Two aimless middle-aged losers still living at home are forced against their will to become roommates when their parents marry. After a screw up, they're sent undercover back to high school to find the source of a dangerous synthetic drug. After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local college. This article is about the television series. Channing Tatum finally plays a none bland character. 21 Jump Street (2012) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Here's our roundup of the best new series of the year so far, and where to watch them. While the others, Ice Cube hams it up a little but he can provide some laughs. By 2012, they are rookie cops, paired together, on bike patrol yearning to make arrests. Two years after the bachelor party in Las Vegas, Phil, Stu, Alan, and Doug jet to Thailand for Stu's wedding. When the show originally aired, some episodes were followed immediately by public service announcements featuring cast members. [7] In the United Kingdom, it was shown on the similarly nascent, and interrelated, Sky One, which had yet to reach a sizeable audience.[8]. After a screw up, they're sent undercover back to high school to find the source of a dangerous synthetic drug. As it became harder for the original cast members to plausibly pass as high school students, his character and Officer Kati Rocky (Alexandra Powers) were intended to be "youthful" replacements, so the show could maintain its original premise of younger looking cops posing as high school students. [citation needed]. Schmidt Channing Tatum. Some notable guest stars on the series include: 21 Jump Street was a hilarious take off of the popular 1980s TV show. Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry. 21 Jump Street is a 2012 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, written by Jonah Hill and Michael Bacall, and starring Hill and Channing Tatum. Storyline In 2005, Schmidt and Jenko are high school students, one an honor roll geek, the other a cool, athletic underachiever. The fans of the TV series may still get a surprise while they miss the none mad Captain Jenko and the charms of the show. 21 Jump Street is undeniably fun and it's probably one of the best comedies of the year. On the show, Forrest's character Richard Jenko is killed by a drunk driver. On March 16, 2012, a feature film sequel to the television series from Sony Pictures was released starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum (who are also executive producers) and directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller with the screenplay written by Michael Bacall from a story by both Hill and Bacall. The cases of an undercover police unit composed of young-looking officers specializing in youth crime. Richard Grieco and Dustin Nguyen also have cameos in the 2014 film sequel 22 Jump Street. All three shows were hits with audiences and helped to establish the then-newly launched Fox network. The main point of this film is High School and the relationship between Schmidt and Jenko. 21 Jump Street. Set in a fictional city and state (Metropolis, Evergreen State) in the United States, the series was primarily filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia. Written by (2012). 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