Men in Black (film series)
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Based on | The Men in Black by Lowell Cunningham |
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Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
Release date | 1997–2019 |
Running time | 407 minutes (4 films) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Men in Black (also known as MIB) is a series of American
Films
Men in Black (1997)
Men in Black is the first film in the series. The film follows the exploits of Agent J and Agent K, members of a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth. After Agent K hand-picks James D. Edwards from the NYPD and recruits him for MiB, the two Men in Black find themselves in the middle of the deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to steal an energy source of unimaginable power. In order to prevent worlds from colliding, the MiB must track down the terrorist and prevent the destruction of Earth. It's just another typical day for the Men in Black. The film was released on July 2, 1997, to positive reviews and grossed $589 million worldwide.
Men in Black II (2002)
Men in Black II is the second film in the series, set five years after the first. For Agent J, it is another day at the office, monitoring, licensing and policing all alien activity on Earth. Agent K retired from MiB after the events of the first film, had his memories of them wiped and has returned to his former life. One day, J receives a report of an unauthorized landing of an alien spacecraft near New York. It is an old enemy of MiB, a Kylothian named Serleena, who is searching for a powerful artifact called The Light of Zartha. J investigates and realizes that it requires knowledge of events that only K possesses. After other recruited MiB agents fail to meet J's standards as a partner, J decides to bring back K and restore K's memory as an MiB agent to try and stop Serleena. The film was released on July 3, 2002, to mixed reviews and grossed $441 million worldwide.
Men in Black 3 (2012)
Men in Black 3 is the third film in the series and was released on May 25, 2012, to positive reviews and grossed over $624 million worldwide. When the notorious alien criminal Boris the Animal escapes LunarMax Security Prison to seek revenge on K for capturing him in 1969, he is able to use secret time-travel technology to go back in time and undo the events of his defeat, resulting in a new timeline where K is killed during his fight with Boris and Earth is now vulnerable to an invasion from his species. With J the only one who remembers the original history, he must go back in time to join forces with the younger K and ensure that events play out as they should.
Featuring Josh Brolin as young K.
Men in Black: International (2019)
In the spin-off film, rookie MIB recruit Molly Wright and Agent H from MIB's UK branch investigate the activities of the shape-shifting alien duo Twins who are seeking a dangerous artifact, only to discover that there is a more dangerous threat: a mole in the agency. Agent O from Men In Black 3 returns and Frank the Pug appears in a cameo after appearing in the first two films.
Film | U.S. release date | Director(s) | Screenwriter(s) | Story by | Producer(s) |
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Men in Black | July 2, 1997 | Barry Sonnenfeld | Ed Solomon | Walter Parkes & Laurie MacDonald
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Men in Black II | July 3, 2002 | Barry Fanaro & Robert Gordon | Robert Gordon | ||
Men in Black 3 | May 25, 2012 | Etan Cohen | |||
Men in Black: International | June 14, 2019 | F. Gary Gray | Art Marcum & Matt Holloway |
Cast and crew
Principal cast
This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in the series.
- An empty, dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film, or that the character's official presence has not yet been confirmed.
- V indicates a voice-only role.
- Y indicates a younger version of the character.
Characters | ||||
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Men in Black | Men in Black II | Men in Black 3 | Men in Black: International | |
1997 | 2002 | 2012 | 2019 | |
Agent J James Darrell Edwards III |
Will Smith[8] | Will Smith[9] Cayen MartinY |
Will SmithP[10] | |
Agent K Kevin Brown |
Tommy Lee Jones[11] | Tommy Lee Jones[12] Josh BrolinY[13] |
Tommy Lee JonesP[14] | |
Chief Zed | Rip Torn[15] | Kirk Larsen[a] | ||
Frank the Pug Agent F |
Tim BlaneyV Mushu the Dog |
Tim BlaneyP | Tim BlaneyV | |
Jack Jeebs | Tony Shalhoub | |||
Newton | David Cross | |||
Diner Waitress Mom | Alexandra O'Hara | |||
Agent T | Patrick Warburton | |||
Agent M | Michael Jackson[16] | |||
Laurel Weaver Agent L |
Linda Fiorentino[17] | |||
Edgar the Bug | Vincent D'Onofrio[18] | Vincent D'OnofrioP | ||
Derrick Cunningham Agent D |
Richard Hamilton[19] | |||
Beatrice | Siobhan Fallon Hogan | |||
