Directing duo Phil Lord and Chris Miller were once set to create Men in Black and 21 Jump Street crossover. Although it never came to be, the duo still remembers exactly what would have happened.
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Speaking to Josh Horowitz during a recent episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the directors confirmed that a crossover film came “very, very close” to happening, and would have seen Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum’s 21 Jump Street characters working with the Men in Black, the infamous agency who fights alien threats.
“It’s true that there have been a lot of these things developed,” Lord said when talking about the film. “There was, believe it or not, a Men in Black/Jump Street crossover script that was very funny and very crazy that we really adored. Basically, the idea was Jonah and Channing, a thing happened while they were doing their medical school adventure that got them embroiled into the world of Men in Black and that got them teaming up to stop an alien takeover type of thing.”
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Lord went on to say that it “crazy” trying to manage the two franchises, and that handling them both together without making one fall apart was a “real challenge.” Chris Miller then revealed what his favorite aspect of the potential film was.
“One of my favorite ideas was the Men in Black, the Black Suits were like martial arts belts that you had to work your way up to black and [the Jump Street guys] were issued powered blue Men In Black suits,” said Miller.
