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Jonah Hill in Talks for 21 Jump Street

May 14, 2008

Entertainment Weekly has confirmed that Jonah Hill (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Superbad) will write the screenplay for and executive produce Sony's adaptation of "21 Jump Street," the popular '80s show starring Johnny Depp.

The magazine says that it hasn't been decided whether Hill will star in the movie.

In the series, which ran from 1987-1990 on Fox, Depp's Officer Tom Hanson was assigned to an elite squad of young undercover cops - Judy Hoffs (Holly Robinson Peete), Doug Penhall (Peter DeLuise) and Harry Truman Ioki (Dustin Nguyen) - to infiltrate high schools and fight crime.

Neal Moritz (I Am Legend) and series co-creator Stephen J. Cannell will produce.

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COMMENTS (38)

Posted by:

xVendetta17x

May 14, 2008

Well, that's stupid
If Hill is writing it then it'll most likely be a comedy which the show wasn't
Either way it'll be a complete deviation of the show and turn into some twist of Beverly Hills Cop

Posted by:

Shaun Lane

May 14, 2008

Awesome

21 jump street was one of my favourite series in the 80s. It was shown on a Saturday night in Australia and was followed by "Werewolf" - remember that one?!!

Posted by:

Theb9er

May 14, 2008

Werewolf was the ****!

Posted by:

Marcel

May 14, 2008

Johan Hill needs to just go away.

Posted by:

Royson

May 14, 2008

just cause he plays one funny fat guy in a movie, he gets the power to write, produce, and star in his own film? John Belushi and Chris Farley are turning in their graves seeing this fat guy getting it easy, after a landscape they started.

Posted by:

themanhimself

May 14, 2008

is this how you guys felt when you heard that Jon Favreau, a comedic actor was directing Iron Man????

Posted by:

Benj

May 14, 2008

The fact is, all of your opinions are WRONG, and Jonah Hill will always rule.

Posted by:

Lars

May 14, 2008

Right now Johnny Depp is shaking his head.