( EW.com ) -- Sony Pictures has started development on the fourth movie in the `` Men in Black '' franchise , EW has confirmed . The Wrap first reported the news . The 'Men in Black 3 ' ending makes no sense , no sense at all . Oren Uziel , who is writing the upcoming `` Mortal Kombat '' movie , has scored the screenwriting gig for `` MIB 4 . '' He is also writing Sony 's sequel to `` 21 Jump Street , '' last year 's hit comedy starring Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill . That sequel will open on June 6 , 2014 . No release date has been set for `` MIB 4 . '' Why Will Smith turned down 'Django ' `` Men in Black 3 '' was a box office success last summer , earning the franchise 's highest worldwide gross . The time-traveling threequel brought back franchise stars Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones , and also starred Josh Brolin as an uncanny younger version of Jones ' Agent K. See the original story at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
Sony 's kicked off development for a fourth `` Men in Black '' Oren Uziel will write the script . The film is set to be directed by David Fincher and stars Morgan Freeman as Dr. Emmett Brown, who was abducted from his home at age 13, then raised by an eccentric millionaire named Atticus Finch