After ten years away from the screen, the MiB are still operating in secret under the nose of John Q. Public. A powerful enemy escapes their holding cell and travels backward in time to kill Agent K and rewrite history. Agent J, being the fan of history that he is, finds a way to jump back in time as well to stop the fiendish plot. This is a pretty vague first look, so let’s look forward to a longer, more plot-driven trailer. In other words, let’s see Alice Eve in some tiny 1960′s dresses.

Not content with only adhering to one Hollywood convention, he also took a page out of Joseph Kosinsky’s Horizons playbook, basing his film on a graphic novel that has yet to be written. The graphic novel will be penned by Grant Morrison, whose resume also includes Batman and The Invisibles.

Because the plot will be so important, let’s give it a rundown. An alien invasion happens during the time of dinosaurs, and a world war is waged. Wow. They really haven’t written this story yet.

Dominion will follow MIB III, but probably not immediately, as the graphic novel isn’t due out until year’s end so I wouldn’t expect production on this guy to kick off until mid-late 2012.

Who wins in a battle of dinosaurs and aliens? The smart money is on the the theatergoer! (I feel dirty.) (Deadline)

Stuhlbarg will play a character named Griffin. The role was originally offered to Sharlto Copley, but that deal never went through. Nothing is known about the character beyond his name, so we can’t accurately say whether he will get covered with slime or will cover somebody else with slime. I’m 90% certain that slime will factor in, however. Unless there is another re-write (snarf-laughs and then hi-fives other movie bloggers). (THR)

Baldwin had signed on to play the MiB boss back in 1969 but now schedule conflicts will prevent him from playing the straight man opposite coffee-drinking worms. “I’m not doing that. I’m out of it; the schedule didn’t work out,” he said.

I’m sure Stephen Baldwin is available though. That would be good too, right everyone? Guys? You want Stephen? Stephen Baldwin? He’s available. Sorry Stephen. Maybe next time. (Vulture)

Here they come, the Men In Black… galaxy delayers…

Looks like production has been delayed once again for director Barry Sonnenfeld‘s Men In Black III. The threequel halted filming once more to work on script issues, and after seeing Men In Black II, I believe that’s time well spent.

After a two month hiatus from December to February, the film was supposed to get back to shooting this week. That did not happen, and now the start date has been bumped back to March 28th. In the new entry into the series, Will Smith goes back in time to save a young Agent K (played by Josh Brolin) and the entire world (naturally). Perhaps the producers were planning on sending Smith back to the beginning of shooting with a copy of the finished script, to save the production a ton of money.

Etan Cohen (Tropic Thunder) wrote the original draft, and Jeff Nathanson (Catch Me If You Can) has been brought in to rewrite the 60s-era time travel scenes. I thought the fun of this series was watching Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith bust alien ass. Do we really want to see an Austin Powers-y version of MIB? Even though it’s in 3D, the description of the plot does not make me horny, baby.

MIB 3 is still scheduled to mind-wipe moviegoers on May 25th, 2012. (Collider)

Jemaine Clement of "Flight of the Concords" fame is slated to play the villain in Men in Black III. Clement joins Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin and director Barry Sonnenfeld, who have all signed on to the project.

While details are scarce, Collider is reporting that Clement will play an evil character named Yaz. Based on Clement’s sideburns, one can only assume that "Yaz" is none other than Boston Red Sox’s great Carl Yastrzemski, aka Mutton-chop Yaz.

On the plus side, it would be hard to make a film any worse than MIB II. Unfortunately, Clement was already involved in the sci-fi related catastrophe, Gentleman Broncos, so anything is possible.

^{"I found this in Mrs. Lee Jones’ sock drawer."}

Will Smith and Columbia Pictures have officially chosen a date, so you can stop asking all the time, Will Smith’s mom. As foretold in the Ancient Scrolls of Fresh Princia, Men in Black 3D will indeed open Memorial Day Weekend 2012. Deadline reports that the sequel has set the film for a May 25th, 2012 release. Known in many circles as "Big Willy Weekend." Note: circles of idiots.

Tommy Lee Jones has yet to sign on, nor has Josh Brolin. The production is in the process of finalizing their deals. It’s unclear at this point which role Jaden Smith will be shoe-horned into, but I’m sure it will be justly earned. He’ll earn it you guys.

_{Barry Sonnenfeld confirming the news.}

Director Barry Sonnenfeld told Showbiz 411 that Men in Black 3D is closer to happening sometime at some point. Will Smith has officially signed on and Tommy Lee Jones nodded awhile back, thus confirming his involvement. There’s only the small matter of a script, which didn’t seem to hinder the production of MiB2. I’m pretty sure the shooting draft of that was scribbled on the back pages of a Wild Wild West script. 

Men in Black 3D will be in 3D, as the title suggests and your common sense surmised. It’s most likely Sony’s hope that it lands in theaters Memorial Day 2011. Will Smith has a history of making that weekend his box office bitch.