Overview
- The screenplay assignment goes to Chris Bremner, the writer behind Bad Boys for Life and Bad Boys: Ride or Die.
- Insiders say the finished draft will be sent to Will Smith in hopes he reprises Agent J, but he is not attached and will decide only after reading.
- No director, cast or producer deals are in place at this stage, and Sony declined to comment on the development.
- The franchise has generated about $1.904 billion worldwide across four films, though 2019’s Men in Black: International underperformed.
- All prior entries were produced by Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald with Steven Spielberg as executive producer, and it is unclear if they will return; Deadline first reported the news.