This was the expanded universe movie I was most excited to see.
Two of my favorite film franchises are the 21 Jump Street world and Men in Black. Both are controlled by Sony. And there was a time when they both ruled the box office.
The Jump Streets helped launch Lord and Miller into the stratosphere (with help from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs), and Men in Black was part of the reason Will Smith became a household name in the 90s. Both franchises are action comedies with similar tones, though Jump Street has pushed some real boundaries in meta-humor. In the mid-2010s, there was a prevalent rumor that we were going to get a spinoff with both casts tossed together.
Though the movie never happened, the project was brought up in the podcast Happy Sad Confused, and Lord and Miller addressed it. Turns out, this movie almost happened.
Miller began the conversation by saying, “There was a—believe it or not—a Men in Black and 21 Jump Street crossover script that was very funny and very crazy that we really adored.”
Author: Jason Hellerman
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