Men in Black 3 Taking Rewrite Break In Middle of Production
Tue, November 16, 2010 
Bitched plenty of times here, and elsewhere, about how audiences will likely shun the forthcoming Spider-Man reboot and additional X-Men prequels on the basis of being burned too severely by the previous installments. That is to say they'll under-perform (by no means will they tank).
But that won't be the case for Men in Black 3, solely because it stars the galaxy’s only movie-star Will Smith. It’s gonna make bank. Whether it will suck, nobody knows for the time being.
But this report from 24 Frames implies chances are iffy.
While production starts today and will go into Christmas week, the filmmakers have opted for a highly unorthodox move. Things won't recommence until the middle of February 2011, and in the two month period between screenwriter Jeff Nathanson will focus his attention of on the threequel's heavy time-travel elements. Will Smith's Agent Jay goes back to 1969 and teams with Josh Brolin's youthful Agent Kay.
That doesn't exactly speak wonders for the script especially when we're talking a big expensive tentpole and the fact that the crews will reporedly continue being parid during the two-month break. Even after those set of rewrites are finished, they'll be additional rewrites on set too. Most likely, there will be – which, to be fair, is standard operating procedure.
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I lost all interest in this film when it was pretty much confirmed TLJ would be reduced to a pathetic cameo. A waste of a good actor.