 2009
12:16:29 PM
U think zoolander is funnier than dodgeball or..
by Lane_myers111
Oct 30th, 2009
12:17:43 PM
The Script Doctor being denied AGAIN
by just pillow talk
Oct 30th, 2009
12:21:37 PM
I haven't seen Reality Bites since it came out
by skimn
Oct 30th, 2009
12:23:43 PM
"No one makes me bleed my own blood..
by skimn
Oct 30th, 2009
12:26:28 PM
well actually...
by emeraldboy
Oct 30th, 2009
12:27:54 PM
paul blart: mib.
by alice133
Oct 30th, 2009
12:29:46 PM
Ha-ha...Men In Black..."Writer". Ha-ha, that's funny!
by venvariants
Oct 30th, 2009
12:31:00 PM
Pancho Villa, please revisit the proper conjugation of "gustar"
by Shut the Fuck up Donny
Oct 30th, 2009
12:34:18 PM
stiller reminds me of mike myers..
by emeraldboy
Oct 30th, 2009
12:35:05 PM
Emeraldboy
by LaneDobler
Oct 30th, 2009
12:37:06 PM

by StarchildAD
Oct 30th, 2009
12:39:58 PM
that explains..
by emeraldboy
Oct 30th, 2009
12:40:43 PM
Needs Nicholas Cage
by David Cloverfield
Oct 30th, 2009
12:42:35 PM
yep cage can work..
by emeraldboy
Oct 30th, 2009
12:46:07 PM
Get TOMMY LEE,don't skimp on the TORN and make a good un...
by halsolo
Oct 30th, 2009
01:15:41 PM
were better then you and you..
by emeraldboy
Oct 30th, 2009
01:19:54 PM
The first one was not good.
by DarthCorleone
Oct 30th, 2009
01:20:01 PM
Will the 3rd one have more Ball-Chinians?
by PrestigeWorldwide
Oct 30th, 2009
01:46:14 PM
MIB 2 was awful.
by lockesbrokenleg
Oct 30th, 2009
01:56:52 PM
REBOOT
by Larry Sellers
Oct 30th, 2009
02:04:49 PM
What? MI2 wasn't that bad
by JKrow21
Oct 30th, 2009
02:10:11 PM
Wow! MIB 3 Has a writer?!
by PantherMatt
Oct 30th, 2009
02:22:38 PM

