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Channing Tatum is open to returning to the franchise that helped change the perception of him as an actor: Jump Street.
Prior to starring in 21 Jump Street, Channing Tatum wasn’t taken all that seriously as an actor and was largely renowned for his looks and dancing abilities.
After 21 Jump Street and 22 Jump Street, however, Tatum proved that he also has incredible comedic talent, which some actors claim is actually more difficult than dramatic work.
And since then, Tatum has grown into a well-rounded movie star who’s able to appear in drama, action, and comedy movies, such as Magic Mike, Side Effects, White House Down, Foxcatcher, The Hateful Eight, Hail, Caesar!, Logan Lucky, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Dog, The Lost City, and more.
While giving an interview to promote his new film Fly Me to the Moon, Tatum says that he’d love to make 23 Jump Street as it has one of the “best scripts that he’s ever read” for a third movie in a series.
“There is a project that was written and it’s still the best script that I’ve ever read for a third movie,” Tatum said in an interview with ComicBook. “It’s really hard to get it made and we’ve been trying to get it done.”
“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. 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.”
During the height of the “cinematic universe” boom a few years back, there were reports that Sony was developing a Jump Street and Men in Black crossover, but those plans never came to fruition.
In addition to Fly Me to the Moon, Tatum will also be starring in the thriller Blink Twice this summer, which marks the directorial debut of his girlfriend Zoe Kravitz. He’s also attached to the films Bloodlines, Wingmen, Roofman, Calamity Hustle, and Soundtrack of Silence, although none have officially begun production.