The rumors surrounding the possibility of a ’23 Jump Street‘ v. ‘Men In Black’ crossover that surfaced after the savage hack of Sony in 2014, have been confirmed by a few industry publications. Tatum and Hill will return and pick up with their roles as Jenko and Schmidt, and a new director James Bobbin (directed ‘The Muppets,’ ‘Alice in Wonderland’ sequel) is slated to step in and take over the reins of the film as well. The crew behind ’23 Jump Street’ is set to begin production in June. We already know Hill is amped on the idea to merge the MIB vibe with Jump Street. An email leaked from Hill:
“Jump street merging with mib i think that’s clean and rad and powerful.”
Of course he’s stoked. There is one kind of major buzzkill though, and that’s that Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones will not be making any sort of guest star appearances in the crossover flick. Ah well. I’ve always enjoyed the ‘Jump Street’ movies because of their continuous comical absurdity within a ‘police enforcement’ kind of setting, and multiple digs on the new age party culture/trends. ’21 Jump Street’ and the film’s humorous take on the too cool to be cool hashish-addled hipsters being a prime example. All in all, very excited to see what they whip up for the newest installment to the ‘Jump Street’ series.
[H/T: The Verge]