by PantherMatt
Oct 30th, 2009
02:23:48 PM
Prestige-TT hate is totally justified.
by Hint_of_Smegma
Oct 30th, 2009
02:42:36 PM
Why would he have to apologize for MiBII?
by TheFifthCylon
Oct 30th, 2009
02:44:17 PM
2 was one of the worst big budget films ever
by Charlie_Allnut
Oct 30th, 2009
02:46:03 PM
Ah yes, It's the old Throw Up Double Standard Ploy!
by AsimovDiedOfAIDS
Oct 30th, 2009
02:46:13 PM
MIB STOLE FROM GHOSTBUSTERS...
by DrVenkmansLoveChild
Oct 30th, 2009
02:52:54 PM
Can we make this movie longer than 1hr and 10mins....
by Judge Briggs
Oct 30th, 2009
02:59:14 PM
This will suck
by yodaismyhomie
Oct 30th, 2009
03:44:58 PM
The biggest problem I saw with MIB2..
by torpor_haze
Oct 30th, 2009
04:14:27 PM
Don't these things just write themselves?
by Voice O. Reason
Oct 30th, 2009
04:16:26 PM
Thought this was Harry's JettL Confirmation
by DutchRudder
Oct 30th, 2009
04:21:56 PM
What's worse is when your g/f pukes up your future children
by SierraTangoFoxtrotUniform
Oct 30th, 2009
05:01:59 PM
Why?
by NippleEffect
Oct 30th, 2009
05:03:39 PM
INCLUDE JACKIE CHAN
by GibsonUSA Returns
Oct 30th, 2009
05:05:44 PM
MIIB was like a SyFy Movie
by WickedJester
Oct 30th, 2009
05:19:29 PM
MIB (1&2) are utter cack
by barnaby jones
Oct 30th, 2009
05:21:32 PM
WILL'S KID DIDN'T GET THE GIG ???
by Mullah Omar
Oct 30th, 2009
06:00:33 PM
The first MIB was not a good movie
by exie
Oct 30th, 2009
06:26:28 PM
Rip Torn needs to do another bicycle kick!!
by FilmGuy125
Oct 30th, 2009
06:31:18 PM
....ugh.....Remake #367...
by Onin Solstice
Oct 30th, 2009
06:38:51 PM
Another piss-poor writer !
by Logan_1973
Oct 30th, 2009
06:43:06 PM
I hate Tommy Lee Jones.
by Azlam Orlandu
Oct 30th, 2009
06:51:10 PM
The second one was god awful
by m.dung
Oct 30th, 2009
07:07:32 PM
The Bicycle Sharer
by CGIh8r
Oct 30th, 2009
07:52:31 PM
Aww Hell Naw!
by MacReady452
Oct 30th, 2009
08:01:43 PM
MIB 3 PLOT REVEALED...
by StarchildAD
Oct 30th, 2009
08:16:52 PM
Fuck Aye,Christopher Morris all the way
by Semen Stains
Oct 30th, 2009
08:32:00 PM
I am not writing MIB 3
by Mr_Satan
Oct 30th, 2009
09:34:39 PM
Satan... Samhain is apon us...
by StarchildAD
Oct 30th, 2009
10:06:30 PM
"Apology" sequels: Last Cruade, Ocean's 13
by Nasty In The Pasty
Oct 30th, 2009
10:06:52 PM
"Crusade"
by Nasty In The Pasty
Oct 30th, 2009
10:07:09 PM
The MIB cartoon series was actually pretty damn good
by Nasty In The Pasty
Oct 30th, 2009
10:11:58 PM
the funniest thing i have ever seen on british TV...
by emeraldboy
Oct 31st, 2009
05:33:03 AM
Both movies were just too silly.
by Ecto-1
Oct 31st, 2009
05:46:40 AM
Jewel of the Nile
by jameskpolk
Oct 31st, 2009
06:20:42 AM
it´s ORCI AND KURTZMAN!!!
by ZombieHeathLedger
Oct 31st, 2009
06:55:34 AM
Just shoot the damn dog and I'll be happy
by FeralAngel
Oct 31st, 2009
09:09:18 AM
And maybe kill the wabbit too - p-p-please!
by FeralAngel
Oct 31st, 2009
09:11:36 AM
OMG. If they REALLY want to throw away millions upon millions of
by ScaryWaitress
Oct 31st, 2009
09:41:07 AM
Other sequals that need to be made
by AnUsulDarkley
Oct 31st, 2009
01:07:03 PM
Aw HELL NAW!
by MrMysteryGuest
Oct 31st, 2009
03:43:44 PM
Mib was great. Mib 2 suuuuuuucked!
by Citizen Sane
Oct 31st, 2009
06:36:03 PM
What's with all the losers in this talkback?
by Yamato
Nov 1st, 2009
12:32:42 AM
Tropic Thunder was bad?
by HongKongCavalier
Nov 1st, 2009
12:52:41 AM
Both MIB's sucked.
by disfigurehead
Nov 1st, 2009
01:40:38 AM
whoa, what's with all the hate for Men In Black and Tropic Thund
by The_Crimson_King
Nov 1st, 2009
06:53:32 AM
er
by The_Crimson_King
Nov 1st, 2009
06:53:44 AM
the 90s Ghostbusters II
by TakingScorpiosCalls
Nov 1st, 2009
02:43:19 PM
Girls puking is kind of hot... otherwise I wouldn't be
by turketron_2
Nov 2nd, 2009
07:59:07 AM
MIB2 sucked, but MIB and MIB: The Series are great
by turketron_2
Nov 2nd, 2009
08:00:59 AM
MIB were commerical tie..
by emeraldboy
Nov 2nd, 2009
09:08:21 AM

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