Sony has slated the highly anticipated comedy sequel “24 Jump Street” and Ridley Scott’s “Treasure Island” remake starring Hugh Jackman for release around the 2027 holiday season. Variety exclusively revealed in June that “24 Jump Street” was in the works, with stars Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum and Ice Cube in talks to return for the franchise’s third installment. Rodney Rothman (“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”) will serve as director and co-wrote the script with Hill and Meghan Malloy.
Phil Lord and Chris Miller — who helmed 2012’s “21 Jump Street” and 2014’s “22 Jump Street” — are returning as producers. Tatum and Reid Carolin are also producing for Free Association, along with Hill and Matt Dines under their Strong Baby banner. Also in June, it was revealed that Jackman and Scott were teaming up to adapt Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic swashbuckling tale for the big screen.
Scott will direct with a screenplay by Emmy-winning “Adolescence” writer Jack Thorne. Scott also serves as producer with Michael Pruss for his Scott Free banner. Thorne will executive produce “Treasure Island.” Sony also dated Roshan Sethi’s thriller “The Surgeon” for April 2, 2027, and the coming-of-age comedy “Narcs” for Aug. 20, 2027.
Michele Yeoh stars in “The Surgeon” as a skilled doctor who is kidnapped and forced to operate on a mysterious patient. John Phillips, who wrote “No Hard Feelings” and “Dirty Grandpa,” makes his directorial debut with the project. Two films also got their release dates shifted.
Sony pushed the title to June 9, 2028.
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