Men in Black III in development
05-20-12 | 06:24 PM
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Re: "Men in Black" gearing up for third edition
slightly off topic:
Is the new BD release just a rerelease of the original BD w/ a free ticket? Cuz if so...I'll get it...never got MIB...and I enjoy that one a lot too.
Is the new BD release just a rerelease of the original BD w/ a free ticket? Cuz if so...I'll get it...never got MIB...and I enjoy that one a lot too.
05-20-12 | 06:25 PM
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Re: "Men in Black" gearing up for third edition
Big Franchise...Check
Will Smith...Check
Holiday Weekend...Check
3D & IMAX Surcharge...Check
Sorry Whedon fans, MIB is taking the top spot.
Will Smith...Check
Holiday Weekend...Check
3D & IMAX Surcharge...Check
Sorry Whedon fans, MIB is taking the top spot.
05-20-12 | 06:37 PM
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05-20-12 | 07:03 PM
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05-21-12 | 02:22 AM
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Re: "Men in Black" gearing up for third edition
The L.A. Times said the total budget, including prints and advertising, is close to $375 million. Yikes. However, they said the film is tracking well here in the US and even higher overseas. I don't know if this will reach $200 mil here, but overseas might bring in quite a bit.
05-21-12 | 08:56 AM
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Re: "Men in Black" gearing up for third edition
Titanic spent 16 weeks at #1, The Avengers will do 3. For the sake of your arguement, don't compare the two.
05-21-12 | 09:34 AM
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Despite Whedon being the director, wouldn't it be Marvel fans that would be upset?
And since when is MIB a big franchise. Up 'til now there were only two films and the second is almost universally hated. There was an animated series but that's only remembered because it had an episode with almost the same exact plot as the sequel but done better.
As for Will Smith, his star has been fading for quite some time now (which is probably a big part of why he's been busting ass to promote his kids as much as possible).
I doubt the movie will do terribly but I also doubt it'll be much of a hit.
And since when is MIB a big franchise. Up 'til now there were only two films and the second is almost universally hated. There was an animated series but that's only remembered because it had an episode with almost the same exact plot as the sequel but done better.
As for Will Smith, his star has been fading for quite some time now (which is probably a big part of why he's been busting ass to promote his kids as much as possible).
I doubt the movie will do terribly but I also doubt it'll be much of a hit.
05-21-12 | 10:05 AM
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Re: "Men in Black" gearing up for third edition
The MIB franchise has done $1 billion in theatrical release.
Will Smith hasn't headlined a movie in a while but that doesn't mean he's not a star. Here's the grosses of his last 3 movies
- Seven Pounds - $168 mil
- Hancock - $624 mil
- I Am Legend - $585 mil
Will Smith hasn't headlined a movie in a while but that doesn't mean he's not a star. Here's the grosses of his last 3 movies
- Seven Pounds - $168 mil
- Hancock - $624 mil
- I Am Legend - $585 mil
05-21-12 | 10:18 AM
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I was going to post the same thing. His movies do VERY well overseas. The majority of his box office is overseas. People love to focus soley on US box office as a gauge of success. I see MiB3 doing very well.
05-21-12 | 10:45 AM
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And 3D seems to be very popular overseas. That will probably give this one a nice bump.
05-21-12 | 11:16 AM
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In all fairness, I didn't say he wasn't a star. I just said his star was fading. In any case, I was wrong.
05-21-12 | 09:04 PM
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05-21-12 | 09:29 PM
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05-21-12 | 09:53 PM
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The second one really isn't bad at all. It's almost exactly the same as Ghostbusters II in that it doesn't really do anything blatantly wrong but suffers from being a soulless phone-in by pretty much everyone involved.
We've all seen much, much worse sequels than Men in Black II and if you honestly think its one of the worst sequels ever you need to watch more movies.
We've all seen much, much worse sequels than Men in Black II and if you honestly think its one of the worst sequels ever you need to watch more movies.
05-22-12 | 06:22 AM
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Glad the reviews are mostly positive so far. Hopefully this will be the sequel the second should have been.
A 106 minute Sonnenfeld movie? That's practically an epic. 
05-22-12 | 06:54 AM
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The second one really isn't bad at all. It's almost exactly the same as Ghostbusters II in that it doesn't really do anything blatantly wrong but suffers from being a soulless phone-in by pretty much everyone involved.
We've all seen much, much worse sequels than Men in Black II and if you honestly think its one of the worst sequels ever you need to watch more movies.
We've all seen much, much worse sequels than Men in Black II and if you honestly think its one of the worst sequels ever you need to watch more movies.
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05-22-12 | 08:19 AM
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MIB II was OK. It wasn't as good as the first MIB, and it really did seem like a movie that was just thrown together (one that no one involved really cared all that much about), but it wasn't bad.
It just wasn't very good.
MIB III looks considerably better. We'll see.
It just wasn't very good.
MIB III looks considerably better. We'll see.
05-22-12 | 08:30 AM
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The second one really isn't bad at all. It's almost exactly the same as Ghostbusters II in that it doesn't really do anything blatantly wrong but suffers from being a soulless phone-in by pretty much everyone involved.
We've all seen much, much worse sequels than Men in Black II and if you honestly think its one of the worst sequels ever you need to watch more movies.
We've all seen much, much worse sequels than Men in Black II and if you honestly think its one of the worst sequels ever you need to watch more movies.
Now 16 reviews up, 69% RT. I assumed anything would be better than part 2, but it's good to hear this one is actually entertaining.
Last edited by Mr. Cinema; 05-22-12 at 08:48 AM.
05-22-12 | 10:24 AM
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I think the thing I'm going to hate the most about MIB III is the fact that Tommy Lee Jones has little more than a cameo...he's supposed to have less screentime than Liam Neeson does in BATTLESHIP. 
05-22-12 | 12:12 PM
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Re: "Men in Black" gearing up for third edition
I guess since reviews are out.. I can speak more about it. Doesn't seem to be much interest to merit its own reviews thread. And this is more my observations, than a review...
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