Ice Cube says Jump Street franchise fans can look forward to “a cool progression” in the upcoming third film in the franchise.
Winkingly titled 24 Jump Street, the film, which reunites Cube with fellow returning stars Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, is currently slated to hit theaters in December of next year. And no, tragically enough, this sequel is not the planned Men in Black crossover you may have heard a thing or two about in the years since 22 Jump Street’s release.
Still, there’s real potential here considering how undeniably hilarious the first two films proved to be. Asked about the impending 24 Jump Street in a recent interview with Complex, Cube, who plays Captain Dickson in the franchise, opted to tuck in a joke about the title that echoes one previously revealed to be emblazoned on the front page of the film’s script.
“Well, it's called 24 Jump Street because they took too long to do 23,” Cube told Complex’s Will Lavin. “It's a cool progression. Channing [Tatum] and Jonah [Hill], they live across the street from Captain Dickson now, and so it's a lot of shit that goes on between the three of them. That’s gonna be fun.”
Jump Street franchise producer Neal H. Moritz gave the world a peek at the cover page of the 24 Jump Street script, co-penned by Hill, back in June. Printed on the front, in the film franchise’s usual self-aware style, was the following tongue-in-cheek disclaimer: “It took so long to make we had to skip one.”
The wait is over next December.
