Is Will Smith killing MEN IN BLACK III?

The word on the street is that he is. With all of the delays that are happening and his giant trailer problems, it looks like Smith’s star power is not helping to get the movie made.

I was reading on The Wrap today and according the their sources, Smith is has pulled out his diva card and isn’t scared to show it.  Personally I like Will Smith.  I think that he fits the classic actor mold.  He sings, he dances and he acts.  To top it all off, he does these things pretty well.  I can understand that he wants to throw a little bit of weight around, but there is a limit. 

The Wrap says they have an inside source that is claiming Smith is “improvising” too much.  Thus causing sets to having to be rebuilt and more money to be wasted.  Here are some excerpts:

 Smith has been throwing his weight around, leading to leaks off the set about demanding behavior -- ordering that a set be torn down because "it wasn't right," and that another set be rebuilt to accommodate his improvisations

Here is some more detail on what has happened so far on the set:

The actor also had a set rebuilt in order to accommodate an improvised scene he filmed, according to two people involved in the production.

The scene involved a telephone call between Smith’s character, Agent J and Tommy Lee Jones’s character, Agent K. Some time after Jones filmed his portion of the call, it was Smith’s turn. But Smith improvised quite a bit, and his part of the conversation no longer matched Jones’s.

Smith told producers he wanted to see Jones on camera responding to the new material -- a request that required the crew to rebuild the set, or at least a few walls of it -- so Jones could film there again.

On another occasion, early in the filming, Smith had the crew tear down a nearly completed set at Kaufman Astoria Studios because it "wasn't right"

This is all the point of view of someone working on the project, so we are only seeing one side of the story.  We can only speculate on what is really going on.  I will wait and see the final result is and judge from there.  If you would like to read the rest of the article click here and let us know what you think.

McMurphy Out!