Columbia Gets TROPIC THUNDER Co-Writer For MEN IN BLACK 3

Like it or not, MEN IN BLACK 3 is happening, we’ve known about this since spring and I thought it was going to be put on the back burner, never to be mentioned again. But Columbia Pictures hasn’t forgotten. Variety says the studio has hired Tropic Thunder co-writer Etan Cohen to write MEN IN BLACK 3…

No word yet or no deal has been made to get Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones to return but let’s face it, they’re not going to move forward unless those two are locked in. The project will only get a greenlight to go if those Oscar worthy actors are officially involved.
But BAD BOYS III is also happening, so which one is Will going to do first?

I didn’t like MIB:2, just like most sequels out there, that sequel was all just about ‘fireworks’ and nothing else.
As much as I enjoyed Tropic Thunder, keep in mind that it was a collaborative work, writers Ben Stiller, Justin Theroux and Etan Cohen. So we don’t know if Cohen writing MIB:3 all by himself is a good idea.
They currently don’t wanna share the direction they have in mind for this third installment. But what do you think the plot should be about? I take it a new ultimate alien villain with a hunger for world domination will be introduced.
The studio wants production to start in Spring 2010
MEN IN BLACK 3 is expected to open in theaters in 2011

The first MEN IN BLACK in 1997 was made with a budget of $90 Million and it earned $250 Million domestically
MEN IN BLACK II in 2002 was made with a budget of $140 Million and earned a disappointing $190 Million domestically.