Last month, Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller decided to take on the big screen version of 21 JUMP STREET, which is cool but at the same time, how are the animation friendly Lord and Miller going to adjust to Jonah Hill’s intention of making this a a full-on action movie, blowing shit up, an R-rated, insane, Bad-Boys-meets-John Hughes-type movie. Hill had a chat with comingsoon.net and said that filming might start this year and they’re currently working on tailoring the script, by scribes Michael Bacall and Joe Gazzam with an original idea by executive producer Hill, to Lord and Miller’s vision,…
“We’re going to shoot it this year I think.”
“We hired directors, Phil Lord and Chris Miller who directed ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs’ and are friends of mine. They are incredible. Their take on the movie is incredible…
It’s about cops who go back to high school. Young rookie cops who go back to high school. I think that’s a real interesting idea as opposed to saying, that’s not what happened in the show so it can’t happen in the movie’.
“[Audiences are] not expecting what it’s going to be. It’s not a parody of the show. I’m not playing Johnny Depp’s character… I’m not saying I’m Johnny Depp. I’m not playing his character. It’s a group of people that go back to high school to deal with a drug problem. To deal with crime in high school. I really love the “Back to the Future” moment of that where it’s getting to relive a certain period of your life… It’s a comedy with really cool action. We’re not doing something serious like ‘Miami Vice.’ But it’s not a parody. It’s a funny movie with a lot of great action and a real story. I’ve been saying that it’s like a John Hughes movie with ‘Bad Boys’ style action.”
It’s not a parody but it’s a funny movie.
It’s John Hughes’ style meets Bad Boys’ style
Jonah Hill NOT Johnny Depp
So it’s not about young cops who got signed to an elite squad that would infiltrate highs chool and fight crimes like in the original series but it’s about cops who.. go back to high school..
Ok,.. I wanna make sure I got everything down. Phew..
