It’s been over ten years since Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill first went undercover as high schoolers trying to bust a drug ring in the R-rated comedy hit 21 Jump Street.
Unsurprisingly, the duo returned for a sequel in 2014, along with directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who have since exploded with projects such as The Lego Movie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and its sequels, The Last Man on Earth, and Apple TV+’s The Afterparty.
In hindsight, the sequel 22 Jump Street was the end of a box office renaissance for R-rated comedies that began in 2009 with The Hangover.
It also reflects just how beloved the two Jump Street movies were.
Given that popularity, it wouldn’t have been surprising if we were already onto a Jump Street legacy sequel spoof by now.
Instead, there have been no further Jump Street sequels, and it doesn’t look like that’ll change anytime soon.
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