As if the day’s news couldn’t get any stranger, we have word today that yet another retro TV series is headed for a feature film adaptation. 21 Jump Street was a late 80’s police drama best known for kick-starting Johnny Depp’s career (or at least cementing his status as a massive star). Now it looks like the show will be turned into a big screen comedy… at least I’m assuming it will be a comedy because Jonah Hill (Superbad, Accepted) has been hired to write the script and possibly star in it!

Let me just say that I think Jonah Hill is a funny guy, but what’s the deal with every single person associated with Judd Apatow getting writing and directing offers thrown at them? Hill hasn’t even written a single script to date… what makes him the right guy for this job? I suppose it’s possible that he might come out and surprise everyone like Jason Segel did with Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but for the moment, I am more than a little dubious. Something tells me that fans of the 21 Jump Street will not be particularly pleased with this announcement either, unless of course it’s going to be a serious crime drama — in which case I’m even more dubious!

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