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Sonnenfeld says 'MIB3' in the works

Actors Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith (R) attend Nickelodeon's 23rd annual Kids' Choice Awards held at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles on March 27, 2010. UPI/Jim Ruymen
Actors Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith (R) attend Nickelodeon's 23rd annual Kids' Choice Awards held at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles on March 27, 2010. UPI/Jim Ruymen | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, April 21 (UPI) -- U.S. film director Barry Sonnenfeld says Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are set to star in a third installment in the "Men in Black" film franchise.

Sonnenfeld confirmed the development to The Hollywood Reporter Wednesday.

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Few plot details are known regarding the upcoming science-fiction comedy, which is expected to open in 3D in May 2011, Empire Online said.

The previous two "MIB" movies -- released in 1997 and 2002 -- featured Smith and Jones as U.S. government agents dealing with space aliens who come to Earth.

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