Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum are back on the beat with 24 Jump Street.
The latest sequel in the comedy film franchise is in the works at Sony Pictures, with Hill, Tatum and Ice Cube in talks to return, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Rodney Rothman will direct the movie from a script he wrote with Hill and Meghan Malloy. Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who helmed 2012’s 21 Jump Street and 2014 sequel 22 Jump Street, will return as producers alongside Neal H. Moritz.
No plot details have been shared, and it is unclear why the number 23 was skipped over for the current film’s title.
Lord and Miller, who helmed this year’s Ryan Gosling-led Amazon MGM Studios hit Project Hail Mary, marked their feature directorial debuts with 21 Jump Street, which had a script from Hill and Michael Bacall. It centered on police officers Schmidt (Hill) and Jenko (Tatum), who go undercover as high school students in an attempt to infiltrate a drug ring.
21 Jump Street surpassed $200 million at the global box office. 22 Jump Street, which saw the pair disguising themselves as college students, was an even bigger hit, collecting $331 million worldwide.
The films are based on the 21 Jump Street series that premiered on Fox in 1987 and ran for five seasons. Johnny Depp, who had a cameo in the first movie, starred in the show that counted Patrick Hasburgh and Stephen J. Cannell as co-creators.
Over the years, there had been talked of a third 21 Jump Street movie, including the possibility of a crossover between the Men in Black and Jump Street franchises, until the project was finally said to be dead.
Back in 2024, Tatum said that a script for a third movie in the 21 Jump Street series had been written a while back, with the actor singing its praises. “You know what, I’m going to put some good juju out there, and I’m going to say I would love to see 23 Jump Street,” Tatum said at the time. “I would love to do it with Jonah, and Jonah I know wants to do it. We would love to just get to go play again.”
Variety was first to report on 24 Jump Street.
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