{"id":28041,"date":"2013-05-03T20:13:39","date_gmt":"2013-05-04T00:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=28041"},"modified":"2023-11-30T18:11:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T23:11:24","slug":"universal-hires-writer-for-21-jump-street-2-and-men-in-black-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2013\/05\/03\/universal-hires-writer-for-21-jump-street-2-and-men-in-black-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Hires Writer For 21 JUMP STREET 2 And MEN IN BLACK 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Universal has tapped a writer to develop screenplays for two action-comedy sequels. Oren Uziel will be handling the scripting chores for 21 Jump Street 2<\/strong> and Men In Black 4<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Although both films earned only middling reviews, they certainly sold enough tickets for the studio to believe that a follow up was in order. Last summer’s Men In Black 3<\/strong> grossed $625 million worldwide last summer while 21 Jump Street<\/strong> grossed $138 million against a budget of just $42 million.<\/p>\n

Uziel will start work on the 21 Jump Street<\/strong> sequel while directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller concentrate on finishing up The Lego Movie<\/strong> for Warner Bros. According to The Wrap<\/a>, the story will focus on Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill’s characters graduating from going under cover in a high school to ferret out crime to heading to a college campus to do the same. The plotline that Uziel pitched to the studio that landed him the job on Men In Black 4<\/strong> is being kept under wraps.<\/p>\n

Although Uziel has yet to have a feature screenplay produced, his spec script Kitchen Sink, about a teenager, a vampire and a zombie team up to fight off an alien invasion, made it onto the 2010 Black List. As you may guess, it is a rather fun science-fiction comedy and having read it I find myself thinking that Uziel is a good choice for Men In Black. Given the problems that the last film in the franchise had at the script stage I think it could definitely use the fresh, energetic blood he could bring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The studio is developing sequels to two of their hits from last summer.<\/div>\n

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