Friday, October 30

• Men in Black 3 Pushing Forward

  Despite having no confirmation that either Will Smith or Tommy Lee Jones will return for another sequel, Columbia Pictures is pushing forward with Men in Black 3. Variety reports that its studio has hired Etan Cohen (Tropic Thunder) to write the script.

  THR reports that Barry Sonnenfeld, who directed both Men in Black movies, will come back for the third and that Smith is "interested" in possibly returning as well.

  The pressure's on Cohen now, who will need to write a script good enough to convince Smith, and hopefully Jones as well, to return to the franchise. Sonnenfeld just needs to make a better movie than Men in Black 2 ... or at least his last effort, the dreadful RV.

  
  

  Posted 10/30/2009 by Ryan

  Related: Barry Sonnenfeld | Etan Cohen | Men In Black 3 | Men in Black II

Monday, June 1

• Columbia Pictures to Produce Tom Swift, Barry Sonnenfeld to Direct

  Variety reports that Columbia Pictures will produce a big-screen adaptation of the Tom Swift novels, which first arrived in 1910. Director Barry Sonnenfeld (Get Shorty, Men in Black II) and BenDavid Grabinski pitched the idea successfully as a potential directing vehicle for Sonnenfeld.

  The original stories were part of a sci-fi series that featured Swift as a brilliant young inventor, and this new version will reportedly have Swift as half of a father-son team.

  This is not the first time studios have tried to adapt Tom Swift for the movies. Gene Kelly was scheduled to direct a version in the late 1960s, but it was canceled at the last minute. Another adaptation was planned in the mid-1970s, but it too was axed.

  Sonnenfeld is currently working on MGM's action-comedy The How-To Guide for Saving the World, which is adapted from Grabinski's script.

  
  

  Posted 06/01/2009 by Rich Z

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