Men In Black 3 goes retro

Los Angeles - Men In Black 3 will have "retro aliens".

The third instalment in the science fiction comedy series - which stars Will Smith - will see the characters go back in time to the 60s, which gave legendary horror make-up and special effects artist Rick Baker the chance to create "a whole bunch of cool stuff".

Speaking at Comic-Con on Thursday, he said: "When Men In Black 3 came along and I heard about the time-travel element, I said, 'Okay, it's set in 2012, so we'll have aliens that look like 2012 aliens in that part of the film.

"But when we go back to 1969, wouldn't it be cool to have retro aliens? Big brains, bug eyes, stuff like that?"



'A biker from hell'

"I thought they should have a totally different, retro feel. And they agreed to it, thank God. So I got to make a whole bunch of cool stuff."

A character who will be one of Will's alien monitoring officer character, Agent J's, main adversaries in the film, Boris The Biker, was also previewed at the convention.

The alien, played by Flight of the Conchords star Jemaine Clement, is described by producer Walter Parkes' as "a biker from hell" and sports a huge black beard, a menacing bandana and goggle eye-pieces embedded deep into his eye sockets.

Men In Black 3 is set for release in spring 2012.