Update on 21 Jump Street

Jonah Hill spills on the big screen version of 21 Jump Street, in regards to filming dates and what exactly audiences are going to be getting themselves into. Here’s some more on what the folks at Coming Soon got to dish out of the actor, along with the plot synopsis of sorts too.:

“We’re going to shoot it this year I think.” says Hill, “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 still seems like quite a kooky collaboration, something that could easily take a strange route. Should they finally cool it down with the television shows that suddenly turn into big screen movies? Or do you believe that there’s nothing wrong with them doing that and you find it some what entertaining seeing particular shows get the big screen treatment?