First Look: Will Smith back in ‘Men in Black 3’

When: Opening midnight at local theaters

Cast: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld

The story: Veteran Agent J travels in time to the 1960s to prevent an alien from assassinating his friend Agent K – and changing history in the process.

The buzz: The future’s in the past for one of the summer’s most troubled wannabe blockbusters, a $250 million, 3-D threequel to the 1997 original that underwent multiple script rewrites and a three-month production shutdown. Joining original stars Smith and Jones: Brolin, who plays the 1960s version of Jones’ Agent K.

– CAROL CLING