'22 Jump Street': Old Jokes, New Address For Channing Tatum Comedy Sequel [Trailer + Pictures]

  • 18 December 2013

The red line trailer has just been released for new cop comedy 22 Jump Street, the sequel to 2012's commercially and critically successful 21 Jump Street. Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill will reprise their roles as Schmidt and Jenko, two undercover police officers who have another drug supplier to catch, only this time they've graduated from high school to college.

Channing Tatum & Jonah Hill Reprise Their Roles In This Comedy Cop Sequel.
Image caption Channing Tatum & Jonah Hill Reprise Their Roles In This Comedy Cop Sequel.

"You two sons-a-bitches are going to college," we hear Ice Cube bark at Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill in the trailer before we see montages of the typical movie-ready university scenes: heavy drinking in the hallways, beer pong, sex, shared bathroom dilemmas and deadline library clashes - all with a sludgy hip-hop soundtrack. In no great leap of imagination, the former classmates have immersed themselves in varsity life.

In a seemingly unrealistic scenario, Tatum and Hill are planted amongst the students to find out who's supplying drugs but in order to curry favour with their new peers, they must throw themselves into every hedonistic aspect of uni life. The guys come unstuck when they become mixed in with different social scenes and must decide whether being a team works for them anymore.

Next page: more pictures from 22 Jump Street

And 'why 22 Jump Street?' you ask: the Korean church the team had initially been based in has been reclaimed, meaning they were forced to move across the street to number 22.

Image caption The Guys Are Tasked With Uncovering A College Drug Supplier.

The trailer sees the duo reunite with Mr. Walters, the surly P.E. teacher from the first movie. "Listen, Mr. Walters, I should apologize." starts Hill. "For shooting my penis off?" Mr. White responds. "Don't sweat it. They gave me a vagina."

22 Jump Street will see Schmidt and Jenko ratchet up the laughs to college-grade levels as the bungling pair not only endure the highs and lows of student life but also set out on a modern day quest for justice.

The movie is directed by Phil Lord & Chris Miller ('21 Jump Street,' Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs') and written by Michael Bacall ('21 Jump Street,' 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World') and Oren Uziel ('Kitchen Sink'). 22 Jump Street will be released on the 6th June 2014 in the UK and the 10th June in the USA.

Image caption Look Out For This Hilarious Comedy Sequel In 2014.