Men in Black 3 Has Problems, Huh?

Don't know exactly whose bone Amy Paschal is gnawing on this morning. That's assuming she's already discovered the identity of the mole. I'm speaking, of course, about the recent THR post that painted a bad picture on the production of Men in Black 3. No disrespect whatsoever to the author(s) of said article because it was an interesting (translation: in a good way) read.

But acting like a big studio-driven tentpole intended for mass-market consumption getting greenlit despite gaping, wounding script/story-problems and a looming release date practically with a gun to its head is unusual, it isn't. Not by a long-shot. Yes, it is news-worthy to discuss. But it's nowhere near a rarity as been played up by some.

Everyone online can talk a shit-storm up along with doom-and-glooming this production. But at the end of the day, the general public doesn't pay attention to any of this as the following five words proved; X-Men: The Last Stand.

While the Bryan Singer-directed Superman Returns had overwhelmingly favorable press during its development, the Brett Ratner-directed Last Stand was endlessly ridiculed for how rushed it was with major script-woes, its game of directorial-musical chairs and, once again, a release date that had to be met. Yet despite all that, more people chose to spend their $8-$10 on the third X-Men movie than the first (and ultimately ill-fated; until last year thanks to Christopher Nolan) new Superman movie.

Curious if there'll be anywhere near as much nay-saying towards, say, Star Trek 2.

Here's another big sequel set for summer 2012 release; specifically, June 29th. But as it stands (as I type this), still has no finished screenplay submitted to Paramount. All we kept hearing last year was, "The script will be turned in right before Christmas." Then it changed to "The script will be turned in when we get back for the new year."

A recent post by my alma-mater Screen Rant stated while there's still no submitted screenplay, Paramount executives do know the story, have approved it and it's supposed to be in their hands this month. It's also still unresolved if J.J. Abrams will sit in the director's chair again although to be fair, all signs point to "Yes." They also have a release date casting a large shadow over them and the production (scheduled to start up around August) will rushed to make it to the finish line. So again I wonder if they'll get any shit for gunning through this. Doesn't sound too far off from Men in Black 3, if you ask me.

Mind you, I'm not knocking either production here. Like many of you, I can't wait for the Trek sequel and couldn't care less about another Men in Black. In fact, I've stated it on multiple articles here, forums I frequent, the Movie Hole podcast Hole Cast that I've been fortune enough to appear and our own Movie Moan podcast that Sony is full retard to put The Amazing Spider-Man anywhere near Star Trek 2 because it will be eaten alive.

In fact, if you're listening to me right here's your out, Sony. Swap Men in Black 3 and Spider-Man's release dates. Trek 2 will still be a formidable foe, and will still win out regardless. But you stand a better chance with Will "King of July 4^th" Smith facing off against Captain Kirk and Spock instead of a commercially-unproven new web-slinger in Andrew Garfield. It would also give that troubled production additional time to get done where the Spider-Man reboot is now four months into filming.

Just putting it out there for you to consider, Sony.