The end credits of 22 Jump Street teased several joke concepts for sequels. One of the concepts that was revealed in the late 2014 Sony Pictures e-mail leaks, however, was that what the studio was planning on was a crossover that would see the characters played by Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum being recruited to leave Ice Cube’s squad, and instead become Men in Black. That’s right, the same sort of Men in Black as in the secret agents played by Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones, who are tasked with keeping track of the various aliens who are secretly living here on Earth. This week, the spoiled secret was confirmed by the news that Sony Pictures is indeed proceeding with that crossover, and to that end, they have hired director James Bobin. Currently, James Bobin is best known for directing 2011’s The Muppets and its sequel Muppets: Most Wanted, and Bobin’s next film will be this year’s Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass (5/27/16). It is not yet known if Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones will be reprising their roles in the spirit of “handing off the baton”, ala the way Johnny Depp and Peter DeLuise appeared in the first 21 Jump Street movie
