Will Smith has signed on to return as Agent Jay and Tommy Lee Jones is in advanced negotiations to return as Agent Kay in the film which Sony confirmed will be in 3D. Josh Brolin is also in talks to play the younger version of Kay.

Barry Sonnenfeld directs from a script by Etan Cohen and production aims to kick off this Fall. MIB3 will open against Peter Berg’s board game adaptation “Battleship” scheduled to open the same day.

Ouch, I feel for Peter Berg – and even though I’m sure his film will be excellent the MIB franchise is a one big, anticipated mother of a… well, let’s just say MIB has a strong following. But then again, maybe the two can coexist during the first weekend…

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Fincher wants a “European look” for the film and is planning to shoot all the exteriors in Sweden. Due to tax incentives though, studio work will be done in other countries.

Surprisingly Fincher also wants to keep Swedish locations intact instead of shifting the action to the U.S. like so many remakes. The move will draw further comparisons with the already released and acclaimed Swedish-language film trilogy which shot in several of the locations mentioned in Larsson’s novels.

The Swedish shoot also brings up the question of language – will all the characters talk in English or only some, and will Lisbeth Salander or Mikael Blomqvist be changed into being British or American characters (the casting has yet to be locked down)?

Shooting will kick off in October.

When Michael Bay made the original film, he was a video director looking to break through in Hollywood; now, he oversees massive productions of films like the “Transformers” movies. Back in 1995, Will Smith was slowly overcoming his teen-oriented-rapper stigma as the “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” TV show was winding down and small movies like “Six Degrees of Separation” were earning him decent reviews; nowadays, he is arguably the most bankable movie star in the world. Some would wonder why outlandish-but-effective detectives Mike Lowery and Marcus Burnett would pop up again now, when the “Bad Boys” talents each have successful careers of their own (Lawrence just opened “Death at a Funeral” this past weekend). According to Martin, however, the time to reunite is now.

“Any time you can get Big Willie to come out and talk about doing a third installment of a hot movie like ‘Bad Boys,’ you have to take notice,” Lawrence explained. “I met with Michael Bay, and he said he’s on board too — so it’s real.”

Writer Peter Craig is putting together a script for Columbia, and the “Bad Boys” team is ready. “I got Big Willie to come down and see me about the movie. I felt special,” Lawrence said of a visit Smith paid to his friend recently to talk about getting the band back together, adding that at this point, the green light is in the hands of the franchise producer. “We’re just waiting on Jerry Bruckheimer to let us know when it’s really real.”

So, hopefully we will get to see Burnett and Lowery doing their stuff in the not so distant future. We’ll keep you posted.

Also, two characters from the upcoming movie may be making earlier appearances… According to a trusted source, a scene about Captain America and Thor will appear after the end credits of “Iron Man 2” – much like the way Nick Fury made a camera in a post-credits scene at the end of 2008′s “Iron Man“.

Could we see two hunky guys named Chris – Chris Evans and Chris Hemsworth – in full costume? Unlikely. The crucial wording here is that it’s a “scene about” the two characters meaning one or both may not even pop up on screen but rather merely referenced.

Production would begin sometime next year for release May 4th 2012.

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The 2003 James Bond satire had Rowan Atkinson starring as an inept British Intelligence worker called into service after every secret agent in the country is wiped out in an explosion at a funeral. He soon uncovers a plot by French prison entrepreneur Pascal Sauvage (John Malkovich) to steal the British Crown Jewels.

The original cost a modest $40 million and even though it flopped in the U.S. ($28 million), it did very well overseas with a global $161 million haul. Oliver Parker is on board to direct with the budget expected to be around the same. The move is seen as an example of the struggling studio’s new plans to avoid high-cost, high-risk fare.

Hamish McColl penned the screenplay.

Filming kicks off in August.

More recent, Emmerich told Latino Review Fox just wasn’t willing to cut their teeth over the list price for one Will Smith. Being the only movie-star in the world (an actor who guarantees asses in seats), Smith gets $20 million up front plus first dollar gross. That alone has stopped the studio cold from moving forward. Until now it seems.

