Joblo’s Paul Tassi says that he has some new details about the upcoming Men In Black III. Apparently, Tassi got his hands on a current version of the script that’s loose out there somewhere. Here are the highlights of what Tassi says he’s learned:
– The film has Agent J sent back in time to 1969 where he teams up with a young
K to stop an evil villain named Yaz from destroying the world in the
future.
– Yaz is a badass biker type (portrayed by Flight of the Conchord’s Jemaine Clement).
– K (Josh Brolin) is supposed to be 26 in 1969.
– A new cast of celebrities
are revealed as aliens in this era, among them Yoko Ono, Jimi Hendrix,
Castro, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Andy Warhol, who actually has an
extended scene where he aids Jay and Kay on their mission.
– The general idea is that Yaz travels back in time to kill K, which
sets off a chain of events that ends in the destruction of the world.
Me personally, I seem to be one of the minority who actually wouldn’t mind an MIIIB;
nor who feels the need to automatically say the whole thing is
pooch-screwed from the beginning (that may, of course, end up being the
case, but hey, why hope for such a thing?). Now, depending on
how much of any of this pans out, have to say that I’m disappointed in
the premise. The strength of the first film was its decided
tongue-in-cheek and deadpan comedic approach to the story, as well as
Smith’s and Jones’ interplay. If a good slice of the movie is
replaced by Smith and Brolin, then that goes the copout route to
me. Also, I was still holding out hope that Alpha
would be the villain here. Hell David Warner could even
return to reprise his role from the series. That would have
worked for me quite well. As it is, Yaz sounds like a Lobo
rip-off.
Whatever it ends up being, can we just get more of the first film than the second please? That’s all I ask.
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I guess we won't be seeing a return of Rip Torn, huh?
The first two were incredibily lame. I am sure the third will follow suit. I have had my fill of Will Smith (and his punk kid).
Good Christ that sounds awful, like Ron Howard's film pitch on The Simpsons.
Surely even Smith and Lee Jones can do better work than that??
Why the fuck are people casting Brolin "young" – it was a stretch in W and it's a stretch now.
Oh dear.
So birth control will kill us all?
Is this a fucking Austin Powers movie?
I seems to remember a bit after MIIB came out, Sonnenfeld and/or Smith said in an interview that the if the 3rd movie was set on Earth, you would know they were out of ideas and looking for a payday. They were right.
Who the hell decided Josh Brolin should have a movie career. The guy sucks.
COMMENT #5
SHUT YOUR WHORE MOUTH WHEN SPEAKING ABOUT MR. JOSH BROLIN!
LESS HE LET YOU GLIMPSE HIM ON THE SILVER SCREEN!
His source is the script that's already leaked and is circulating around the 'Net. I'm surprised nobody else has read it.
LOL – how has nobody comment here that Yaz is brand of birth control. This is like naming the villian of your movie "Viagra"…only lamer.
It might be worth it to see Jermaine Clement as a hardcore badass biker.
Jemaine.
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