Opening in theaters on May 25th is the third installment of the extremely popular science fiction comedy franchise Men in Black, this time entitled Men in Black 3. The new film once again stars Grammy-winner Will Smith (Ali) and Oscar-winner Tommy Lee Jones (Captain America: The First Avenger) as Agents J and K, respectively, and was also directed by Barry Sonnenfeld (Get Shorty) who helmed the first two installments. In addition to the return of Smith and Jones, the new movie also features Oscar-nominee Josh Brolin (Milk) as a younger version of Agent K, as well as performances from two-time Oscar-winner Emma Thompson (Love Actually), Alice Eve (ATM), Jemaine Clement (HBO's Flight of the Conchords), Nicole Scherzinger (Fox's The X Factor), David Rasche (United 93).

IAR's Managing Editor Jami Philbrick recently had the pleasure of sitting down with makeup effects artist Rick Baker (The Wolfman, The Nutty Professor, Ed Wood) to discuss his work on Men in Black 3. The legendary makeup artist talked about the new movie, creating the '60s era aliens and his inspirations for them, why setting the film in the '1960s helped keep the third installment fresh, advances in CGI since the first movie, the importance of using both practical as well as CGI effects, working with director Barry Sonnenfeld for the third time, having to make two different versions of the film's villain, and why Harry & the Hendersons holds a special place in his heart. 

It's been fifteen years since Men in Black first brought a cinematic version of the comic book created by Lowell Cunningham to movie theaters across the world.  The film introduced audiences to an extra-governmental force tasked with covertly carrying out extraterrestrial policing on Earth, and did so with a witty comedic sensibility not as present in the source material.  The result was an international success that captured the zeitgeist in 1997 and helped propel Will Smith to global stardom.

After a decade without a hint of Agents J or K since Men in Black II, the franchise has been revived with a third sequel that sees Smith and Tommy Lee Jones returning to their roles.  Director Barry Sonnenfeld is also back to tell another story of the MiB organization.  For the third outing, an intergalactic biker played by Jemaine Clement travels back in time to settle a score with K and pave the way for an alien invasion.  With no other choice, J must journey back to 1969, teaming up with a younger K, played by Josh Brolin, to save the future.

At the Los Angeles press day for Men in Black 3, IAR Managing Editor Jami Philbrick was present to gain some insight on the latest science-fiction comedy.  Stars Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, and Josh Brolin were all in attendance to discuss the sequel, their roles, working with visual effects, and prominent ears in 3D.

Opening in theaters on May 25th is the third installment of the extremely popular science fiction comedy franchise Men in Black, this time entitled Men in Black 3. The new film once again stars Grammy-winner Will Smith (Ali) and Oscar-winner Tommy Lee Jones (Captain America: The First Avenger) as Agents J and K, respectively, and was also directed by Barry Sonnenfeld (Get Shorty) who helmed the first two installments. In addition to the return of Smith and Jones, the new movie also features Oscar-nominee Josh Brolin (Milk) as a younger version of Agent K, as well as performances from two-time Oscar-winner Emma Thompson (Love Actually), Alice Eve (ATM), Jemaine Clement (HBO's Flight of the Conchords), Nicole Scherzinger (Fox's The X Factor), David Rasche (United 93).

IAR's Managing Editor Jami Philbrick recently had the pleasure of sitting down with director Barry Sonnenfeld to discuss his latest film Men in Black 3. The director talked about his new movie, the art of making a time travel film, using Back to the Future as a template for the project, why they decided to introduce time travel to the Men in Black series, setting the movie in 1969, not shying away from the racism of the era, the film's over publicized script trouble, why they took a much needed break halfway through production, the brilliant idea of casting Josh Brolin as a young Tommy Lee Jones, the possibility of Jaden Smith appearing in MiB4, and the future of the popular franchise. 

Two new clips from Men in Black III have brought the total clip count in the last twenty-four hours to five, following Wednesday's three-official-clip debut day.  These two both center on Will Smith back in the role of Agent K for the first time in a decade, and he plays off of Agents K from two different eras.  In the first, Tommy Lee Jones intros the memory-erasing Neuralyzer, while in the second, Smith negotiates MiB circa 1969, interacting with Josh Brolin's young K and Alice Eve's young O.

With a certain superhero team-up about to blow the doors off of summer movie season, the rest of this season's would-be blockbusters are all getting their hype machines in working order.  Men in Black III is set for release at the end of this month, so naturally the promotional effort is gearing up to offer all the requisite marketing bits, including clips.  Today, the first three clips from the third theatrical adventure of the extraterrestrial policing agency have landed online.

Six new stills from Men in Black III are now available online.  If you were unaware that the Men in Black franchise contains many a practical alien effect, then each and everyone of the new images will clarify for you that Men in Black III will, in fact, contain a bunch of extraterrestrials created by the one and only Rick Baker.

Everybody knows that in order to break out of prison, you need a friend to smuggle you a ail-nay ile-fay baked inside of a cake.*  A trio of brand new stills from the upcoming third Men in Black movie suggests that the cake part of a jailbreak remains true even when aliens are breaking out of a space-prison.

Standard operating procedure before unveiling a trailer for a much-anticipated event movie is now to release some promotional material at least one day in advance of said trailer, so that the world knows it should prepare itself for the life-altering hype on the way.  To that end, Sony has issued a new image from Men in Black 3, the first sequel in the comedy-science fiction franchise since Men in Black 2 a decade ago.  But that's not all.  No, to ensure that we're all well aware a full theatrical Men in Black 3 trailer arrives on Monday, we also have for you not one, but two – two – posters for the 3D romp.

Sony Pictures has debuted two official teaser posters for Men in Black 3, both featuring the MiB Cubed logo repeated like crazy to form the familiar faces of Agents J and K, played once again by Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones.  Actually, that's not entirely accurate, since Jones won't be the only actor starring as the unflappable agent; Josh Brolin will play a younger version of the character for roughly half of the film, as the story finds Smith's Agent J traveling back in time to the 1960's and teaming up with a more youthful variation on his longtime partner. 

Production on Men in Black 3 was divided between the past and present portions of the story, with a hiatus between the two planned from the start.  Dissatisfaction with the still-unfinished script caused that hiatus to get a whole lot longer, though, with creative differences over extensive rewrites bringing the sequel much unwanted attention.  David Koepp was the last writer who contributed to the screenplay, following Jeff Nathanson and Etan Cohen. 

The blockbuster movie game has changed quite a bit since Men in Black II arrived in theaters almost a decade ago, and has changed even more since the original impressed as a novel sci-fi action comedy way, way back in 1997.  Of course, the current novelty is 3D, so Men in Black III, which sees the return of Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, and director Barry Sonnenfeld, was filmed in three dimensions.  Studios also like to roll out their tentpole releases in the jumbo-sized IMAX format, so it's no surprise that this particular franchise will be screening in IMAX 3D.  In a press release from the Foregone Conclusions department at Sony Pictures, the plan was made official today.