Gentle Rosenberg | Mike Nussbaum[20] | |||
Serleena Kylothian Queen |
Lara Flynn Boyle | |||
Laura Vasquez The Light of Zartha |
Rosario Dawson | |||
Scrad and Charlie | Johnny Knoxville | |||
Hailey | Colombe Jacobsen
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Jarra | John Alexander | |||
Boris the Animal | Jemaine Clement | |||
Griffin The Arcanian |
Michael Stuhlbarg | |||
James Darrell Edwards II | Mike Colter | |||
Lilly Poison | Nicole Scherzinger | |||
Jeffrey Price | Michael Chernus | |||
Agent X | David Rasche | |||
Agent AA | Will Arnett | |||
Andy Warhol Agent W |
Bill Hader | |||
Mr. Wu | Keone Young | |||
Agent O | Emma Thompson[21] Alice EveY[22] |
Emma Thompson[23] | ||
Agent M Molly Wright |
Tessa Thompson Mandeiya FloryY | |||
Agent H Henry |
Chris Hemsworth | |||
Pawny | Kumail NanjianiV | |||
High T | Liam Neeson | |||
Agent C | Rafe Spall | |||
Riza | Rebecca Ferguson | |||
The Twins | Les Twins | |||
Worm Guys | Thom FountainV | |||
Brad AbrellV | Drew MasseyV | |||
Carl J. JohnsonV | ||||
Drew MasseyV | Greg BalloraV | Tim BlaneyV | ||
Security Guard | Alpheus Merchant | Woodie King Jr. | Vincent Pirillo |
Additional crew
Film | Crew/Detail | |||||||
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Composer(s) | Cinematographer | Editor(s) | Production companies | Distributing company | Running time | |||
Men in Black | Danny Elfman | Don Peterman
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Jim Miller | Amblin Entertainment Parkes/MacDonald Productions Columbia Pictures Corporation |
Columbia Pictures Corporation | 98 minutes | ||
Men in Black II | Greg Gardiner | Steven Weisberg Richard Pearson |
Columbia Pictures Amblin Entertainment MacDonald Parkes Productions |
Columbia Pictures | 88 minutes | |||
Men in Black 3 | Bill Pope | Don Zimmerman | P+M Image Nation Amblin Entertainment Imagenation Abu Dhabi Hemisphere Media Capital Columbia Pictures Corporation |
Columbia Pictures Corporation | 106 minutes | |||
Men in Black: International | Chris Bacon Danny Elfman |
Stuart Dryburgh | Zene Baker Christian Wagner |
Original Film P+M Image Nation Amblin Entertainment The Hideaway Entertainment Columbia Pictures Corporation Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. |
Sony Pictures Releasing
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115 minutes |
Production
Development
Men in Black (1997)
The film is loosely based upon the comic book The Men in Black by Lowell Cunningham. Producers Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald optioned the rights to The Men in Black in 1992 and hired Ed Solomon to write a very faithful script. Parkes and MacDonald wanted Barry Sonnenfeld as director because he had helmed the darkly humorous The Addams Family and its sequel Addams Family Values. Sonnenfeld was attached to Get Shorty (1995), so they approached Les Mayfield to direct, as they had heard about the positive reception to his remake of Miracle on 34th Street. They actually saw the film later and decided he was inappropriate. Men in Black was delayed so as to allow Sonnenfeld to make it his next project after Get Shorty.[24]
Much of the initial script drafts were set underground, with locations ranging from Kansas to Washington DC and Nevada. Sonnenfeld decided to change the location to New York City, because the director felt New Yorkers would be tolerant of aliens who behaved oddly while disguised. He also felt much of the city's structures resembled flying saucers and rocket ships. Production designer Bo Welch designed the MIB headquarters with a 1960s tone in mind, because that was when their organization is formed. He cited influences from Finnish architect Eero Saarinen, who designed a terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Being the arrival point of aliens on Earth, Welch felt MIB HQ had to resemble an airport.[24]
Filming began in March 1995. Five months into the shoot, the crew realized their ending was unexciting. It was originally meant to be a humorous existential debate between Agent J and the Bug, and five potential replacements were discussed. One of these had Laurel Weaver being neuralyzed and K remaining an agent. The change to a fight sequence annoyed Rick Baker, as their animatronic Bug had to be replaced with computer-generated imagery. Further changes were made during post-production to simplify the plotline involving the possession of the tiny galaxy. The Arquillians would hand over the galaxy to the Baltians, ending a long war. The bugs need to feed on the casualties of the war and steal it to continue the war. Through changing of subtitles, the images on MIB's main computer and Frank the Pug's dialogue, the Baltians were eliminated from the plot. Earth goes from being potentially destroyed in the crossfire between the two races into being possibly destroyed by the Arquillians to prevent the bugs getting the galaxy.[24]
Men in Black II (2002)
