Channing Tatum is in talks to take the lead in Sony's 21 JUMP STREET, reports Deadline.com. He would join Jonah Hill who devised the story with writer Michael Bacall. Phil Lord and Chris Miller (CLOUDY WITH THE CHANCE OF MEATBALLS) are set to direct. Filming is set to start in the spring.

Stephen J. Cannell created the '80s FOX series, which follows undercover cops who pose as high school students.