Jonah Hill talked to Coming Soon about his upcoming reboot of cops-go-undercover-in-high-school TV show “21 Jump Street,” which recently added directors in the shape of Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who were behind the excellent “Cloudy With Chance of Meatballs.”
Despite Hill’s presence as writer/producer/star, the project will apparently play it fairly straight.
“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.”
We’re clearly wary of this, but with a script from “Scott Pilgrim” writer Michael Bacall, and two very talented directors, it could turn out to be a nice surprise.
As to when it will go in front of the cameras. Sometime in 2010, Hill says. “We’re going to shoot it this year I think.”
