Hill: '21 Jump Street will be rated R'

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Jonah Hill has revealed details for his film remake of US TV show 21 Jump Street.

The Superbad actor is writing and producing the update of the 1980’s series that starred Johnny Depp.

Hill admitted that he would like to do the project as an R-rated action comedy, MTV reports.

"It’s not strictly comedic...We’re doing a full on action movie, blowing s**t up. [Sony] were gonna let me make my kind of movie - an R-rated, insane, Bad-Boys-meets-John Hughes-type movie.

"And I told them the second they don’t, I’m not gonna be involved anymore."

The original television programme focused on youthful-looking police officers who worked undercover in high schools. It ran for five seasons on the Fox network.