Men In Black Reboot To Feature ‘Prominent’ Woman In Black

The upcoming ‘Men In Black’ reboot, which may or may not be a continuation of the first three ‘Men In Black’ movies, is set to mix things up a bit by featuring a “Woman In Black”.

The news comes courtesy of the film’s producer Laurie MacDonald who told BBC’s Newsbeat, "There will be a prominent woman in black in the fourth [film].“

‘Men In Black 3′ already featured a female agent in the shape of Agent O played by Emma Thompson and Alice Eve, but we think this suggests the new film could feature a lady in one of the lead roles.

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We’d love to see Big Will return in an Agent Z style role heading up the MIB this time around. We think that’d make for a neat twist on the formula.

The first three ‘Men In Black’ films featuring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones as alien-hunting government agents were hugely popular, with the last film taking over £400m at the global box office in 2012, so it’s not surprising Sony is looking to resurrect it.

Walter Parkes, who produced all three films with his wife Laurie MacDonald, describes the new film as a “reinvention” of the franchise, suggesting they want to put some distance between the new film and the old ones.

“We are quite early on in it,“ he said. "We sort of looked at the first three in retrospect as a bit of a trilogy.”

“We tried to tell a story about those two characters and that relationship. It sounds silly because it’s a fun, science fiction comedy but when you work on these things you sort of try to find some thematic basis underneath it.”

“Now we are looking at a reinvention,” Parkes added. “But it’s a wonderful world to get back into.”

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Image credits: Sony Pictures