Will Smith came up with the concept for `Men In Black 3`

London: Director Barry Sonnenfeld says the idea for the third `Men In Black` film came from actor Will Smith when they were shooting the second one in the series.

The 43-year-old actor reprises his role as alien fighting Agent J in the third instalment of the popular movie franchise and Sonnenfeld said that Smith came up with the idea himself, which sees him travel back in time to rescue his partner, played by Tommy Lee Jones, reported a website. "Will calls me Baz. When we were shooting `Men In Black II` in 2002, one night he said `Hey Baz, I think I have an idea for number three`. The basic idea was that Will`s character, Agent J, would have to go back into the past to save his partner. It allowed the movie to take place in another era, and us to learn more about Tommy Lee Jones` character," said Sonnenfeld. "But it turned out to be a very long process of development, mainly because of the knotting issues of time travel - the time travel thing was really hard," he added. Sonnenfeld also revealed that he started with the franchise he had no plans for a second or a third film. "We knew starting the movie that we didn`t have a finished second or third act. Was it responsible? The answer is, if the movie does as well as I think it will, it was genius. If it`s a total failure, then it was a really stupid idea," he said. PTI