The 21 jump street universe is a fictional universe consisting of 21 jump street tv series, booker tv series, 21 jump street film, and 22 jump street film. A group of police officers are picked to join a special investigative. Johnny depp, dustin nguyen, peter deluise, holly robinson peete, steven williams, joseph. A remake of the 1980s series 21 jump street could easily go astray in the wrong hands. The series focuses on a squad of youthfullooking undercover police officers investigating crimes in high schools, colleges, and other teenage venues. Depp left in the middle of season four, with dustin nguyen following at the. Steve williams, holly robinson, peter deluise, dustin nguyen, johnny depp, sal jenco, michael bendetti, richard grieco, and michael deluise. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of of 21 jump street with exclusive news, photos, videos and more at. Like many concepts in the book world, series is a somewhat fluid and contested notion. With johnny depp, dustin nguyen, peter deluise, holly robinson peete. Its been over 20 years since the gang of 21 jump street has been on the air, but next month well be seeing a reprise of the popular tv series on the big screen. The first film 21 jump street was a pretty average comedy that successfully made people laugh, but did not have an outstanding plot. Series was designed to cover groups of books generally understood as such see wikipedia.
The show, 21 jump street, would run for four seasons before spawning a spinoff series, booker, and launching the acting career of johnny depp. On april 12, 1987, fox aired a twohour sunday night premiere of undercover cop series 21 jump street. The 21 jump street team is a mixed group including the wise cracking officer ht ioki dustin nguyen, the brilliant officer judy hoffs holly robinson peete, the streetwise officer doug penhall peter deluise and, in latter episodes, the renegade officer dennis booker richard grieco. Schmidt jonah hill and jenko channing tatum report to 21 jump street where they meet their new captain ice cube and learn of their upcoming duties. The series was based on young attractive officers that went undercover in teen situations. Watch 21 jump street season 4, episode 26 blackout aka business as usual. Now has a fan made sequel series, 21 jump street rangers, which takes place years after the. See more ideas about 21 jump street, johnny depp and young johnny depp. Cops under cover, in this case cops who look like teens, is the centerpiece of this new fox network special, a twohour screening of the series 21 jump street. The shows police officers are on the side of good, the criminals on the side of bad. Booker 19891990 booker is an american crime drama series starring richard grieco that aired on the fox network. What ever happened to the original cast of televisions. Ice cube, peter stormare, jillian bell, amber stevens west, and wyatt russell also star. Johnny depp and peter deluise appear in cameos as their original series characters, tom hanson and doug penhall.
The series is a spinoff of 21 jump street and the second installment of the jump street franchise. Jump street is an american multimedia franchise that commenced in 1987. Throughout out the series, its clear that the actors. Following the funeral of captain jenko, his replacement captain adam fuller leads the jump street squad undercover to attempt the rescue of a school held. For jonah hill and channing tatum, 21 jump street, which hits theaters today, is a chance to do the buddy cop thing, have some fun.
The series is a spinoff of 21 jump street and the second installment of. When jump street premiered, it was the shot heard round the world due to the fact that it was the very first show to air on the fox network, which at the time was only being broadcast on sunday nights and it ushered in a whole new era in television. The shows original title was jump street chapel, indicating that the locale, a district police station in a major metropolis, was a reconverted church. Advertisement by friday afternoon, the former 21 jump street heartthrob and current sauvage fragrance pitchman amassed more than 2. The character of dennis booker was originally a recurring character on that police drama during its third season. Johnny depp joins the gram, releases new song with jeff. Synopsis edit cast and characters edit a list that contains all characters can be found here. The franchise concerns the lives of the jump street program, an undercover police unit in which younglooking detectives infiltrate schools and similar settings attended by minors to investigate crimes. The initial team members include introverted officer tom hanson, jr. Cannell and patrick hasburgh with their television show 21 jump street 1987.
Screenplay, michael bacall, oren uziel, rodney rothman. But then you look at all the people who actually signed up to make it. In 1989, a spinoff show for the character dennis booker simply titled booker was created. The complete series dvd, 2010, 18disc set at the best online prices at ebay. Released by irs in 1988 containing music from 21 jump street 1987. Following an increase in drunk driver accidents involving teens hanson and penhall investigate the source. Cannell, the weekly, hourlong 21 jump street debuted april 12, 1987, as the fox networks very first actionadventure series. Since 21 jump street s release in 2012, the dynamic duo of schmidt and jenko have been the heroes we both need and deserve. See more ideas about 21 jump street, cop show and johnny depp. It is the sequel to the 2012 film 21 jump street, based on the television. While investigating the gang rape of a jogger, hoffs, hanson and penhall find themselves at the mercy of the same.
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