ComingSoon.net heeft de mogelijkheid gehad om met Jonah Hill (Superbad, 2007) te praten over de verfilming van de bekende politie(tiener)serie 21 Jump Street, de doorbraak van met name Johnny Depp.
Volgens Hill, degene die met het idee kwam om de succesvolle serie naar het witte doek te brengen, worden de opnames voor de nieuwe 21 Jump Street dit jaar gestart met zijn vrienden en regisseurs Phil Lord en Chris Miller (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs). Hill beschrijft de sypnosis als volgt: "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".
Hill zegt dat de film een verrassing wordt voor de fans en dat het een soort John Hughes film moet worden in Bad Boys stijl: "[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."
21 Jump Street: "John Hughes film in Bad Boys stijl"
Jonah Hill serieus bezig met verfilming.
