Sony Hack: ’22 Jump Street’ sequel could team-up with “Men In Black’
It’s 12:09 on Thursday morning. That means this particular morsel of Sony Leakgate has been out for a day. Or roughly 3,000,000 years in Internet Time. BUT FUCK IT. I RUN THIS ROOST. And this roost wants to talk about the absurd glory that would be this team-up movie.
Sony’s first two Jump Street movies were a cinematic comedy reboot of a TV drama popular in the ’80s and ‘90s. The next Jump Street pic will be that, too, of course, but it might also be a revival of a sci-fi film series dating back to 1997.
The studio is reportedly considering making 23 Jump Street (or whatever it winds up being called) a Men in Black crossover. Maybe the space-set 2121 Jump Street wasn’t such a farfetched idea after all. Hit the jump for more on the potential Jump Street Men in Black crossover.
The Jump Street Men in Black crossover news is one of many, many reveals from the massive Sony email hack that took place last month. According to THR, Jonah Hill and Sony Pictures co-chairman Amy Pascal discussed the idea. However, no script is in place and the project has not yet been greenlit.
According to those messages, original Men in Black stars Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones are not expected to be involved. Steven Spielberg’s participation was sought (he served as executive producer on all three MIB movies) but it’s unclear how or if the filmmaker responded.
On the Jump Street side, both Hill and Channing Tatum would reprise their roles, and 21and 22 Jump Street directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller will return to produce. The last we heard about the new Jump Street, Rodney Rothman had been tapped to write. Sony’s hope right now is to get the next Jump Street out in 2015 or 2017.
Like. Seriously. The first two Jump movies were self-aware meta-masturbatory sessions. And I dug them. So I can only imagine if the movie gets more flagrantly odd and exploitative, the self-aware undercurrent will only double-down. Yes please.