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Men in Black is a 1997 American science fiction action comedy film [2] starring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith as "men in black", government agents who monitor and police extraterrestrials. The film is directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, based on a script by Ed Solomon, that adapts the Marvel comic book series The Men in Black by Lowell Cunningham.
Men in Black is a science fiction comedy media franchise that originated with the Malibu/Marvel comic book of the same name created by American author Lowell Cunningham.The franchise focuses on the titular non-governmental organization which monitors and regulates paranormal and alien activity on Earth while preventing civilians from finding out about it.
The 1997 science-fiction film Men In Black, starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, was loosely based on The Men in Black comic book series created by Lowell Cunningham and Sandy Carruthers. [11] Cunningham got the idea for the comic when he and a friend saw a black van on the street and his friend joked about government "men in black". [12]
J investigates and realizes that it requires knowledge of events that only K possesses. After other recruited MiB agents fail to meet J's standards as a partner, J decides to bring back K and restore K's memory as an MiB agent to try and stop Serleena. Men in Black II was released on July 3, 2002, to mixed reviews and grossed $441 million ...
While J finds himself trying to get K to return to MIB HQ, matters are complicated when a group of Chop-Shoppers, black market starship thieves, kidnap him, leading J to call for help from L. Note: This episode was taken off the television airwaves after 2001 due to a scene that resembled the events of 9/11.
The film fell 64% in its second weekend to $10.7 million, finishing fourth, then made $6.7 million in its third weekend, finishing sixth. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] Worldwide, it was released concurrently with the United States in 56 additional countries and was projected to gross $70–85 million, for a worldwide debut of $100–115 million. [ 39 ]
Not much is known about the life of J (or James Darrel Edwards III) prior to being recruited into Men in Black.His father, United States Army Colonel James Darrell Edwards Jr, was working security at Kennedy Space Center for the Apollo 11 launch, when he was murdered by the alien Boris the Animal after assisting Agent K in stopping a chain of events that would have led to K's death and a large ...
"Men in Black" features a sample from "Forget Me Nots" by Patrice Rushen written by Patrice Rushen, Terry McFadden and Fred Washington"We Just Wanna Party with You" contains portions of "Get Down On It" by Kool & the Gang written by Robert Bell, James Taylor, George Brown, Ronald Bell, Claydes Smith, Robert Mickens and E. Deodato