IESB has received a tip that Will Smith is now locked for not only “Independence Day 2,” but also a third installment. The plan would be to shoot both films back-to-back. Whether the studio opts to go the “Matrix” route and release the two films six months apart or do like the “Pirates of the Caribbean” sequels and split them by a year remains to be seen. According to our sources, if all goes according to plan, the sequel(s) could shoot as early as 2011.

Still, this is all unconfirmed facts and until Fox verifies it… it’s speculations and rumors. IESB claims to have gotten this from an reliable source so hopefully it’s just a matter of time before we can move this from the rumors cabinet to the facts archive.

The pair first teamed on 2005′s acclaimed and multi-award winning “A History of Violence” which pulled in $60 million worldwide. The relationship proved so effective that they teamed again for 2007′s “Eastern Promises” which $56 million worldwide and also scored extremely good reviews on par with ‘History’.

Now “Eastern Promises” screenwriter Steve Knight has penned a sequel with Viggo Mortensen set to reprise his role as Russian mafia hitman Nikolai and Cronenberg seemingly set to direct. Focus Features hopes to get the film into production by the end of the year, but it would have to be after Cronenberg’s “The Talking Cure” which Mortensen signed onto earlier this month. ‘Cure’ begins shooting May 17th.

Paramount has already locked in a release date for the pic, which is set to open January 7, 2011.

The storyline is being kept under tight wraps, although generally revolves around the ease with which men and women become sexually involved, but have a far more difficult time establishing emotional bonds. “It’s an issue ripe for discussion,” Reitman told Daily Variety.

Portman is in theaters this fall with the adventure-comedy “Your Highness.” She recently wrapped production on Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan,” and also is set to star in Kenneth Branagh’s “Thor.” Kutcher was most recently seen in Gary Marshall’s “Valentine’s Day,” and will next be seen in Robert Luketic’s action-comedy “Killers” opposite Katherine Heigl.

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Still, there is a lot of fans out there and many are wondering what Mulcahy’s plans are. Let’s hear what he had to say about the remake:

“…Let me assure you – I mean we are not screwing around with the obviously very much beloved 80s Michael J. Fox classic, we are not doing that. Obviously it’s inspired by it, but the new MTV Teen Wolf takes out a totally different slant, taking more of the slant of “The Lost Boys,” so to speak. It still has humor, but it’s basically got horror and humor. The humor is in the characters and the real situations and the teenagers, it’s very real and not played for any obvious laughs – they come from the situation. So there is definitely humor and horror, we really, really wanted to go for that and also the reality. Also it’s obviously pumped up with not only a good scary score, but it’s also pumped up with great music…”

Anyway, I welcome a remake. I don’t believe it takes anything away from the original. Besides, we all know that Michael J. Fox is the one and only Teen Wolf.

Harold Howard: Listen son. You’re going to be able to do a lot of things the other guys aren’t.
Scott Howard: Oh yeah, like chase cars, and bite the mailman?

Born in Toronto in 1971, Haim got his start in television commercials at age 10. He made his feature debut in 1984′s “Firstborn,” and his profile grew with such pics as 1985′s “Silver Bullet.” Corey’s career peaked with his roles in 1986′s “Lucas” and the Joel Schumacher-helmed hit “The Lost Boys” in 1987, in which he battled vampires. He also appeared in 2008 sequel “Lost Boys: The Tribe.”

Haim acknowledged his struggle with drug abuse to a British tabloid in 2004. “I was working on ‘Lost Boys’ when I smoked my first joint,” he told the Sun. “I did cocaine for about a year and a half, then it led to crack.” He sought to mount a comeback as a thesp, going so far as to run an ad in Daily Variety in February 2008 that stated: “This is not a stunt. I’m back. I’m ready to work. I’m ready to make amends.”

“As he got out of bed, he felt a little weak and went down to the floor on his knees,” assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said. An autopsy will determine Haim’s cause of death. “There was no evidence of foul play“, police Sgt. Michael Kammert said. “Haim had flu-like symptoms before he died and was getting over-the-counter and prescription medications“, police Sgt. William Mann said.

R.I.P. Corey. You will be missed.