Despite some initial involvement from David Koepp ( who left to work on '' Spider-Man '' ) , the script for '' Men in Black II '' was written by Robert Gordon and later revised by Barry Fanaro ( who added pop culture references , something which Gordon had deliberately avoided ) . Sonnenfeld took issue with the producers ' focus on the love story between Will Smith 's and Rosario Dawson 's characters , saying that " I learned on '' Wild Wild West '' that audiences did n't want to see Will as the straight man . And until Tommy comes back into the movie , by definition Will 's the straight man . " Fanaro condensed the first part of the film and brought Agent K in earlier . The climax of the second film was originally to have taken place at New York City 's World Trade Center . This had to be changed following the destruction of the buildings in the September 11 attacks . The day after the attacks of September 11 , a spokesperson for the studio said that the ending would be refilmed
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
Men in Black (film series)