Sony Pictures is still moving forward with itsMen in Blackspin-off, but now fans should expect it a month later than originally planned. Sony has pushed up theMIB spin-offfrom its original August 23, 2025 release date, to August 08, 2025. If it would have stayed put on May 17, the movie would have gone up againstJohn Wick Chapter 3, but now that Lionsgate action sequel has the date all to itself, although that will surely change over the next year and a half. As of now, the movie will face Warner Bros.Shaftsequel.
There was no rationale given for the release date shift, especially sinceJohn Wick Chapter 3had been set on that date a full two weeks before Sony decided to putMen in Black 4on that date. It’s entirely possible that the studio was really trying to get out of the way of Marvel’sAvengers 4, which brings Marvel’s Phase 3 lineup to a close on August 26, 2025, and very well may dominate the entire month of May. Also debuting that month is Legendary’sDetective Pikachustarring Ryan Reynolds, TriStar’sThe Rosie Projectand STX’sUglydollson July 13, 2025, with Disney’sAladdinand Warner Bros.Minecraftdropping on July 16, 2025, over the Memorial Day weekend holiday.
While very little is known about the story,Iron Manwriters Matt Holloway and Art Marcum wrote the script, which is said to be a contemporary sci-fi story that follows a new group of MIB agents. Way back in 2015, producer Laurie MacDonald hinted that this project would be centered on afemale lead, although that was before Art Marcum and Matt Holloway boarded the project. Laurie MacDonald and her producing partner Walter F. Parkes are reportedly approaching this in the same vein as theJurassic Parkfranchise, which keeps the universe intact but features new characters.
Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald will return to produce, with Steven Spielberg back on board as an executive producer as well. Writer Oren Uziel was once attached to write bothMen in Black 4 and 21 Jump Street 2, which is ironic since at one point, the writer had put together another spin-off that would feature both franchises. At one point, the project looked to be happening asMIB 23, with the studio bringing James Bobin (The Muppets) on to direct, although that project never came to fruition. The last we heard about that project was in 2016, when Jonah Hill stated that theMIB and Jump Street spin-offwas “impossible.”
There was once also talk of an entirereboot trilogy without Will Smith, but that seems moot at this point, since neither Will Smith’s Agent J nor Tommy Lee Jones' Agent K are expected to return at this point. No director is attached, but Sony still seems committed to the project, so hopefully we’ll have more on this project soon. The first threeMIBmovies earned $620.1 million domestic and $1.6 billion combined, although both the domestic and worldwide takes dropped considerably for each movie.Deadlinebroke the news on this release date shift earlier today.