Despite some initial involvement from David Koepp (who left to work on Spider-Man),[26] the script for Men in Black II was written by Robert Gordon and later revised by Barry Fanaro (who added pop culture references, something which Gordon had deliberately avoided).[27] Sonnenfeld took issue with the producers' focus on the love story between Will Smith's and Rosario Dawson's characters, saying that "I learned on Wild Wild West that audiences didn't want to see Will as the straight man. And until Tommy comes back into the movie, by definition Will's the straight man".[26] Fanaro condensed the first part of the film and brought Agent K in earlier.[26] The climax of the second film was originally to have taken place at New York City's World Trade Center, but was changed following the destruction of the buildings in the September 11 attacks.[28] This also led to the ending being refilmed.[29]
Supervising sound editor Skip Lievsay used a Synclavier to recreate and improve the original recording of the neuralyzer sound effect from the first film (which was the sound of a strobe flash as it recycles) by removing some distortion.[30] For some of the scenes with the Serleena creature, the sound crew "took tree branches, put them inside a rubber membrane and pushed that around and added some water."[30] For the special effects scene where the subway train is attacked by Jeff the Worm, a specially designed vise was used to crush a subway car and make it look as if it had been bitten in half.[27]
Men in Black 3 (2012)
The premise of the third film was first proposed to Sonnenfeld by Smith during the filming of Men in Black II in 2002, with Smith suggesting that his character, Agent J, travel back in time to save his partner, Agent K, while at the same time exploring Agent K's backstory. Sonnenfeld said the idea "turned out to be a very long process of development, mainly because of the knotting [sic] issues of time travel...."
In June, writer
Men in Black: International (2019)
In 2018,
Principal photography on the film began on July 9, 2018, at Leavesden Studios and on location in London, and continued in Morocco, Italy, and New York City.[50] Emma Thompson reprised her role as Agent O in the film.[51] Rebecca Ferguson joined the cast of the film.[52] Filming was wrapped on October 17.[53] Visual effects for the film were provided by Double Negative and supervised by Alessandro Ongaro with the help of Rodeo FX, Sony Pictures Imageworks and Method Studios.[54]
Reception
Critical response
Men in Black won the
The second film received mixed reviews from critics, gaining a 39% rating on
Men in Black 3 received mostly positive reviews from film critics. The film holds a 69% approval rating on the
Box office performance
Film | Release date | Box office gross | Box office ranking | Budget | Reference | |||
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North America | Other territories | Worldwide | All time North America | All time worldwide | ||||
Men in Black | July 2, 1997 | $250,690,539 | $338,700,000 | $589,390,539 | 126 | 158 | $90 million | [72] |
Men in Black II | July 3, 2002 | $190,418,803 | $251,400,000 | $441,818,803 | 225 | 252 | $140 million | [73] |
Men in Black 3 | May 25, 2012 | $179,020,854 | $445,005,922 | $624,026,776 | 260 | 143 | $215 million | [74][75] |
Men in Black: International | June 14, 2019 | $80,001,807 | $173,888,894 | $253,890,701 | 985 | 583 | $110 million | [76] |
Total | $700,132,003 | $1,208,994,816 | $1,909,126,819 | $555 million | [77] |
Critical and public response
Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore |
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Men in Black | 91% (93 reviews)[56] | 71 (22 reviews)[78] | B+[79] |
Men in Black II | 38% (198 reviews)[58] | 49 (37 reviews)[59] | B+[79] |
Men in Black 3 | 67% (253 reviews)[65] | 58 (38 reviews)[66] | B+[79] |
Men in Black: International | 23% (322 reviews)[80] | 38 (51 reviews)[81] | B[79] |
Cancelled projects
Cancelled fourth film in the original series
Both Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones have said that they would "consider" appearing in a Men in Black 4,[82] with Jones saying that it would be fun to do it again.[83] In July 2012, Columbia chief executive Doug Belgrad said that they are interested to continue the franchise after MIB 3's successful financial performance.[84] Both Barry Sonnenfeld and Will Smith expressed interest on another project, also saying that they would like to see Will's son Jaden Smith in it.[85] In early 2013, Oren Uziel was writing a Men in Black 4 screenplay for Sony Pictures.[86] As of 2024, no further developments regarding the sequel have been announced.
MIB 23
In December 2014, it was revealed that Sony was planning a crossover between Men in Black and
Notes
- ^ Larsen portrays Chief Zed as a corpse.
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