Given the immense success of the franchise we wonder if there could be more in store for us.
But it’s been around six years since we last saw Schmidt and Jenko. It even improved upon the original with the duo’s brilliant bromantic chemistry, and the film’s sharp parody of itself and the genre. ’22 Jump Street’ had Schmidt and Jenko shift gears from high-school to college as they went on an undercover mission to catch yet another criminal. The film’s success led to a sequel which followed the steps of its predecessor. ’21 Jump Street’ brought to us Schmidt and Jenko everybody’s favourite oddball couple, played hilariously by Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill respectively. The film quickly won itself widespread acclaim from public and critics alike, turning out to be a huge box-office success. ’21 Jump Street’ infused all that 80s nostalgia with pop culture to give us something that was simultaneously sharp and silly. Given the disappointment of the 2019 Men in Black spinoff Men in Black: International, though, Sony was better off playing things safe and canceling the overly ambitious 23 Jump Street crossover.Lord and Miller reimagined the ’80s hit show as an R-rated screwball comedy that not only turned out to be an absolute laugh riot, but it also got itself a cult following. After all, it was already a reboot, adapted from the 21 Jump Street TV series starring Johnny Depp.
At the same time, the crossover would've perfectly played into the meta themes of the franchise and set up some classic Jump Street gags. As both properties involve buddy-cop scenarios, it's easy to see the latter's Jenko and Schmidt replace the former's J and K.Ĭonsidering the Jump Street film series parodied franchises turning into endless cycles of sequels and reboots at the end of its own second installment, releasing a third movie could ruin the joke or come off as hypocritical.
However, the Men in Black franchise is completely different and lends itself to a wacky comedy franchise like Jump Street. Jonah Hill believed the Jump Street and Men in Black crossover plan was too ambitious, telling the Toronto Sun, " It’s almost become what we were making fun of, and it’s hard to maintain that joke when it’s so high stakes.” MiB 23 producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller don't have a great track record with huge franchises, as they also lost directorial control of Solo: A Star Wars Story.
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