Chris Hemsworth & Tessa Thompson talk about the upcoming Men in Black reboot

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

Director F. Gary Gray is looking to reboot the once enormously popular MEN IN BLACK franchise but this time it looks like Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson (THOR: RAGNAROK) will be stepping into the suits and ray bans instead of the series' old go-to's Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith.

If you're still reading this then I guess you're still interested in the reboot so you might be interested to hear that Hemsworth and Thompson were recently out and about and dropped some new details on the upcoming film.

Chris Hemsworth told Variety:

We’re developing the script now. We’re basically trying to put a lot of humor in to it like the previous ones. These are obviously some big big shoes to fill, so we’re working our butts off on it to make something pretty epic and fun. They’re trying to change up the locations, make it feel unique and different to the last ones as well. So I think you might even see some different countries, possibily. Some different cities than you’ve seen in the previous Men In Black movies.

Tessa Thompson told Metro:

We’re doing it. It is super happening. Chris Hemsworth and myself are back at them, F. Gary Gray is directing. It is a really fun fantastic script. I really love those movies. I think they hold up. I watched them again recently. I really love them. And it is taking the ‘Men In Black’ franchise and setting it now and making it global in scope. It is like an international team so you get to see sort of agents across the globe.

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MEN IN BLACK (1997) synopsis:

They are the best-kept secret in the universe. Working for a highly funded yet unofficial government agency, Kay (Tommy Lee Jones) and Jay (Will Smith) are the Men in Black, providers of immigration services and regulators of all things alien on Earth. While investigating a series of unregistered close encounters, the MIB agents uncover the deadly plot of an intergalactic terrorist who is on a mission to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies currently in residence in New York City.

The reboot is set to be directed by F. Gary Gray (FRIDAY) from a script written by Matt Holloway and Art Marcum (IRON MAN). Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald will produce with Mr. Steven Spielberg executive producing. MEN IN BLACK: REBOOTED hits theaters June 14, 2019.