Chris Hemsworth reteams with Tessa Thompson for 'Men in Black' spinoff
Following the success of Thor: Ragnarok, Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth are looking to reteam on another big movie.
Thompson is in talks to join Hemsworth in Sony's Men in Black spinoff, sources tell Variety. F. Gary Gray, who previously helmed Straight Outta Compton and The Fate of the Furious, is on board to direct.
Hemsworth and Thompson would play the new Men in Black agents in the spinoff, replacing Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, who starred in the previous installments.
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The studio fast-tracked the project earlier this fall, setting Matt Holloway and Art Marcum to pen the script and dating a May 17, 2019, release. Steven Spielberg will serve as executive producer.
The original movie followed Smith and Jones, who played agents of a secret organization, known as the Men in Black, and protected Earth from intergalactic bad guys. The first film was huge hit and produced two more sequels.
Sony had originally planned on combining the Men in Black and 21 Jump Street franchises, but have since tabled that idea.
Along with Thor: Ragnarok, Thompson can be seen next in HBO's second season of Westworld as well as the sequel to Creed.
Melbourne native Hemsworth next returns as Thor in Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War, out in Australian cinemas April 25.
