The Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson is in negotiations to join Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones in the popular franchise 'Men in Black III', playing MIB operative Agent Oh, who is monitoring a prison breakout, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

As with all sequels, we have here a pale shadow of a memorable original. Merely, the same again.

It's been a dog's life for Will Smith, back in action in his dark suit and cool shades as Agent J in the second Men in Black blockbuster ... and playing second fiddle to a mutt.