Sony is hoping to see the galaxy’s defenders travel back to the big screen, with news that Chris Bremner has been hired to pen the screenplay for a new feature in the Men in Black franchise. The studio has yet to attach a director or cast for the sci-fi series instalment.

Adapting Lowell Cunningham’s Marvel Comics series, director Barry Sonnenfeld’s 1997 film starred Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones as agents of a secret government agency that oversees extra-terrestrial activity on Earth. Smith and Jones would return for 2002’s Men in Black II and 2012’s Men in Black 3.

The franchise was then rebooted in 2019 with Men in Black: International, which starred Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson, but in which neither Smith nor Jones appeared.

Bremner is a frequent collaborator of Will Smith, which may indicate the return of some of the original cast. Bremner’s credits include 2020’s Bad Boys for Life and 2024’s Bad Boys: Ride or Die, which starred Smith and Martin Lawrence. Bremner also worked on Fast and Loose, the upcoming Netflix action feature to which Smith is attached.

Stay tuned for updates on the project as we hear them, including who might direct this next chapter!