THE MUPPETS Director James Bobin Essentially Confirms He's Directing The MEN IN BLACK/JUMP STREET Crossover

That Men in Black/Jump Street crossover movie (recently titled MIB 23) is actually happening over at Sony, and in a new interview with Collider, director James Bobin basically confirms that he'll be the one to bring it to life.

Our comments section has been mixed about this news ever since we first started writing about the idea, but I have to say: this sounds like a ton of fun. I'm a huge fan of the Jump Street movies (under masterminds Phil Lord and Chris Miller, they struck the perfect balance of cheesy, funny, touching, and meta), and I think the Men in Black movies are in serious need of an overhaul after two forgettable sequels, so an injection of Schmidt and Jenko sounds like just what the doctor ordered.

Bobin — who directed The Muppets, Da Ali G Show, and Flight of the Conchords — seems like an excellent fit for this kind of comedy, and I'm excited to see what he does with this crossover. (I'll try not to hold Alice Through The Looking Glass, which looks like a pile of hot garbage, against him.) He's super impressed with this script, and think about it — when was the last time you saw a studio do something as wonderfully random as combine two of its non-superhero properties for no reason? At the very least, it'll be a fascinating experiment, and I hope they can pull it off. As Bobin says in the interview below, filming is expected to begin at the end of this year.