WHO’S IN IT?
Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street), Channing Tatum (Magic Mike), Ice Cube (Ride Along), Dave Franco (Warm Bodies), Amber Stevens (The Amazing Spider-Man), Nick Offerman (We’re The Millers), Rob Riggle (The Hangover), Jillian Bell (Eastbound and Down)
WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?
Phil Lord and Chris Miller (The LEGO Movie), directors; Michael Bacall (Scott Pilgrim vs. The World), Oren Uziel (film debut) and Rodney Rothman (Grudge Match), writers; Jonah Hill (This Is The End), Neal H. Moritz (Fast & Furious) and Channing Tatum (White House Down), producers; Mark Mothersbaugh (The Royal Tenenbaums), composer; Barry Peterson (The Watch), cinematographer; David Rennie (Last Vegas), editor
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
After their successful undercover raid in high school, officers Schmidt (Hill) and Jenko (Tatum) are assigned to a local college where they must pose as freshmen to uncover a drug ring. However, when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the sports team and Schmidt infiltrates the Bohemian art scene, the two officers begin to question their partnership. It soon becomes apparent that in order to get through college (again), they really will have to grow up…
IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?
The first film, itself an adaptation of a much darker TV show, was a surprise comedy hit so 22 Jump Street should follow quite neatly in its predecessor’s footsteps especially with the returning cast and crew.