Jump street in 1988 and stayed until fox developed a spinoff, booker. The whole thing started when, in the wildly successful 21 jump street s third season, rumours began to circulate that series heartthrob johnny depp was going to jump ship. The movie 21 jump street and its 2014 sequel succeeded due to a witty script and considerable onscreen chemistry between leads channing tatum and jonah hill. The series lasted from april, 1987 to april, 1991, with a total of 106 episodes in five seasons. Those who watched the 21 jump street movie you know there were a couple of hilarious cameos towards the end of the film featuring actors reprising roles from the classic fox television series. Cannell and patrick hasburgh with their television show 21 jump street 1987. Hill has written a role for depp into his script, and he says, hopefully, he does it. The 1980s version of the mod squad, with a somewhat more believable premise. So the worried producers quickly added a backup hunk richard grieco to the cast as officer dennis booker. The cases of an undercover police unit composed of younglooking officers specializing in youth crime. Booker is an american crime drama series starring richard grieco that aired on the. They didnt even show the opening sequence to let the viewers know we were watching a booker episode instead of a 21 jump st.
The movie doesnt bring many new ideas to the table, but action comedy is a genre fruitful enough to produce entertaining results in a high school setting. Given that 22 jump street is basically one gigantic parody of sequels, its no surprise the movie is full of little in jokes and references. A pair of underachieving cops are sent back to a local high school to blend in and bring down a synthetic drug ring. Cannell and patrick hasburgh, the film follows police officers schmidt and jenko, who are forced to relive. Grieco resprises his role for a cameo during the end credits of. Heres the last movie i was expecting with this title. Da chief makes fun of restarting the 21 jump street program, saying that it was done by people stuck in the past who cant come up with any new ideas.
Richard grieco bio, family, wife, age, net worth, jump. With jonah hill, channing tatum, ice cube, brie larson. In it, penhall and booker go undercover as football players to. Dennis booker is a character from the 21 jump street show. Back in the late 80s and early 90s, 21 jump street was the thing. Richard grieco and dustin nguyen also have cameos in the 2014 film sequel 22 jump street. In case you need a refresher on booker and grieco, lets just say the character was popular enough to warrant a jump street spinoff, albeit a short. Watch all 27 21 jump street episodes from season 4,view pictures, get episode information and more. Office dennis booker okay, this one is kind of obvious, but richard greico makes a cameo in the end credits as officer dennis booker from the original 21 jump street series. For the majority of the series, they go undercover in high school, posing as. Grieco made his first appearance on the show 21 jump street as detective dennis booker in 1988. Comedy sequel 22 jump street will feature new cameo appearances. All the cops were extremely young looking so that they could better infiltrate high schools and catch drug dealers and other scum.
The series focuses on a squad of youthfullooking undercover police officers investigating crimes in high schools, colleges, and other teenage venues. New york, june 11 upi fans of the original 21 jump street television police drama will be delighted to see cast member dustin nguyen has a cameo in the bigscreen actioncomedy 22 jump street. Generations the sequel also stars dustin nguyen who portrayed harry truman ioki on the tv series although he only appears on the poster. Captain adam fuller was a police captain who succeeded captain richard jenko as the commander of the 21 jump street team. Shortly after 21 jump street the young sex symbol played the lead on the show booker, before giving up acting in the early 90s. In 1989, a spinoff show for the character dennis booker simply titled booker was. There seemed to be little demand for a movie spinoff of the crime drama that ran on fox from 1987 to 1991, and which had an early starring role for johnny depp. In my eyes, the movie is a sequel to this series 25 years before schmidt and jenko entered jump street, there was tom hanson, doug penhall, judy hoffs, h. Rodney rothman to write and direct the femaledriven 21 jump street the femaledriven 21 jump street spinoff thats been in development since early 2015 just made. With johnny depp, dustin nguyen, peter deluise, holly robinson peete. Perhaps realizing that, the filmmakers have abandoned any pretense of being faithful to the series, and. Following the success of their bust, schmidt and jenko are assigned to continue the 21 jump street program at a college. When it was first announced that sony was considering a crossover movie that would combine 21 jump street with men in black the world performed a.
Although it isnt a huge secret now and it was rumored for months during the films production the new film sequel to the 1980s television series 21 jump street features three surprise cameos, one of whom is among the most famous actors in the world surprisingly, the filmmakers had little difficulty getting the star to agree to the cameo and they spoke to. Captain adam fuller 21 jump street wiki fandom powered. That 21 jump street and men in black teamup movie sounds. The 21 jump street team is a mixed group including the wise cracking officer ht ioki nguyen, the brilliant officer judy hoffs robinson, the streetwise officer doug penhall deluise and, in latter episodes, the renegade officer dennis booker grieco. Holly robinson peete also returned as judy hoffs, in a slightly more substantial role. Below, we list a few of 22 jump streets loving homages to comedy greats, cameos, and gangsta rap. The show is a popular american police procedural television series that aired on the fox network for. Two cops working under cover at a high school must confront their teenage issues all over again. Made famous for his role as detective dennis booker on 21 jump street with johnny depp, actor richard grieco has filmed a secret cameo. Greico will reprise his role as detective dennis booker, as anyone might. Instead, richard grieco started singing and released a cd. Holly robinson speaks about johnny depp on 21 jump street duration. An original 21 jump street cast member and an alister are rumored to appear. Johnny depp and peter deluise appear in cameos as their originalseries characters, tom hanson and doug penhall.
Just as the big screen adaptation of 21 jump street featured very wellplaced cameos from the tv shows original stars johnny depp, peter deluise and holly robinson peete, 22 jump street is also. The movie version of 21 jump street hits theaters on friday, featuring a cameo from original series star johnny depp, and access hollywood has new information on what brought the superstar to the fold access has learned that depp agreed to the cameo with one cool condition if they also brought back depps former fellow original series costar peter deluise for a cameo too. The original 21 jump street starred holly robinson peete, peter deluise, dustin nguyen, and, of course, johnny depp, who shot to superstardom as a babyfaced crime fighter. He had the reputation of being more stern than his predecessor. Original 21 jump street star richard grieco filmed secret cameo.
But it was also building off of some excellent source material. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of of 21 jump street with exclusive news, photos, videos and more at. In 1987, the televised take on the concept helped build the lineup on fledgling fourth broadcast network fox. The movie version of 21 jump street hits theaters on friday, featuring a cameo from original series star johnny depp, and access hollywood has new information on what brought the superstar to the fold access has learned that depp agreed to the cameo with one cool condition if they also brought back depps former fellow original series costar peter. While the 21 jump street movies are comedies and the show was a drama. Jonah hill takes on 21 jump street the marquee blog. An adaptation of the 198791 television series of the same name by stephen j. He was potrayed by richard grieco grieco resprises his role for a cameo during the end credits of 22 jump street in the mock sequel entitled jump street. Despite his nononsense approach, captain fuller did have confidence the team could perform their assignments without constant oversight. These officers are all young and have especially youthful appearances, which allows them to.