‘21 Jump Street’ And ‘Men In Black’ Crossover Is Dead
Back in 2014, when one of the biggest stories of the year was a huge hack of sensitive information from Sony Pictures,details on a potential crossoverbetween the21 Jump StreetandMen in Blackfranchises came to light. In the years since, updates have been sparse with the exception of atitle reveal calling the movieMiB 23. Unfortunately, the odds weren’t looking too good for the wild idea when Jonah Hill called the possibility of the sequel “kind of impossible,” and it turns out he was probably right.
Men in Blackfranchise producerWalter Parkeswas recently asked about the chances of seeing Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum throwing on the suits and shades for the potentially incredible crossover, and his response confirms that the21 Jump Street Men in Blackcrossover is dead in the water.
Speaking to Empire Magazine (viaYahoo UK), Walter Parkes only had this to say aboutMiB 23:
“We gave it a shot. It turned out to be an impossible match-up.”
That echoes what Jonah Hillsaid back in August of 2016:
“I doubt that movie will get made. They’re trying to make all the deals, but it’s kind of impossible with all theMen in Blackstuff. TheJump Streetfilms were so fun to make and the whole joke of them was they were making fun of remakes and sequels and reboots and then now it’s become a giant sequel, reboot. It’s almost become what we were making fun of and it’s hard to maintain that joke when it’s so high stakes.”
While the prospect of the franchise crossover did sound like an awesome idea, Jonah Hill’s concerns are valid. One of the best things about the21 Jump Streetis how it made fun of big screen reboots of TV shows and sequels while still keeping some real stakes and never getting too ridiculous. And that would get hard with a crossover like this.
This is the most official word we’ve gotten that this project won’t be moving forward, but after four years, there wasn’t much hope that it would actually happen. After all, there’s already a reboot ofMen in Blackcoming that also acts as a sequel to the original franchise with Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson being part ofMen in Black International. Plus, we’ve also heard about a21 Jump Streetreboot that may focus on Tiffany Haddish and Awkwafinaas two female undercover copsinstead with a whole new character dynamic.
Maybe some day we’ll learn some more details aboutMiB 23. There has to be a draft of a script out there somewhere, and if anyone has it, we’d surely love to read it.
