21 Jump Street (film)

21 Jump Street is a 2012 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller in their live action directorial debuts and written by Jonah Hill and Michael Bacall. The film stars Hill and Channing Tatum in the lead roles alongside Brie Larson, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle and Ice Cube. It is an adaptation of the 1987–1991 television series of the same name by Stephen J. Cannell and Patrick Hasburgh. In the film, police officers Schmidt and Jenko are forced to relive high school when they are assigned to prevent the outbreak of a new synthetic drug and arrest the supplier.

21 Jump Street premiered in SXSW festival on March 12, 2012, and was theatrically released in the United States on March 16, by Sony Pictures Releasing through Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). It received positive reviews from critics, with praise for its humor and the chemistry between Hill and Tatum, and grossed $201 million worldwide. A sequel, 22 Jump Street, was released on June 13, 2014, and in 2015 a female-led spin-off was in development with main stars cast in 2018 and the first draft completed in 2020.