Lisa Schwarzbaum of "Entertainment Weekly" noted, "Sonnenfeld and Cohen move their baby along with an integrity and gait that ought to serve as a blueprint for other filmmakers faced with the particular challenges of reviving big-ticket and time-dated hunks of pop culture." Rafer Guzman of "Newsday" wrote, "the franchise is no longer the zenith of blockbusterism, and the gooey effects from Hollywood veteran Rick Baker look overly familiar, but "Men in Black 3" remains an amiable comedy with some fondly familiar faces." Director Paul Thomas Anderson praised the film, saying, "It was [expletive] great. ... The time-travel stuff [made me] cry my eyes out. I'm a sucker for that stuff." Rene Rodriguez of "The Miami Herald" gave the film 1 out of 4 stars and stated, ""Men in Black 3" is so dull and empty, it's the first movie that has ever made me think 'Thank God this is in 3D.'" Before its production with different leads, both Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones said that they would "consider" appearing in a . Jones said it would be "easy to pick up where we left off. We know what we are doing, we know how to do it. It's just a hell of a lot of fun." In July 2012, Columbia chief executive Doug Belgrad said: In early 2013, Oren Uziel was writing a "Men in Black 4" screenplay for Sony Pictures. In September 2015, series producers Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald stated the series would be rebooted as a trilogy, most likely without the involvement of Will Smith. In December 2014, it was revealed that Sony was planning a crossover between "Men in Black" and "Jump Street". The news was leaked after Sony's system was hacked and then confirmed by the directors of the "Jump Street" films, Chris Miller and Phil Lord, during an interview. James Bobin was announced as director in 2016. On April 13, 2016, the movie was officially announced and revealed to be titled "MIB 23". However, the project was canceled. A spin-off titled "" was released in June 2019, starring Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson, with Emma Thompson reprising her role.