Men in Black 3

Movie Details:

Also known as	Men in Black³ MIB³
Based on	The Men in Black by Lowell Cunningham
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Release date	May 14, 2012 (Berlin) May 25, 2012 (United States)
Running time	1hr 46min
Age rating	PG-13
Starring	Will Smith Tommy Lee Jones Josh Brolin Jemaine Clement Michael Stuhlbarg Emma Thompson
Directed by	Barry Sonnenfeld
Written by	Etan Cohen
Produced by	Walter F. Parkes Laurie MacDonald
Cinematography by	Bill Pope
Edited by	Don Zimmerman
Music by	Danny Elfman
Production Company	Columbia Pictures Amblin Entertainment Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation Hemisphere Media Capital Imagenation Abu Dhabi
Distributor	Sony Pictures Releasing

Cast & Characters:

• Will Smith as James Darrell Edwards III / Agent J
  • Cayen Martin portrays J as a child in 1969.
• Tommy Lee Jones as Kevin Brown / Agent K
  • Josh Brolin as Young Kevin Brown / Agent K
• Jemaine Clement as Boris the Animal
• Emma Thompson and Alice Eve as Agent O
• Michael Stuhlbarg as Griffin
• Mike Colter as Colonel James Darrell Edwards II
• Nicole Scherzinger as Lilly Poison
• Michael Chernus as Jeffrey Price
• David Rasche as Agent X
• Keone Young as Mr. Wu
• Bill Hader as Andy Warhol / Agent W
• Lenny Venito as Bowling Ball Head
• David Pittu as Roman the Fabulist
• Lanny Flaherty as Obadiah Price
• Justin Bieber as aliens on the TV monitors (cameo appearance)
• Lady Gaga as aliens on the TV monitors (cameo appearance)
• Yao Ming as aliens on the TV monitors (cameo appearance)
• Tim Burton as aliens on the TV monitors (cameo appearance)
• Will Arnett as Agent J’s new partner Agent AA

Storyline:

After breaking out of LunarMax, a moon-based maximum security prison, Boris the Animal (Jemaine Clement) decides to go back in time and eliminate the person who arrested him – Agent K (Josh Brolin). When he does so, Agent J (Will Smith) realizes that the timeline has been changed and he too travels back to July 15, 1969, the day before Agent K is killed. After overcoming some disbelief, J manages to convince young K and others of just who he is and why he’s there. With the help of Griffin (Michael Stuhlbarg), a being who can see all timelines, they track Boris down. J also learns a secret, something old Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) had never told him.

About Movie:

Men in Black 3 (stylized as MIB³) is an American science fiction action-comedy film inspired by the Marvel Comics series of the same name, itself based on the conspiracy theory about extraterrestrial life. The film was produced by Columbia Pictures and Amblin Entertainment in association with Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation and Hemisphere Media Capital, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing.

It serves as the sequel to Men in Black II (2002), marking the third and final entry in the original Men in Black trilogy. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and written by Etan Cohen, the film stars Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, and Josh Brolin, with Jemaine Clement, Michael Stuhlbarg, Bill Hader, and Emma Thompson in supporting roles.

The concept for the sequel emerged during the production of Men in Black II, with Smith proposing the idea to Sonnenfeld. Despite reports of tension between Smith and Sonnenfeld during the filming of the second movie, both returned alongside Jones by May 2010. David Koepp and Jeff Nathanson were later brought in for uncredited rewrites of Cohen’s original script.

Principal photography took place in two phases: November to December 2010, and again from April to June 2011, primarily in New York City. Initially, Sonnenfeld planned to shoot the film in 3D, but later opted for 2D with a 3D conversion during post-production.

Danny Elfman, who composed the scores for the previous films, returned to score Men in Black 3. With an officially reported production budget of $215 million, it ranks among the most expensive films ever made.

The film premiered at O2 World in Berlin on May 14, 2012, and was released theatrically in the United States on May 25. It received generally positive reviews, with critics praising the performances, particularly Brolin’s, and was seen as an improvement over Men in Black II. Grossing $654.2 million worldwide, it became the tenth-highest-grossing film of 2012 and the top-grossing film in the Men in Black series (unadjusted for inflation).

A standalone sequel, Men in Black: International, was released in 2019, featuring a new cast.

Budget & Box Office Collection:

Budget	$215–225 million
Domestic Opening	$54,592,779
Domestic Collection	$179,020,854
International Collection	$475,192,631
Worldwide Collection	$654,213,485