Remember just a few days ago when stars Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum were engaged in a battle to win more Twitter followers in order to win the unparalleled honor of unveiling the first trailer for 21 Jump Street? Well, that whole thing is over, and Hill won the right to tweet a link to the new red band trailer, which is also extra long, clocking in at more than three minutes. The trailer gets across the basic idea, carried over from the 1980's television series that starred Johnny Depp: full grown cops go undercover as high school students in an attempt to eliminate a drug ring with extreme prejudice. There's also lots of inappropriate behavior, enthusiastic obscenities, and a good portion of action. Though Hill is a proven comedic presence, it's actually Tatum who gets the bigger laughs here, throwing himself into his meatheaded, overzealous character.
The trailer made its ostentatious debut at the film's official facebook page, and it'll be followed later this week by a green band trailer.
Something about Jonah Hill getting hit by a car never really gets old, does it?
The supporting cast in 21 Jump Street includes Brie Larson, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle, Ice Cube, Ellie Kemper, Jake M. Johnson, DeRay Davis, Johnny Simmons, and Ron Swanson himself, professional-level woodworker Nick Offerman.
Hill crafted the story with screenwriter Michael Bacall, who last wrote Scott Pilgrim vs the World, coincidentally featuring Brie Larson and Johnny Simmons. 21 Jump Street is directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, making their live action directorial debut after directing Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs in 2009.
21 Jump Street arrives in theaters on March 16, 2012.
