
I’ve spoken to Jonah and Channing and they talked about doing the sequel. That’s the thing we’ve been working really hard on, just try and make sure that the heart of the first one is there for the second one.” What worked so well about the first one was – it was funny, yes, there was good action, yes – but really what worked more than anything was that there was great heart. Now they’re actual partners, so they’re married – what happens once marriage starts? In certain ways, it’s kind of like the Seven Year Itch of police buddy comedies. “The relationship developed quite a bit in the first movie and now we’re kind of in the marriage phase between the two guys.

Though we can reasonably assume that 21 Jump Street 2 will provide plenty of laughs, Moritz noted that they’re also very much focused on maintaining the heart of the first film in the sequel: Now, I can’t tell you more than that because there’s some fun to be had in what college they’re going to and what’s going to happen. “It leads off where we ended the last film and our guys are going to college. Moritz confirmed that the characters will indeed be going to college in the sequel: While the first film found Tatum and Hill going back to high school, it ended with a tease of the characters eventually moving on to a college campus to continue their undercover police work.
