MEN IN BLACK 5

[JumpinJack AJ]

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Men in Black 5 seemingly revealed to begin filming next year

By Alex DuthieJuly 11th, 2024

According to a recent production listing, an untitled Men in Black sequel will seemingly begin filming as soon as January 2025.

Although Sony has yet to officially announce “Men in Black 5”, franchise star Will Smith’s MIB performance at Coachella only fueled fan speculation.

The news comes from ProductionList.com, a popular website typically known for keeping tabs on major movie and TV show productions.

As per the listing, the Men in Black sequel will begin filming next January in London.

Hollywood veteran Tommy Lee Jones originally starred in the first three movies alongside Smith, who both played the franchise’s fan-favourite MIB agents.

However, due to the studio pivoting in which direction they initially had planned for a fourth movie, Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson ended up taking the lead roles.

The two Thor: Ragnarok stars replaced both Jones and Smith in Sony’s Men in Black: International, which didn’t quite perform as highly as the studio hoped.

It’s been around half a decade since International released in theatres.

Sadly for everyone involved, the latest instalment in the franchise ended up disappointing too many fans, which left any sequels starring Hemsworth and Thompson as the leads up in the air.

Since Smith’s Coachella cryptic MIB cameo, theories and speculation that the studio has plans to bring back the original cast have been at an all-time high.

The 1997 original is still said to be the best in the movie series, with its second instalment being one of the biggest letdowns prior to International being released.

Despite any harsh reviews, each movie has still managed to make a decent buck at the box office.

Men in Black 5 has yet to be announced but will reportedly begin filming in January 2025.

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This is a franchise I wish they left alone.

[JumpinJack AJ]

I think Men In Black could go on forever.  Of course, that should only happen if the stories make it necessary.  A main factor of the appeal of the first movie was that it was completely original.  After that, the stories can be original, but you can't re-capture the newness and overall original-ness of it, being introduced into that world. Since they wrapped things up nicely in the third movie and since the fourth one involved other characters and was pretty average, they should just leave the original universe alone. 

I think it could be a good idea to reboot it in the future, slightly change the tone to make it its own, and have the release of the films be more consistent.  A big picture of multiple films should be in mind up front so that they don't vary in quality. I'm interested in seeing what might happen.