21 Jump Street originally started with Johnny Depp’s crime thriller TV series which sees his undercover cop character tackling youth crime. Last year, it was given a comedic revamp for cinema by directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs) and stars Channing Tatum (White House Down, Magic Mike) and Jonah Hill (Superbad, Moneyball) to a critically successful degree. Lord, Miller, Hill and Tatum are all set to return for the sequel 22 Jump Street which just acquired Craig Roberts.
He was the lead star of Richard Ayoade’s recent comedy Submarine and was John Reed in Cary Fukanga’s adaptation of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre. He’s set to star in the cop sequel, which sees the lead duo of Jenko and Schmidt infiltrating a drug ring within the local college’s frat, but no definite statement has been made to confirm his position in the film. If he does accepts, he’ll join Ice Cube (Boyz n the Hood), Wyatt Russell (Cowboys and Aliens), Jillian Bell (The Master), Jimmy Tatro (Life According to Jimmy) and Amber Stevens (Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift).
Next, we’ve got an awesome new banner for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Peter Jackson’s sequel to the prequel, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, of the classic The Lord of the Rings trilogy) which shows off it’s many stars, including (on this poster) Ian McKellen (X-Men), Sylvester McCoy (Doctor Who), Evangeline Lilly (Lost), Orlando Bloom (Pirates of the Caribbean), Lee Pace (Lincoln), Martin Freeman (Sherlock), Aidan Turner (Being Human), Richard Armitage (Captain America: The First Avenger), Dean O’ Gorman (Young Hercules) and Luke Evans (Fast and Furious 6). We’re not putting the picture itself here because it’s huge but you can see it at the link here.
To finish off, we’ve got some new trailers for two upcoming movie projects. The first features Liam Neeson (Taken, Batman Begins, Schindler’s List, Star Wars) in a brand new thriller. Non-Stop sees him as an air marshal called Bill Marks on a regular international flight who receives a texted threat from a yet unrevealed passenger saying that a person will be killed every 20 minutes unless a ransom is paid. Julianne Moore (The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Magnolia), Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey, The Hogfather) and Anson Mount (Hell on Wheels, In Her Shoes) make up the supporting cast for director Jaume Collet-Serra who made Unknown and Orphan. Watch the trailer here.
The second is for The Grand Budapest Hotel. Wes Anderson (Moonrise Kingdom, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Rushmore) directs this new surreal comedy film which has plenty of stars to excite you. Ralph Fiennes (Harry Potter, The English Patient) and Saorise Ronan (The Lovely Bones) are the lead stars while Willem Dafoe (Spider-Man), Jude Law (Sherlock Holmes), Edward Norton (The Illusionist), Owen Wilson (Midnight in Paris), Adrien Brody (The Pianist), Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin) and Jeff Goldblum (Jurassic Park, Independence Day, The Fly) make up the supporting cast and, of coarse, no Wes Anderson film would be complete without Bill Murray. The Groundhog Day and Ghostbusters star will play a mysterious character called M. Ivan.
Non-Stop – February 28th 2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel – early 2014
22 Jump Street – June 6th 2014
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – December 13th
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