Men In Black International

Agent Coulson · 21-09-2018 12:32pm #1

First look at the the new MiB.

Thor and the Valkyrie are now the MiB, Agent H and Agent M London based agents.

Emma Thosmpson returns as Agent O and Liam Nesson as the head of London MiB.

Rebecca Ferguson also joins the cast.

https://twitter.com/chrishemsworth/status/1042841043081875457

JP Liz V1 · 15-12-2018 10:55pm

The reboot of Men In Black, which is led by Chris Hemsworth and his Thor: Ragnarok co-star Tessa Thompson, has been given a title.
The film, which has been directed by F. Gary Gray is to be titled Men In Black International.

For the new reboot, the story will follow Hemsworth's Agent H and Thompson's Agent M. This time, the film is set in London and will follow the secret agents as they become involved in a murder mystery that sends them travelling the globe.
Liam Neeson, Kumail Nanjiani, Rafe Spall, Rebecca Ferguson, and Emma Thompson co-star in the film.
Men In Black International will be released on June 14th in 2019.

https://www.thewrap.com/chris-hemsworth-tessa-thompson-men-in-black-international/

mikhail · 16-12-2018 2:33am

Bland title, for a movie I hadn't heard anything about. Is it normal that a movie get named less than six months from release?

Agents H & M?

If they weren't liable to spend the whole movie in black suits, you'd be forgiven for assuming the marketing department had had hand in naming them.

Likeable leads offer a little hope though.

16-12-2018 7:48am

mikhail wrote: »

Bland title, for a movie I hadn't heard anything about. Is it normal that a movie get named less than six months from release?

Agents H & M?

If they weren't liable to spend the whole movie in black suits, you'd be forgiven for assuming the marketing department had had hand in naming them.

Likeable leads offer a little hope though.

They have already renamed it “non binary cis gendered’s in an innoffensive garment”

Reati · 16-12-2018 8:33am

Eye roll. Sounds like another Independence Day resurgence film. Crappy.

branie2 · 17-12-2018 11:59pm

Sounds good

Sabre0001 · 20-12-2018 2:29pm

https://twitter.com/GameSpot/status/1075756452684300289

It looks....fine?

mikhail · 20-12-2018 2:33pm

Sabre0001 wrote: »

It looks....fine?

That's pretty generous. It looks like expensive fan fiction.

EoinMcLovin · 20-12-2018 2:40pm

For those who have Twitter blocked on their computer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BV-WEb2oxLk

pixelburp · 20-12-2018 2:42pm

Hemsworth basically playing Thor by the looks of this trailer, albeit minus the cod-Shakespearean accent. And dunno other folks, but I kinda picked up the absence of Barry Sonnenfeld; the film looked very bland, lacking that heightened comic 'pop' Sonnenfeld's films possess (like the original MiB, Adams Family or Netflix's A Series of Unfortunate Events)

Agent Coulson · 20-12-2018 2:47pm

Slydice · 21-12-2018 1:40am

Agent Coulson wrote: »

While much the same as the other trailer, that felt stronger in the beginning

TheIrishGrover · 21-12-2018 9:11am

I never really GOT the MIB movies. I saw the first one in the cinema when it came out and, when I came out, my thoughts were along the lines of: "Did I see a different film to the one everyone is raving about? It was...... Meh". The characters were bland, the effects, while very good, were, to me, uninteresting. For some reason I found the dialogue annoying (I can't explain why). I mean obviously this is just my own personal opinion and I do seem to be in the minority.

About the only thing I did like in the first one was "Z". But everything else just looked so...... blah.

And, I must say, I feel the same way about this. I mean the cast is great. Tessa Thompson and Hemsworth have great chemistry on Thor and you can't beat Emma Thompson and Liam Neeson. I hope it does well but I think it's about 10 years too late and it still looks Meh and annoying to me. (Much like that RIPD movie).

Plus, how long before either someone says it should be "People In Black"? I suppose that'll be brought up in the movie. *sigh*

Edit: Ah, I see people have already joked about the title. Plus, My God but was it me or is there a VERY quick turnaround on this. It seems like the casting was only confirmed a couple of months ago and they already have quite a polished trailer out?

Sabre0001 · 21-12-2018 9:13am

Man -> Mankind
Men -> Menkind in Black ?

Slydice · 25-04-2019 3:36pm

Two more trailers.. USA (I guess) and International

USA

International

pixelburp · 26-04-2019 2:01pm

Looks like they're leaning into more CGI aliens than the practical FX from the original films, which is a shame. Otherwise it looks all right, couldn't be any worse or superfluous than Men in Black 3.

Interesting compare & contrast for those trailers though, isn't it? The US trailer leans heavily into that little alien sidekick (voiced by Kumail Nanjiani), yet barely features in the International version.

Slydice · 26-04-2019 2:06pm

pixelburp wrote: »

Interesting compare & contrast for those trailers though, isn't it? The US trailer leans heavily into that little alien sidekick (voiced by Kumail Nanjiani), yet barely features in the International version.

I also noticed they cut the line about Women in Black for the International trailer.

Reminds me of some analysis Grace did. Something about how Black Panther features much less on Chinese posters.

I'm guessing it's the marketing folks trying to pull in as much money as possible. Kinda hints at what their marketing research has told them about what to share in different parts of the world.

