Sony Finds A Writer For 23 Jump Street

Rodney Rothman is set for script patrol

The end of 22 Jump Street featured a montage of potential new adventures for Channing Tatum’s Jenko and Jonah Hill’s Schmidt, including Captain Dickson (Ice Cube) announcing they were off to medical school next. There’s no word yet on whether that prediction will come true, but a second sequel is now in development, with Rodney Rothman hired to write the script.

22 Jump Street has now made $320 million worldwide, so it was inevitable that Sony would want to leap back into that well. Depending on how the script turns out, Hill and Tatum should be back, but a bigger question lingers over directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who have seen their career skyrocket this year and might be too busy. They also may not want to tempt fate by trying to replicate their successful formula a third time.

So it will be Rothman’s job initially to flesh out an idea that has everyone excited. He has form with the series, since he was one of the writers on the last film. He also wrote Grudge Match and has a variety of other projects on the go, including working on the new TV series based on The Greatest American Hero with Lord and Miller.

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from Empire News