During the big Sony hack in December 2014, it was revealed that the studio was developing a crossover movie which would bring together the Jump Street and Men in Black franchises, and now Variety is reporting that the project may have found a director.
According to the site, James Bobin (The Muppets, Flight of the Conchords) is in early talks to direct the film, which is eyeing a June production start date. Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum will reprise their roles from 21 Jump Street and 22 Jump Street, although Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones won’t be featuring as the studio is looking to relaunch the franchise with younger actors.
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Should Bobin secure the gig, he will succeed 21 Jump Street and 22 Jump Street helmers Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who remain on board as producers but are unable to direct the project owing to their commitments to the young Han Solo Star Wars Anthology movie.
LeightonJones says
Sounded good until they said no Smith or Jones, kind of undermines the crossover element. Hopefully Josh Brolin will be back instead.
The Walking Cuban says
No smith or jones is really stupid, BUT, these guys replacing j and j in the MIB sounds interesting too. And hilarious. I’d watch it.
Don’t forget Ice Cube.
LeightonJones says
I hadn’t thought it of it from that point of view – just have them join the MiB!
The Walking Cuban says
Right?! There’s already a sense in which j’s and k’s story has been told, new agents, new story.
these are words says
Sounded good? Why the hell would these two properties be good to cross over? Makes absolutely no sense to me.
LeightonJones says
Seems like a fun way to keep both franchises going.