The Hacks at Sony Reveal...23 Jump Street Meets Men In Black???

So, did everyone get to watch the mid-season finale of Arrow last night?  I was right! Who'd a thunk it?

Alright, let's get to it.  As everyone had probably heard by now, Sony had been hacked and a lot of their emails were released online.  This has been giving the company some pretty big headaches, but has given us a plethora of movie news!

First off, we've learned that the talks between Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures regarding the inclusion of Spiderman into the Avengers universe may not be dead after all.  It had previously been reported that they had talked about possibly featuring Spiderman in the upcoming Captain America: Civil War with Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures negotiating a "co-production effort," with Marvel taking on 60% of the cost, and Sony covering the other 40%.  That deal ended up going nowhere.

...Except the even bigger big-wigs at Sony Pictures' parent company, Sony, heard about this possible deal, and are now pushing to get it done.  Who could blame them?  They have a multi-billion dollar franchise that they've screwed up so badly that it's not even pulling in a single billion!  Marvel, on the other hand, can almost make that with just one of their movies.  A lot of this comes down to writing and execution, which Sony has been able to butcher over the last couple of movies, and Marvel keeps hitting out of the park.  Will we get to see Spiderman in the Avengers universe any time soon?  We'll just have to wait and see!

Next we have news that Columbia Pictures (which is owned by Sony) is considering "rebooting" the Men In Black franchise...but not in the traditional sense.  Two years after the release of Men In Black 3, (sidenote: this movie pulled in $600 million dollars globally, but Columbia Pictures ended up losing money on the film) it has been revealed to us by the hackers that Sony Pictures co-chairman Amy Pascal is wanting to bring the franchise back by crossing it over with another one of their franchises...the upsoming 23 Jump Street!  According to the leaked emails, Jonah Hill, one of the two stars of the Jump Street franchise and one of it's producers, was quoted as saying, "jump street merging with mib i think that's clean and rad and powerful."

There aren't any details as to when the movie would be released, but the Wall Street Journal reports that it's looking at 2016 or 2017.  There is also no news as to if Will Smith or Tommy Lee Jones would be reprising their rolls, or if they would be bringing in new agents for the film.  It might even be possible that they are going to put Hill and Channing Tatum into the black suits for this one.

So what do you think about these leaked emails?  Is what you've read here good ideas, or bad?  Leave your thoughts in the comments, and I'll be back with more news tomorrow!