Channing Tatum Says Men In Black / Jump Street Crossover Can Still Happen
112One of the biggest "what ifs" of the last few years is the hugely anticipated 21 Jump Street slash Men in Black crossover, given the confirmed title of MIB 23 in the same conference Spider-Man: Homecoming was announced back in April 2016. James Bobin, known for his work on 2013's The Muppets, was attached to direct not long afterwards — but sadly, the film has sat in development hell ever since, with conflicting reports whether the project could ever get off the ground.
We had the opportunity to speak with both Channing Tatum, star of the Jump Street franchise, and Magic Mike writer Reid Carolin ahead of Dog, their co-directorial debut releasing later this month. When we told him of our disappointment about the crossover not going ahead, Tatum didn't hold back, concurring absolutely that he wanted it to happen — and that, in fact, he still thinks it could. "You're preaching to the choir, man," he told Collider's Steve Weintraub, "I still think it could work, I really do," implying it could still happen if Sony work out the difficulties:
"You're preaching to the choir, man. I still think it could work, I really do. And if Sony would ever really, like, I think do the hard work and figure out the producer problems that are inherent with that film, I think we can still do it. But right now, I don't know why, they're just not motivated to do it. It's a big overhead on that movie, so."
More tantalizingly, Tatum described MIB 23 as "by and away the best third sequel to any franchise that I've ever read, in my entire life," with which Carolin agreed. "Oh, funniest script — one of the funniest scripts I've ever read," he said. "Bar none," Tatum followed, "and I would not say that if I did not really believe it, because I don't like being wrong, like, specifically about that".
So: great script, a hot Hollywood lead ready and primed to go ahead with it, two of the biggest movie franchises in recent history... a formula for guaranteed success, you'd think. So what's the hold up?
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