With the likes of Yoko Ono, Jimi Hendrix, Fidel Castro, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Andy Warhol you might be forgiven for thinking that we’re going to talk about a forthcoming documentary on pop culture in the late 1960s, but no, it’s actually some of (CGI) celebrity aliens (really?) that are apparently set to appear in “Men In Black 3.”
JoBlo has read the script for the film and it sounds about as fun and exciting as a time traveling “Men In Black” might be (as in, not that fun at all). The film will center on Agent Kay (Tommy Lee Jones) and Agent Jay (Will Smith) who must travel back in time to save the world when the villain Yaz (Jemaine Clement) heads to 1969 to kill Kay (the younger version played by Josh Brolin — who is apparently supposed to be a 26 year old). If the plot sounds like a muddled it is; the JoBlo writer couldn’t make sense of the time spanning script on the page which is never a good sign. The other weird thing? Yaz, “described as a nightmare biker who looks like Dennis Hopper and Satan” is apparently “not meant to be particularly funny” which either means Clement is going to have his way with the part and improv his way through this thing, or he’s been horribly miscast (JoBlo cites Ron Perlman or Mickey Rourke being better fits for the role).
As expected, the time traveling element of the story leads to some inevitable “You’ve gotta believe me!” jokes and there are some Apple Store and Apple iPhone jokes which will probably just be one of the money pop culture references/gags that will populate the film.
All this being said, the film isn’t expected to hit theaters (in 3D) until May 25, 2012 and the script could easily go through more changes to make Brolin’s character more age appropriate and the villain more suited to Clement’s sensibilities. In fact, we would be surprised if it didn’t. Also, those celebrities may change depending on whether their respective estates clear them to appear in the film (though obvs, Yoko Ono will either agree or not, though we’re inclined to believe she would pass on this). But these early details do sort of give a pretty good window into the where the sequel is headed. Can’t say we’re too thrilled about it either way it goes.