Charles Ingles · 26-04-2019 2:09pm

Great to see diversity in the lead roles

razorblunt · 26-04-2019 2:15pm

Hopefully they have a chemistry similar to Thor: Ragnarok but jeez that "Men? ... "i know I'm working on it" line was a proper facepalm.

Kirby · 27-04-2019 7:57am

Charles Ingles wrote: »

Great to see diversity in the lead roles

Bit of a weird comment. The original Men in Black's lead character was Will Smith.

This franchise has never had a diversity problem.

Charles Ingles · 27-04-2019 8:02am

Kirby wrote: »

Bit of a weird comment. The original Men in Black's lead character was Will Smith.

This franchise has never had a diversity problem.

Now we have a person of coloured woman,it's great to see a lady in the lead role I'd say she is a great actor

Dades · 27-04-2019 8:46pm

Charles Ingles wrote: »

Now we have a person of coloured woman,it's great to see a lady in the lead role I'd say she is a great actor

Linda Fiorentino was one of the best things about the original. Always a shame she didn't get to lead the sequel.

Charles Ingles · 27-04-2019 8:56pm

Dades wrote: »

Linda Fiorentino was one of the best things about the original. Always a shame she didn't get to lead the sequel.

I agree she was excellent, wasn't she in the Kevin Spacey film about the general?

Dades · 27-04-2019 9:12pm

Charles Ingles wrote: »

I agree she was excellent, wasn't she in the Kevin Spacey film about the general?

Never actually seen that. Just looking at her IMDB she was in it alright. She's done very little in the last 20 years at all which is a pity as she was an awesome femme fatale.

Charles Ingles · 27-04-2019 10:32pm

Dades wrote: »

Never actually seen that. Just looking at her IMDB she was in it alright. She's done very little in the last 20 years at all which is a pity as she was an awesome femme fatale.

Her Dublin accent was so good I thought she was Irish

silverharp · 13-06-2019 5:25pm

this film is out tomorrow, seems like another turkey in the offing?

mikhail · 14-06-2019 3:38am

26% on rottentomatoes right now. Their summary is that it's amiable, and the stars have chemistry, but the franchise is worked out.

branie2 · 16-06-2019 10:27pm

I thought it was very good

titan18 · 17-06-2019 10:39am

It's not great by any stretch, but I preferred it over some of the other recent summer films. Haven't seen Dark Phoenix yet, but thought this was a lot better than Godzilla for example, and pretty on par with Aladdin. Not as good as John Wick 3, Detective Pikachu or Endgame though in the other big releases.

AMKC · 17-06-2019 6:51pm

So I went and seen this and really enjoyed it. I do think Chris Pine would have been better as Agent H do than Chris Hemsworth. That's not to say Hemsworth was bad just that I think this part would have suited Pine more than Hemsworth.
There is humour in it and some lovely scenery as well as cool special FX.
There is some decent fights in it too.
I also thought the story was good and there is a nice twist or two in it as well.

I think it would be really cool to see Will Smith and Liam Neeson do one together. I also think it would be cool to see agent M again as well if there is another MIB movie.

I would give it a 7 out of 10.

Agent Coulson · 17-06-2019 8:07pm

AMKC wrote: »

So I went and seen this and really enjoyed it. I do think Chris Pine would have been better as Agent H do than Chris Hemsworth. That's not to say Hemsworth was bad just that I think this part would have suited Pine more than Hemsworth.
There is humour in it and some lovely scenery as well as cool special FX.
There is some decent fights in it too.
I also thought the story was good and there is a nice twist or two in it as well.

I think it would be really cool to see Will Smith and Liam Neeson do one together. I also think it would be cool to see agent M again as well if there is another MIB movie.

I would give it a 7 out of 10.

The Chrises

Mr E · 19-06-2019 11:07pm

Another one the reviews got wrong. I really enjoyed this.

Great fun, good story, good effects, good chemistry between Hemsworth and Thompson, the twins were great villains and Kumail Nanjiani was hilarious.

Easily a 7/10.

Homelander · 08-09-2019 5:51pm

I thought this was easily the worst of all the films and it felt like a lot of the cast were just phoning it in. It's really watchable but forgettable (with a few good individual scenes or characters) and it just made me want to watch MIB 1-3 again more than anything. I'd say it's a 5/10 for me. Not horrible but just about competent.

mikhail · 09-05-2021 9:51pm

It's appeared on Netflix recently, and I gave it a spin. It's mostly competent but completely forgettable. Real waste of a good cast.

One scene that stood out for me was where they had a New York subway train pull up and transform into some kind of chrome and blue flame rocket subway to London. It harks back to the original movie and the idea of a secret world hidden in plain sight. Except this was not a regular subway station. Everyone where worked for MIB, so there was no need for the disguise. It was just rote repetition of images that the film-makers don't understand. The scene summed up Hollywood sequels for me in a few seconds of empty CGI.

pixelburp wrote: »

Looks like they're leaning into more CGI aliens than the practical FX from the original films, which is a shame. Otherwise it looks all right, couldn't be any worse or superfluous than Men in Black 3.

I would say it lacked almost all of the heart of MIB3, but I probably liked that movie more than the average person who saw it.

TheIrishGrover wrote: »

Plus, how long before either someone says it should be "People In Black"? I suppose that'll be brought up in the movie. *sigh*

There are at least three different lines about it in the movie, none of which were funny. Just rename the damned franchise and get it over with, you cowards.

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